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About Oregon union. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1897)
: if B ! . TOHCS fDR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. The Action of Frost Favors Plant Growth How to Select Exga for Hatching Better to Feed Corn Fodder in Fall Length. The Action of Frost. The principle on which the frost acta favorably in improving tilth is in the rupturing of the soil particles by ex pansion. The action of the frost causes to expand the soil particles and the water with which the earth may be charged. The result is that the soil particles are broken and separated in somewhat the same manner as a bottle or Jug In which water has frozen is broken. The further result is that in proportion as fineness of soil Is more favorable to seed and plant growth, so the more completely the soil is divided by repeated freezings and tha wings dur ing the time between crops, the better for the coming crop. , It is n6ted in this connection that one need not, as in spring tillage, wait until the soil is quite dry before spading, for it is an advantage rather than other wise to work it so wet that it leaves the spade- in unbroken clods; the more In terstices in the mass after it is thrown over the better. The difference in the following spring and summer between soil that has been fall-worked as out lined and that which has remained un touched until spring, is most marked. Beds that were thus thrown up roughly in the fall come out In the following spring a mass of earth as fine as an ash heap. To overlook the gain that comes from killing the larvae of various de structive insects by turning up the soil before winter would be a mistake. It is known by many actual tests that they die in large numbers by winter freezing. American Gardening. Bares for Hatching. ' Eggs for hatching should be very carefully gathered in the afternoon of each day and placed in a basket lined with soft paper. Keep the sitting eggs In the sitting room; the temperature of the room should be about fifty degrees. It is a good plan to mark the date of the month on each egg as it is brought in. To have fertile eggs the hens must be given a good range, and be fed a va riety of food, such as wheat screenings, cracked corn, boiled vegetables, meat scraps and above all have a grass plot of a small patch of green rye to run over. Set the hens early, make the nest In a square box that can be pushed from the laying room into the sitting room. By this arrangement the hens will not be disturbed. A little dally looking af ter to supply th,em with water and food is all that will be needed. I would not advise any one to buy an incubator un less he is going into the chicken busi ness in earnest. You cannot make mon ey in chickens taking it as a side issue. If you are after eggs and poultry for home consumption, and do not want much bother, leave the Incubator alone. The American, Feedinx Corn Fodder. Instead of getting a hay-cutter for ouitttng ' all the corn fodder, I would advise feeding It long, and letting the animals eat what they will. If it were fairly well cured, a large part will be eaten, if not fed too freely. Them I would gather the stalks that are left and chop them fine enough to handle well, say three or four inches long, ami put them in a large box or half-hogs-head. Then pour boiling .water over the mess, and sppinkle a fuantity of meal and shorts over !t,-id cover it tightly, and let it remain over night. Feed in the morning, and, if the stalks are eaten with a relish, I would con tinue the practice as long as I found it satisfactory. A trial lot can be cut with an ax and block. Of course, noth ing has been added to the nutritive val ue of the stalks, but the hot water will soften them, and, perhaps, make them palatable, so that more will be eaten. North East Farmer. How to Move Larcre Hoars. Make a cage or box large enough to hold the hog, but without any bottom. To get the hog in, throw down an ear of corn, and while she is eating it let two men lift the cage and put it over her. One can do it by tipping it just right. Have a loose bottom (an old door will do very well) a little wider and longer than the cage; place this from the ground to the wagon orsle'gh. Carry or drag the - cage along the ground and up the slanting floor, and the hog will walk right on the sleigh or wagon herself, and there will be no lifting excepting the cage. Throw the bottom on top of cage, put a chain over and fasten to wagon. When un loading, just reverse the operation. Massachusetts Ploughman. Roots for Variety. As spring time approaches, which is also the farrowing time for sheep, cows and hogs, the advantage of having a good supply of roots to promote milk flow becomes apparent. It Is not true that roots are cheap nutrition, for their bulk and weight Is very largely wa ter. But as an appetizer and to in crease milk flow they cannot be sur- the best roots, the latter having ,the advantage of being good keepers, and can be used up to the time the grass is forward enough to furnish a good bite. I?ras;ging Corn Stubble Land. So soon as frost is well out of the ground in spring, two horses with heavy drag should be run over the corn stubble of last year. It Is an excellent preparation for plowing, lightening and drying the surface soil, so that when It is - turned under the furrow it at once begins to ferment. Land thus treated makes an excellent seed bed for grain. The work also is just what horses need to break them in for the heavier work of plowing which must follow. Horse Radish for Spring TJs. Horse radish needs- to be dug early In spring to be of much value. So soon as green growth begins the 'root be comes tough and stringy. What is still worse, is that If the roots are not dug In spring, the next season's growth par takes of the woody character, and is of little value for market Only by taking out the old growth every spring, and leaving a few small roots deep in me sou to make a new growth for next year, can the horse radish bed be kepi In condition to produce every year a valuable crop. Ventilation for Hotbeds. . Lack of ventilation and keeping the hotbed too warm is much more often the cause of plants dying off than is frost Except in the very coldest weather, sash should be raised a por tion of the day to give the plants air. This will make them hardy and fit to grow when set in the open air. By confining the plants too closely they are made tall and spindling, thus de stroying their value for future growth and productiveness. Snow Tbawinz Under Snow Banks. It shows good drainage, either nat ural or by underdrains, when the snow banks thaw from below. It means that there is an outlet for water through the subsoil, and that, as the water goes down, the warm air below which it displaces rises to the surface; Farm Notes. The Canadian Experiment Station puts rape at the head of all green feeds for the growth of lambsln both car cass and fleece. A reputation cannot be made in a day, but when the fruit grower makes a reputation it adds to his capital, as he will secure better prices and will always have a demand for his produce. All fruit marketed should be labeled with the name of the grower. Grapes should be trimmed while the weather is cold. If they are trimmed in the spring they will bleed; that is, sap will run from the ends of the shoots that have been cut and the vines will be weakened. If cut now these ends will be healed by the time sap begins to flow and the liability of damage will be reduced. That such plants as "Venus' fly-trap" actually catch and squeeze to death flies and other Insects alighting on their leaves has long been known, but the discovery is comparatively recent that the plants digest the softer parts of their prey by means of a peptic fer ment secreted by the leaves. These, then, are real Instances of plants feed ing upon animals. Professor Plumb, of Purdue Univer sity, in his work on corn culture,' says he finds it satisfactory to put seed corn on the ear in common brown coffee sacks, which are hung from the rafters to cure, away from rats and mice. The essentials In preserving seed corn are to dry it thoroughly before hard freez ing weather and to keep it secure from rats and mice. Any plan that secures this will be satisfactory. A correspondent f an exchange says the best method of killing Canada this tles Is to cut the thistle when it is in blossom, ohe'foot or more from the ground; take one-third salt and two thirds saltpeter, grind fine, take a pinch with finger and thumb and place on top of each thistle stalk. After they are wen withered set fire to the patch. The fire will go as far as the saltpetre has gone, which is known to be ten to twelve feet deep. A combination of vegetables and fruit enables the farmer to have something to sell every month in the year from early spring to the approach of winter, and especially if he used hotbeds. When the farmer depends on staple grain crops he must wait for harvest before he has anything to sell. A va riety of crops which Include, vegetables and fruits are also securities against total loss from drought JAMAICA'S MONGOOSE TF IAL. To Free the Island from Rats The Peat Kxterminated. The introduction of , the mongoose into Jamaica marks one of the standard instances of unexpected results follow ing upon an attempt to artificialize the process of natural selection, and takes rank as a warning with the plague of rabbits and thistles in Australia. The mongoose was introduced from India, In 1872, In order to abate the pest of rats, which infested the sugar canes, and after performing the salutary duty it increased and multiplied to such an extent that not only the rats and mice but most of the living species of the isl and were threatened with extinction. Poultry suffered first, but the depreda tions extended to young pigs, kide. lambs, newly dropped calves, puppies and kittens. Game of all kinds was at tacked, both living and in the egg. The marauder ate even fish, and made such a specialty of snakes, ground lizards, frogs, turtles and land crabs that many kinds of these entirely disappeared. Finally the mongoose developed a rav enous desire for bananas, pineapples, young corn, avocado pears, cocoas, yams and the sugar canes which It had been called in to protect, winding up Its tastes with an appetite for salt meat. ' The result was a wholesale disap pearance of species. ' A few birds, like the ground dove, had the sense to shift their breeding places to the tops of the prickly cacti, where they were safe; but other animals, and the reptiles In par ticular, suffered so severely that many kinds were believed for years to be ex tinct. As a consequence, there arose yet another plague. Insects, like the ticks and "jiggers" (or chigors), which used to be kept down by the snakes. In creased so overpowerlngly that men and cattle were grievously, infested. One could not walk without being cov ered with them. The victory over the island remained with the tick and the mongoose, until, within the past year or two, a fresh stage set in. The mongoose suddenly began to be less plentiful, and it was found that he had fallen victim to the tick. The results of the diminution are shown in a gradual reappearance of other beasts, birds and reptiles. Among the snakes there Is a very marked in crease, and even the ground lizard, sup posed to be quite extinct, has become common again. The balance of life has begun to reassert itself and naturalists will watch with curiosity for a com plete reinstatement of the previous fauna. The renewed depredations of rats are hailed as an advent of salva tion, and, odd as it may sound, the in crease in numbers of the crocodile is taken as a happy omen. The Jamai cans are not likely to take further ex periments in this -interesting domain of natural history, but will adhere in future to such present evils as they have. For them, at any rate, it has been no "imaginary mongoose." Acad sniy. ' III temper is much more apparent than the reasons for it Rita's new novel is entitled, "Good Mrs. Hypocrite," and deals with life in Scotland. , Henry James' latest novel, "What Maisie Knew," has just completed its run In the Chap Book. The work will at least stand as one of the notable new contributions to the study of child life. It will be issued in volume form. . The American . Book Company has Just published "Curtiss' Semi-Vertical Copy Books," by C. C. Curtiss, the for mer head of a commercial college in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The new system combines the advantages of both the vertical and the slant writing, and Is expected to commend itself to teachers. - , A meeting was held In Liverpool the other day to start a subscription for a memorial to Mrs. Hemans. It is ex pected that the memorial will take the shape of a fund from which an annual prize will be awarded in a lyrical com petition. The successful poet will re ceive a considerable sum if the commit tee's expectations are fulfilled. Hall Caine's new romance, "The Christian," is described as a drama of frail human nature aspiring to perfec tion and struggling to attain the high est ideal. The story opens in the Isle of Man, but the action takes place for the most part in London. The romance Is said to throb with life, and the emo tional force of these pictures of aspira tion, temptation, love and tragedy "reaches a , height which will make a lasting impression upon the literature of our time." " One Is glad to hear that Mr. Ruskln is in good health, and that he takes daily walks in the neighborhood of Caning- ton. The addressefe he delivered some years ago at Oxford on landscape painting are at length to be printed. The reason given for their tardy publi cation is that Mr. Ruskin has not until recently- been satisfied -with the pro gress made in the art of photogravure? It being, of course, necessary to have reproductions of those pictures to which he referred. The volume will contain eighteen large plates, including some reproductions from Turner. The Yankton, S. D., Gazette says: South Dakotans will be pleased to learn that our own Sam T. Clover, managing editor of the Chicago Post, is about to bring out a new book a story for boys entitled "Paul Travers' Adventures." The book will be published by Way & Williams, Chicago, and' will be profuse ly illustrated. It is a striking , and unique production, displaying Mi-.-Clo-ver's genius at its best, and it is sure to make a hit. Mr. Clover recently de clined a consulate, which for the rest and opportunity for literary work he greatly desired to accept. His declina tion was because of need of his services on the Post. An American Liord Chancellor. It may not be generally known that one of England's lord chancellors was born on American soil. His name was John Singleton .Copely, and he was born in Boston May 21, 1772. He was the son of J. S. Copley. R. A., the por trait and historical painter, who was a resident of America during the war of Independence, and who, at its conclu sion, elected to remain a British sub ject. When the future chancellor was 3 years of age his parents went to Lon don, and resided at 25 George street, Hanover square. As a barrister the son joined the Midland circuit. He en tered Parliament In ISIS a sinember for Yarmouth,' and in 1819, as Sir John Copley, became solicitor general; In 1824, attorney general, and in 182(5, master of the rolls. In 1827 he became lord chancellor, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Lyndhurst He was lord chancellor in two administrations, and held the great seal until the fall of the Peel government in 1846. . How to Wash Flannels. Flannels require care in their wash ing to prevent their shrinking and keep them soft. Make a strong suds of some pure white soap and water as hot as the hand can bear it, put in the flan nels, and let them lie twenty minutes. A flannel should not be rubbed, but drawn through the hands Until it seems perfectly clean. Prepare another tub of water, not using quite as much soap, and when the flannels are taken from the first water, drop them into the sec ond'water, press through that and put them Into a warm water, slightly blued. Carefully wring the flannels out of the last water, shake thein well and dry as quickly as possible, taking care not to hang them where they will freeze when drying. When sufficiently dry, iron the flannels and hang them unfolded until well aired. Flannels should not be rolled up when dry and laid oue side to be ironed later. The World's Newspapers. A statistician has learned that tne annual aggregate of the circulation of the papers of the wor!3 is r-sriniate-1 at 12,000,000,000 copies. To grasp the idea of this magnitude it is stated that the amount of the paper would cover no fewer than 10,450 square miles of sur face, and it is printed on 781,250 tons of paper. ' We might press and pile them vertically upward and gradually reach our highest mountains. Topping all these and even the highest Alps the pile would reach the magnificent alti tude of 490, or, in round numlier Bf0 miles. Calculating that the avenge man spends five minutes reading his paper in the day (this is a very low es timate) we find that the people of tu. world altogether annually occupy time equivalent to 100,000 years reading the papers. lire Tares of fficc.i Weary Watkins "They kin all run for office that wants it, but none of it fer me. I've been there. The responsi bility broke down ine nerves." Hungry Higgins "What office did you ever hold?" " . , "I wuz deg catcher." Indianapolis Journal. '. Why don't turnips and beets ever dis agree with' people? No one.'likes tur nips and beets, anyway. A FREE EXPOSITION. Manufacturers' Fair to Be Held in Port land September 22 to October 2. The exposition to be held at Port land this fall will be along new lines, . differing entirely from any fair ever held in that city. This year the man ufacturers of Oregon will show the people what is made in the state, and with that end in view the exhibits will consist wholly of manufactured goods made in Oregon. Another new feature this year will be that no admission will be charged. From all sides, we hear the report that the fair will be the molt interesting and instructive exhibition ever held in the state. One wing of the large exposition bnilding will be de voted exclusively to live exhibits, and a great many articles will be made right there in the building. The fair is bound to be a grand suc cess, as already the entire space of the two main floors is taken up by exhib itors, and we understand the manufac turers have the money on band to pay all expenses. There is no good reason why Oregon should not be more of a manufacturing state than she is, and if the people will call for goods made at home, instead of using goods of Eastern manufacture, home pay-rolls will increase in a won derful way, making work and happy homes for all. We sincerely believe the fair will do more to enthuse the people than anything else that could be done in creating a demand for home prod ucts, and showing the necessity of patronizing home manufacturers. The Manufacturers Association of the North west, under whose auspices the fair will be held, deserves " great credit for the work it is doing. ' The fair will be open from Septem ber 22 to October 2, and all railroads have made a reduced rate .of one and one-fifth fare for the round trip. A Simple Pire Extinguisher. One of the most useful things for the extinction of incipient fires is the hand grenade. This can be made at home easily and cheaply. Twenty pounds of common salt and ten pounds of sal am moniac (nitrate of ammonia, to be had of any druggist) should be dissolved in seven gallons of water. Quart bottles of thin glass, such as ordinarily used by druggists, should be filled with the concoction, corked tightly and sealed to prevent evaporation. - In oase of fire, the bottle should be thrown so as to break in or near the flame. If the fire is in such a place as to prevent the bot tle from breaking, as in wool or cotton, the neck of the bottle should be knocked off and the contents scattered. The breaking of the bottle liberates a certain amount of gas, and the heat ot the fire generates more, thus working its own destruction. .' . Cost of Tunneling. About SO years ago the Mont . Cenis tunnel, nearly eight miles long, was constructed at the rate of one kilometer per year, and each kilometer cost $1, 200,000. Nearly ten years ater the St. Gotthard tunnel, nine and one-fourth miles long, was constructed at the rate of two kilometers a year, and cost $800, 000 per kilometer. The Simplon tun nel, which when conmpleted will be the third to perforate the Alps, is to be 12J miles long, will advance four kil ometers a year and cost but $600,000 per kilometer. The normal temperature of man is about 98" degrees, of the snail, 70; oyster, 82; porpoise, 100; ratycat and ox, 102; 'sheep, 104; hog, 105; chicken, in. - There are more Greeks in Turkey than there are in Greece. -. Turkey in Europe contains 3,500,000 Greeks; Greece, 2,200,000, and Asia Minor 2, 000,000. A new speaking tube for steamers has the pipe insulated by a waterproof tex tile covering .which makes it easy to hear speech in the engine room from a distance of 300 feet. One of the most curious results of the investigations made, by doctors in the Russian jails is the statement that each group of criminals has its own peculiar color of the eye. Detectives detailed to look after pro fessional shoplifters always look to see if their suspects are wearing gloves.' A "professional" it is declared, never works with his gloves on. The longest distance that a shot has been fired is a few yards more than 15 miles, which "was the range of Krupp's 130-toi steel gun, firing a shot weigh ing 2,600 pounds.' A German statistician says that of every 10,000 chimneys, three are struck by lightning, while of the same number of towers and windmills, 60 and 80 re spectively are struck. v Stop! Women, And consider that in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are confiding your private ills to a woman a woman whose ex perience in treating woman's diseases is greater than that of any living phy sician, male or female. You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man; besides, a man does not understand, simply because he is a man. MES. PINKHAM'S STANDING INVITATION. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are re ceived, opened, read, and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman. Thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very" knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. nlmfjt WMFRF ail fISf Fills. i;ouga Djrup. uooo. Taw 2 BOUGHT A WIFE. She Consented on Consideration of a $ 10,000 Policy. In 1893 Mrs. Anna B. Zimmerman was a widow, living at Hutch tnson, Kan. She was charming, as all good- looking widows are, and she was wise, as all Kansas women are. Judge Al- merin Gillett, of Kansas City, Kan., who, by the way, was the fir3t Rail road Commissioner of Kansas, met the widow, loved her, and wooed her. It seems that the Judge knew how to woo a widow, for he won her. But the widow knew a thing or two herself, and when she said "yes" It was not au unqualified drop-in-the-arms 'yes," but a conditional "yes." The condition was that tbe Judge should insure his life in her favor for $10,000. The widow did not Intend to take any chances in the matter either. If she was to become Mrs. Gillelt the policy must be taken out before the marriage, so that she would be sure about it. Judge Gillett hunted up an Insurance agent and took out the oof- icy, and three days later the widow Zimmerman became Mrs. Gillett. She took charge of the policy and that pol icy was kept paid up. Last year Judge Gillett died insolv ent. One of his creditors was the American National Bank of , .Kansas City. The bank' sued the estate and promptly sought an injunction against the Northwestern Life Insurance Com pany to prevent the payment of the in surance policy which had bought Judge Gillett a wife. The ca3e was heard before Tudge Foster recently. The Widow Gillett took the stand and told the story of her business venture when she was the Widow Zimmerman. She said she had married Judge Gillett for the consideration of a S '.0,000' in surance policy, and she told how the policy had been written before the marriage, so that there might not be ttie .proverbial slip. ' . i Judge Foster listened to the evidence, and as it appeared that had it not born for the policy, the name of Zim merman would not have been exchang ed for that of Gillett, he decided that i be money called for by the policy was nover the property of Judge Giliett; thai he paid that In advance for a wife in point of fact, and he tloc'.dod m fa vor of Mrs. Gillett. The insurance company promptly paid over the money to Judge Horton, Mrs. Gillotc s attor neyKansas City Times. Aqua l'ura. "This is an outrage!" The druggist strode angrily up and down behind his counter, and as he gradually work ed himself into a rage he ran his long, thin fingers through his hair and storm ed and fumed like a wild animal. "What's the matter?" inquired the man from next door, who ran in to learn the cause of the disturbance. -. "Matter enough," cried the druggist, offering his neighbor a 10-cent cigar which cost 52.50 a hundred at whole sale. "The confounded authorities came around here this morning and put a water meter down in the cellar. Just as if a man with a store wasn't under enough expense in these hard times, I'm glad you came In, for I want soma advice as to what I'd better do. I was thinking of either writing a hopping letter to the newspapers or else go ing down to the Water Department and laying them out cold, or If both these failed of the desired result I thought I would hunt up a lawyer and make a test case of it." "Take my. advice and do none of these things," cautioned his neighbor, "They will merely put you to more trouble and expense and do you no good." , . "But what am I to do?" queried the druggist. "Grin and bear it," returned his friend. "A man making as much money as you should be able to stand a water bill.' What does It amount to, anyway?" " 'About $20 a year,' the inspector said," replied the druggist. "Well, if you. don't feel like paying It the best thing for you to do is to tell them to shut you off." "Cut off the water!" almost shrieked the druggist. 'Vhy, man, you must be crazy. Do you know what that water is worth to me in my prescrip tion department? Not a cent less than $25 a day!" The Teacher's Predicament. There were three morning glories on the-teacher'a. jesfc a pink, a white, and a purple one tied together with a jretty little cotton ribbon of 'the kind used to fasten new handkerchiefs to gether. The flowers were very fresh and pretty, and the teacher smiled as she looked from them to little Leon, who stood near the desk. "Where did you get them, Leon?" she asked," for she knew that there was not so much as a spear of grass in the yard of Leon's house. "I climbed over a fence and stole them for you, Miss Blank, said Leon. "And when I had picked them I knocked on the window to the servant; girl and she gave me the rib bon to tie them with." And what was Miss Blank to say? Compressed Air as a Cocktail. For three, years hundreds . of workmen have been living In compressed air during ;the con struction of - the Blackwell tun nel, each carrying a hundredweight of air to every square inch of tbe body, while the people on the surface bear but fifteen pounds to the square inch. A feeling of exhilaration, amounting almost to intoxication, is produced at times. A cigar in this atmosphere burns out with the rapidity of a cigar ette. Kansas City Journal. Bathing. The Japanese in their out-of-the-way mountain resorts indulge their passion for bathing to an incredible extent. In one place, where the water Is just above blood-heat, a man will stay in practically for a whole month, taking care, however, to place a heavy stone on his knees to keep him from floating or turning over in his sleep. The care taker of this particular establishment, a cheery old man of some seventy sum mers, himself stay? In the bath through the whole winter. Italy Twde. Italy's exports for ..'.th Erst four months of 1897 were 3$5,953.?70 francs, while, her Imports werW 379,794,130 francs. - .This is the first tube in" twen ty-six years that the exportsetceeded the Imports. .. t - Smokeless Furnace. A patent has been granted for furnace doors of such construction that the smoke of the furnace is disintegrated and disseminated over the whole fire surface, and those elements which are ot value are consumed and utilized. The advantages claimed for the inven tion, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, are: Superior efficiency by secur ing the abolition of all coal smoke and other noxious and poisonous products caused through imperfect combustion; great saving in fuel, as smaller and cheaper coal may be used; the method is cheap and can be easily applied; the doors can be fitted to any type of fur nace; the invention requires no altera tion of furnaces already in use beyond the removal of the existing doors and the substitution of the patent furnace door, which change can be effected in five minutes while the boiler is still at work. It is understood that the inven tion has already been applied to mer cantile, naval and marine boilers, as well as to innumerable furnaces em ployed in various metal, pottery, brick and other works. VENOM INHALED WITH THE AIR, And imbibed with the water of a malar! ons locality, has still a certain antidote. Experi ene sanctions confidence in Hosteller's Stom ach Bitters as a preventive of this scourge. All over this continent and in the tropics it has proved itself a certain means of defense, and an eradicant of intermittent and remntent fevers, and other forms of miasma-born disease. Nor is it less effective for kidney troubles, consti pation, rheumatism and nervousness. m Public story tellers still earn a good livelihood in Japan. In Tokio six hundred of them ply their trade, pro vided with a email table, a fan and a paper wrapper to illustrate and em phasize the points of their tales. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word " CASTOK1A," and " PI TCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and docs now bear the fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA " whiclfehas been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX Leopard skins are used for rugs and manufactured into trappings for the officers and bandsmen of the British cavalry regiments, as well as the aprons of the drummers of the English infancy- f Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only cough medicine used in mv house. D. C. Albright, Miminburg, Pa., t)ec. 11, '95. The highest waterfall in the 'world is Cholock cascade, at Yosemite,' Cal., which is 2,634 feet high, or just half a mile. A large Dussand microphonograph, now being constrncted for. the Paris ex hibition of 1900, is expected to make the voice heard by 10,000 people. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion ot the ear. There is onlv one way to oure deafness, -and that is bv constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining pf the Eustachian tube. When this tube gets inflam ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. wnicn is notning Dut an lnnameo condition 01 the mucous surfaces. - f We will give One Hundred Dollars for any I case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir- cuiarg, iree. F. J.- CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 76c. Hall's Family Fills are the best. Strictly a Cattle Disease. 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