A BIG ENGLISH FARM.
HER LARGEST ONE IS VERY SMALL
BY AMERICAN STANDARDS.
It la Situated In Lincolnshire and Contain*
Only a,SOO Acrea—The Farm Occuplea an
Kntlre Parish—'The Method of Cultivating;
the Crops—KveryililiiK Clean and Neat,
It may not generally be known, but
it is a fact that the largest farm in
England is in Lincolnshire. Five miles
from Louth, on the Louth and Lincoln
line, is the parish of Withcall. The farm
occupies the entire parish, and its
area is upward of 2,550 acres. Nearly
2,000 acres are under the plow, and
from that may be gathered an idea, of
the number of horses required to work
this large undertaking.
The farm is so large that three yards
are needed. They are named the
north yard, the south yard and the
home yard. There Is also a smaller
supplementary one—the New Farm
stead.
Ten cottages form the homes of the
laborers at the north and south yards,
while near the home yard is situated
Withcall house, the residence of J. W.
Ward, the lessee of the farm. The
railway runs close by. Near are also
the church—a prettily built edifice and
pleasantly situated —the rectory and
the schools. The district is very hilly
and in consequence of this there have
been made two large cuttings so as to
form a road to the north farm. In one
of them may be seen a thin bed of ful
ler's earth.
Down the valley, which is crossed
by an embankment formed of the
chalk taken from the cuttings, may be
seen a small reservoir. This supplies
the whole parish with water.
Some years ago the owner, Mr. Clay
ton, caused pipes to be laid all over
the farm, so as to supply both houses
and cattle. The water is forced from
tlie reservoir by a very ingenious con
trivance consisting of a water wheel
and "donkey" pump. There are
roughly speaking, about six miles of
water pipes. The water is exception
ally good and throughout the driest of
summers there is always a constant
supply.
There are a large number of ani
mals on the place, including about
seventy working horses, upward of
500 beasts, 2,000 sheep and the pigs at
the last census nLimbered 100. The
farm is made up of large fields, eight
of which are over a hundred acres in
area.
A few years ago tiie owner caused
one of the fields to be cut up, for its
area was over five hundred acres. A
part of the same field now measures
130 acres. A steam cultivator, with
two powerful locomotives, is constant
ly at work, while twelve horses may
often be seen plowing in one field.
The cattle are sent into the "mar
shes" for the summer and brought
home in the autumn. Everything is
clean and neatly kept and it requires
no great discriminative power to know
when the limit of Withcall farm is
reached.
A great feature is the plowing, for
the "boys" take a perfect pride in
their furrows, and if any one wants to
see a furrow a quarter of a mile long
and as straight as a dart let him in
spect the work on this expansive
farm.
Agricultural depression does not
seem, outwardly at any rate, to effect
this district to any remarkable de
gree. The average wage is 2s. 3d. per
day for six days, all of equal length,
no Saturday half-holidays being al
lowed hereabouts.
Potatoes are largely grown by the i
laborers, who by the kindness of their j
master are enabled to have a large
plot of land in the fields, besides their j
own gardens. Scientific farming there j
is none here, but all engaged have
long experience on the land, and know
how best to derive from it the great- i
est benefit.
Unmans i'ostvased of Tails.
In April, 1890, the 4th Ghoorkas were
sent from Mandalay, in Burmah, tc
Shlllong, in Assam. As the troops
marched through the country of the
Ahoms the wet weather obliged them
to seek shelter in what appeared to be
a granary. The native priests objec
ted to the quartering of the troops in
the granary, but upon the command ol
the officers the doors were battered
down and the troops entered. The
granary proved to be an Aliom temple
and four Ahoms were within worship
ing. It was the first time that speci
mens of this remarkable race had beer
seen by white men. The word "Ahom'
is derived from the Sanskrit and means
unequaled. These people declare thai
they are descended from the god India
and refuse to hold communication witt
white men.
They are a very law order of liumai
beings, apelike In stature, with abnor
mally long arms and perfectly devel
oped tails. Their feet are shaped on
almost the same lines as those of ar
ape, the toes being prehensile.
The officers brought one of the
Ahom women and her children to Shll
long, where a photograph was taken
of one of the children.
Maxima Up to l)ate.
Necessity fathers the iuvention ol
many lies.
It's a polite wind that blows no
body's hat from his head.
Do as you would be done by, if the
other fellow did you.
Make hay while the sun shines, but
make haste when it rains.
The proof that the pudding is not
fit to eat is in trying to eat it.
You may lead a man to water, but
you cannot prevent his drinking some
thing stronger.
Never take the will for the deed,
when you can get the deed for a rich
man's will.
First Aid to the Iqjured.
For cramps or pains In the stomarb
try a few drops of essence of camphor
For a nervous headache a cup ol
moderately strong tea in which two or
three slices of lemon have been in
fused.
For tired feet put a handful of com
mon salt into tour quarts of hot water.
Place the feet in the water while it is
hot as can be borne. Then rub the
feet dry with a rough towel.
For binding up cuts and wounds al
ways use linen, not cotton, as th«
libres of cotton ar« flat and apt to ir
ritate a sore place, while those of linen
are perfectly rounded.
J&OST'TO" SPAIN."®
RICH COLONIES WHICH SHE HAS
DRIVEN TO FREEDOM.
One by Oue the Arrogant Dong Have Been
Stripped of Valuable l'o*ae*sionn Which
a Little Tact and <2ood Government
Would Have Retained.
The general rebellion of Spain's
American colonies occurred In the ear
ly years of the present century. Not
only were Spain's affairs in a desperate
condition abroad, but also at home dire
dissension prevailed. In the autumn
of 1819 a considerable army had been
brouglft together at Cadiz for the sub
jugation of their revolted possessions
in America. But the officers and troops
refused to embark, and a series of
internal disruptions followed.
The revolt in Spain's Argentine colo
inles in South America broke out in
1810. In that year Chile and Para
guay successfully rebelled. The war
for Chile's independence lasted eight
years. The Argentine Republic estab
lished its independence in 181G. Ven
ezuela, Ecuador and New Granada, or
.Colombia, were lost by revolt in 1819.
The revolt in these States was led by
Simon Bolivar, named El Libertador
for having rescued South America from
the Spanish yoke. Bolivar also led the
insurgents in Bolivia and Peru, the lat
ter State being the last of Spain's pos
sessions on the American continent to
establish its independence. This was
in 1826.
The Spanish conquered Peru early in
the sixteenth century. Peruvian silver
was freely poured into Spanish coffers,
and was drained out again to meet the
expenses of the wars which the Spanish
home government maintained. At the
outbreak of (he war of independence in
South America, the Spanish Govern
ment had already declined greatly in
internal strength. Spain was distract
ed with the dissensions of a regency,
and was racked by civil war. Howev
er, in IS2O the Spanish Viceroy had an
army of 23,000 men in Peru, and all
the large towns were completely in the
hands of the Spanish officials.
Brazil belonged to Spain in 1378. in
that year it was wrested from the Por
tugese, who had discovered it at an
earlier date. During Spain's troubles
with the Netherlands, the Dutch cap
tured Brazil, anil from the Dutch the
State gained its independence.
As to the States of Guiana, their ti
tles were much in dispute for many
years. Spain owned what is now Brit
ish Guiana in 1580, and lost the prov
ince in 1002 to the Dutch, from whom
it went to the English.
Mexico was the richest and most pop
ulous of all the Spanish-American col
onies. Frequent insurrections occurr
ed here during the Napoleonic wars in
Europe. Pending the war for Mexican
independence the most revolting atroc
ities were perpetrated on both sides.
The Spaniards conducted hostilities
with the most wanton cruelty. The
war was one of extermination, the in
surgents being slaughtered like brutes.
In 1824 the independence of Mexico
was recognized by every country ex
cept Spain.
Spain relinquished Florida to the
United States by treaty and purchase in
1821.
The Bahamas, which were Colum
bus's earliest discovery, were depopu
lated by the Spanish and were never
again settled by them. The English
occupied them in 1029. After the
with Spain and France the British se
cured the Bahamas by the treaty of
1783.
Jamaica, which was discovered by
Columbus on his second voyage, in
1494, was taken possession of by the
Spaniards in 1509. The inhumanity of
the conquerors was so great that fifty
years after the Spanish invasion the
native population is said to have en
tirely disappeared. Oliver Cromwell
sent out a British expedition in 1655
which captured the island, and in IC7O
it was formally ceded to England by
the treaty of Madrid.
Haiti's early ' history corresponds
with that of Jamaica. Within little
more than an age after 1492 the abo
rigines had been swept away by the re
morseless cruelties of the Spaniards.
The eastern part of the island finally
wrested itself from the Spanish in 1805
and established Santo Domingo.
When Magellan, in 1519, circumnavi
gated the world for the first time, he
claimed all the islands of the East In
dies for Spain. The Philippines alone
to-day remain under Spanish domina
tion. The other islands of this group
fell to the French, English and Dutch
during the wars waged by Spain with
these countries from the time of Phil
ip 11, to the close of the Napoleonic
wars in 1815.
Loaded Down With Nuinea,
Rutherford County, North Carolina,
is a place of queer names. The chil
dren in one family are going through
this vale of tears as follows: Zeno,
Zula, Zezulon, Zinnie, Zolen, Zaco, Za
luski, Zenix, Zalf, Zeolly. Still another
family boasts these names: Kansas
Love, Quilina Quiltina Quinn, Eulalia
Valtsia, Flabanico, Anifesto. Another
thus disfigured their children: Linsco,
Lansco, Stumpeo.
Lanidiaiir llefore Knowledge,
Berlin University, owing to the large
number of foreign students frequent
ing it. has established an instructor
ship in elementary German to enable
them to learn ,he language in which
the lectures are delivered.
(ieriuuny HUM \O Servant Problem.
Empress Augusta Victoria of Ger
many found 144 German servant girls
to whom fhe could give the golden
servants' cross for having lived forty
years with one family. Only one was
found in Berlin.
I
WIVES OF CHINAMEN.
OEPLORABLE INTERMARRIAGES OF
WHITE GIRLS AND MONGOLIANS.
8o«lologlcal Student* In San Frauoiico
and UlNWhtr* Art Face to Vaea With
a Grave Problem—The Terrible Fate
Endured by Confiding Women.
Nowhere in the world is th»re such
a striking commingling of diametri
cally opposite races as there exists to
day in the Chiaeee quarter of San
Francisco, writes Lucie F. Pierce.
Nowhere has the Mongolian race so
persistently Intermarried with na
tionalities of the white race. No
where have white women who venture
to enter lnito such a contract so lost
their caste, their station in society,
and become such wretched outcasts,
without a friendly tie of either clan
or country, as they have within the
limits of the California city.
Marriage between whites and Chi
nese la increasing to an astonishing
extent. Nearly one hundred cases are
now known to exist. This is not
large, of course, in comparison with
the number of Chinese in the city.
Indeed, that number is small. But its
| significance is terrifying. In that lies
[ the problem.
Contemplate for a moment what a
i white woman surrenders when she
i marries a Chinaman. First of all, she
must abandon ail association with her
I relatives. She is forced to this on ac
•ount of the wide breach which ex
! ists between the races. She not only
must cast aside all filial ties, but she
mist sever forever all connection with
|he whole white race. When she
; abandons her race she abandons her
caste. And when she loses her caste
she loses her country. She becomes a
social outcast. She has lowered her
self from the ranks of a progressive,
cultured race to those of a vile, un
cleanly. semi-civilized horde, weak
mentally and morally. She has lost
all that would make a patriotc woman,
loya) to whatever national flag, thrill
with the deepest feeling.
Ami the gain? Why, there is 110
•train. It is all loss. She secures a
' husband but she loses pride. She se
i : ures a miserable home, and she loses
I forever what a woman holds most
| J ear, her name.
At any moment we may expect to see
Sner celestial husband wind his pig
[tail around his yellow, shaven head,
and depart for China, leaving her
. without means of support, cast upon
, the world, a despised and ignored
| creature. At any time, living in the
midst of disease-breeding filth, the,
{husband may be carried off by death,
[lie may leave some landed property
or the merchandise of a shop, or a few
bags of gold coin. Naturally one
would think that she who had surren
dered everything that is precious and
noble in life for her Chinese husband
would reap the benefit of all this and
receive the heritage due her. Not so.
No white woman ever inherited u
dollar of a Chinaman's wealth. It goes
to the beloved uncles and parents and
brothers and sisters In the big flow
ery kingdom over the water, and the
white woman is left to starve.
Hated and suurned in America, she
Don't Tobacro Spit ami Smoke lour l.il'c Anuj.
To quit tobacco easily nnd forever, he ina<?
netic. lull or lite, nerve and vigor, taUe No To-
Uac, the wonder-worker, Hint makes wealt men
strong. All druggists, 50c or sl. Cure guarun
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W hollow and your ijf
YOU lips white? [■'
■* I Is your appetite j?
MOlp poor and your di- IS*
gestion weak? Is jjji
Q your flesh soft &
■ and have you lost
Jj; in weight?
These are symptoms of
4 • anemia or poor blood. IB 1
<|j They are just as frequent &
jj in the summer as in the
»• winter. And you can be
cured at one time just as If
well as another.
j| Scott's|
« Emulsion
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15 of cod liver oil <with hypo
phosphites will certainly jj
41 help you. Almost everyone :r
<| | can take it, and it will not |B>
4: disturb the weakest stom- jh
j: ach. Ik
|j J It changes the light color of
1 4 I poor blood to a healthy and rich |P
i J j red. It nourishes the brain ; gives jjk
J J power to the nerves. It brings JF
4 j back your old weight and strength, jjp
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Biliousness, loss of appetite, pimples, sour
stomach, depression, coated tongue, night
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ziness, weakness, backache, vomiting,
jaundice, piles, pallor, stitch, irritability,
nervousness, headache, torpid liver, heart
burn, foul breath, sleeplessness, drowsi
ness, hot skin, cramps, throbbing head.
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Dr. J. C. Ayer's Pills are a specific for
all diseases of the liver, stomach, and
bowels.
"I suffered from constipation which as
sumed such an obstinate furm that I feared
it would cause a stoppage of the bowels.
After vainly trying various remedies, I be
gan to take Ayer's Pills. Two boxes effected
a complete cure."
D. BURKE, Saco, Me.
"For eight years I was afflicted with
constipation, which became so bad that the
doctors could do no more for me. Then I
begun to take Ayer's Pills, and soon the
bowels recovered their natural action."
WM. 11. DELAUCETT, Dorset, Ont.
THE PILL THAT WILL.
may seek the shores of her husband's
country and throw herself upon the
nifrcy and leniency of his family there.
She, who had once been superior to
them in intellect, in form, In beauty.
In morality, In instinct, receives not
tven the respect of equal to equal.
There have been cases where white
women have married Christianized
Mongolians. Marriage in this case is
sacred, binding, legal. There have
been a few such that have turned out
happily.
Strange as it may seem, a major
ity of the women who marry Chinese
have sprung from Scandinavian, Ger
man or Russian parentage. It seems
that the yellow hair and the biuo
eyes of the buxom northern beauties
ippeal particularly to the Mongolian
race. The rosy complexion and grace
nf white women astonishes and at
tracts them. No Chinaman will marry
1 woman of his own race if he can
prevail upon a white woman to accept
marriage.
if the Chiaaman will consent to be
come a Christian and give up some of
the marital privileges of his native
land, they are looked upon as respect
able members of the community. The
(vonian really gains nothing by this;
neither does she lose. She is taking
■hances neither way. And the Chl
lesc husband and father rises some
what in the nature of his Instincts,
jne step in the ladder of advancement.
Hut this has not been the happy out
come of all the intormarriages which
ttave tuken place. Only a rare few
lave consented to accept Christianity.
\iul white women persist in throwing
hemselves away on these pagan in
states. .Mission workers plead with
hem and still they persist in entering
nto unions that end eventually in
ltter degradation and social degener
icy. If they are not strong enough
.0 resist the attentions of a pagan ce
estial they are not strong enough to
withstand Ills awful vices. Let them
step out into the by-way of a pagan
narrlage and they have chosen the
•oad to everlasting social damnation.
The end Is generally violent death.
Sight of HiriU.
The organ of sight is more highly
leveloped in birds than in any other
mimal. Naturalistn declare that the
central is possessed of such wonderful
lowers of sight that it is able to see
1 mouse when it is itself at such a
•eight in the air that it Is Invisible
.0 the naked human eye.
French Kaliblt Industry.
Kngland has three guinea pig farms,
>ne of which exports 150,000 yearly to
r rance, where they are used at restau
•ants as rabbits, the flavor of the flesh
telng identical in the two animals.
The Industry is said to be very profit*
ible.
Queen Victoria'* Cane.
The black ebony walking stick most
>ften used by Queen Victoria belonged
o Charles I.
Iloina's Cemetery.
The most extensive cemetery In tht
vorld is tfcat at Rome, in which over
000,000 human 'leings have been in
erreil.
Something to know!
Our very large line of Latest patterns of Wall Paper
\vith ceilings and border to match. All full measure
ments and all white backs. fHlegant designs as low
as jc per roll.
Window Shades
with roiler fixtures, fringed and plain. Some as low
as 10c; better, 25c, 35c, £oc,
Elegant Carpets
rainging in prices 20c., 25c., 35c., 45c., and 68c.
Antique Bedroom Suits
Full suits $ 18.00. Woven wire springs, $1.75.
Soft top mattresses, good ticks, $2.50.
Feather pillows, #1.75 per pair.
GOOD CANE SEAT OHAIRS for parlor use 3.75 set. Rockers to
match, 1.25. Large size No. 8 cook stove, $20.00; red cross
ranges s2l. Tin wash* boilers with covers, 49c. t Tin pails—
14qt, 14c; 10qt, 10c; Bqt, 8c; 2qt covered, sc.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
Onr Declaration of War
Has been in effect for a number of
years and our
Bombardment of High Prices
Has created havoc of late in the sale of
MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS,
PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES,
and ROAD WAGONS
all at the lowest cash price.
PHOSPHATE, ThiJty tons of different grades will be
sold at a low figure.
W. E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa.
Special Prices!
IN MEN'S BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S
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The season is advancing and we have a very large stock of suits
on hand that we are going to sell at a big sacrifice in order to
remove the season is over.
Man's suits at 3.25, 5.00, 7.50 and 10.00 are 35 per cent, cheaper than
ever ottered. Youths' suits at 2.75, 3.50, 4.50, 6.00 and 7.50 are positively
big inducements. Children's suits at 75c, 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 and 2.00 are
exactly half the usual price; we have theiu in all the latest styles.
Our line of Ladies' Capes, Skirts, ShirtWaists, Corsets and Vests
are a great deal|less io price tliau you can buy the material.
Ladies' and (ients' Shoes and Slippers at a big reduction. Men's
working shirts, 17c. Men's heavy cotton pants, soc. Heaviest overalls
made, 45c. Ladies' wifeppers, 60. Men's all wool pants, 1.00, are
worth 2.00. Knee pants, 15c, wortli 35c. Bicycle suits at very low
prices. Straw hats at half price. Heavy cotton socks, 4 pairs for 25c.
Men's mackintoshes at 2.00 are special values.
Come and See Our Stock and
Prices
and then we are sure that you will surely appreciate
them and you will save more than 35 per cent, on a good many
articles. We have good attendants and will be glad to show
the goods whether you buy or not.
1.-.L The Reliable Dealer in Clothing
JaCOP rCr Boots and Shoes.
HUGHESVILLE, PA.