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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27
A Rat-Proof C0rn-Crib.


eff several years are fair test, have
a rat-proof corn -crib-one of my own
contrivance, built with nay own hands,
on the following plan and size: Sixteen
feet long, five feet wide, eight feet from
the floor to the plate above, three
bents, sills framed into the posts eigh-
teen inches from the ground, short way.
A 2 by joist, sixteen feet long, set in
outside of posts, to correspond with
sills. Plates spiked on top of posts !;
four-inch scantling for nail ties half
way between four scantlings, 9 by 4,
lengthwise, to sustain the floor. The
floor is of inch plank, doubled, laid
crosswise and sawed off even with the
outside sleeper, to which the lower ends
of siding are nailed. The door is set in
eighteen inches above the floor, or three
feet from the ground. The crib was
built in the spring of 1871, has been used
ever since. None of the family ever saw
rat there.-J. @. Hawley.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27
To Make Hens Lay.


Put two or more quarts of water In a
kettle, and one large seed pepper or two
small ones, then put the kettle over the
fire. When the water boils, stir In
course Indian meal until you have a
thick mush. Let 1t cook an hour or so
feed hot. Horse radish chopped fine
and stirred into mush, as prepared under
the above directions, is also very good
and for results we are getting from five
to ten eggs per day, whereas, previous
to this feeding, we had not had eggs for
long time. w e hear great deal of
complaining from other people about
not getting eggs. To such we would
recommend cooked feed hot. Boiled
apple skins, seasoned with red pepper,
or boiled potatoes, seasoned with horse
raddish, and good for feed, much better
than uneoOked food. Corn, when fed TO
the hen by itself, has tendency TO fat
ten hens rather than produce the more
profitable egg laying. A spoonful Of
sulphur stirred with their feed OCCASION
ally, will rid them of vermin and tone
up their systems. 1t is especially good
for young chickens or turkeys. Out of
a flock of ten Matched last November,
we have lost but one. They have been
fed cooked feed mostly, and are gro wing
finely.-Er.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27
Ashes for Cattle.

The Maine" Farmer" says: zone of
our substantial subscribers, in recent
conversation, gave his experience in
treating neat stock affected with the
habit of eating wood, chewing bone, ect.
His cattle were one spring effected in
this way. They became thin in flesh,
refused to eat hay, and presented sick
ly appearance. He put about four
bushels of leached ashes in a barnyard
and threw out to them about shovel
full each day. They all ate it with evil
dent relish. After farming them out to
pasture, he put one peck of dry ashes
per week on the ground in the pasture.
They ate it all up and gnawed off grass
where it had been lying. The cattle be-
gan to improve, gaining flesh and look
ing better than they had for several
years. He now gives one quart of ashes,
mixed with the same quantity of salt,
to twelve head of cattle, about once
week, and finds it to agree with them
wonderfully"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27
Sbs &Ioon'HsIn Sin'ts.
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.

We invite COMMUNICATIONS from all pereon who are
Interested In matters properly belonging TO TINS oe-
partment
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27
To Destroy Insects and Flies.

Especially at this season of the year
housekeepers find their patience most
sorely tried,and families their peace and
comfort disturbed by the prevalence of
one sort or another or of many sorts of
insects about their premises. They ea-
gerly seize on any remedy suggested for
the determination of the pests, but a
victory is seldom entirely achieved. A
late number of the Journal of Chem istyy
believes hot alum water the best insect
destroyer known. 1t says: "Put the
alum into hot water and let it boil till
all the alum is dissolved; then apply it
hot with brush to all cracks, closets,
bedsteads and other places where any
insects are found. Ants, bed bugs, cock
reaches and creeping things are killed
by it; while it has no danger of poison
ing the family or injuring property" Z"
The material costs but small sum, and
is perfectly harmless to human life.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27

RE STbusness you can engage in s. to $40
sex, right In their own localities. Particulars and
sample worth five dollars free. Improve your
CO., Portland, Maine. SIi lyr
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-27

fB Most farmers have noticed that in
fattening swine especially when they
are crowded rapidly, they always appear
weak in their hind legs, and sometimes
lose the use of them entirely. An intel
hgent farmer says that he and his neigh:
oors have made practice of feeding
bone meal in such cases, and find that
small quantity mixed with the daily
feed will prevent any weakness, and
strengthen the animals so as to admit of
the most rapid forcing
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
A Famous Guide.

Pike, the famous guide of the Yoae-
mite Valley, has recently run down to
San Francisco, for the first time in
twenty-six years. He was born in Ten
nessee, but crossed the plains soon after
the discovery of gold in California, being
one of the few survivors of the Inflated
party that first attempted the perilous
passage of the Deaths Valley route. He
was an associate of Peg-leg Smith, who
amputated his own leg with hunting
knife, taking up the arteries and dress
ing the stump without assistance. This
operation was necessary inasmuch as he
had received q wound from q poisoned
arrow in a skirmish with Indians and
illustrated an important principle now
familiar to every college student-that
OF saving ones own leg off--short. Pike
first visited the Yosemite in 1852, the
year after its discovery by white men,
and he has remained In those mountain
solitudes ever since, this being his first
excursion. During recent years he has
pursued the occupation Of guide with
thrift and profit. In ascending Mount
Whitney, however, he contracted a bron-
chial affection and lost his voice 90 that
he cannot now speak above whisper.
he has been commissioned by hotel pro-
prietors in the Yosemite to visit Oregon
for the purpose of procuring new varie-
ties Of pla1ts and trees fer the valley.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
Disinfecting FouI Places.

The Boston Scientific Ne,0s calls at
tention to the Importance at this season
of getting rid of all vile smells about
dwellings,, and makes this practical
suggestion: The article commonly used
to disinfect foul places is chloride of
lime, but in reality it is not of much
value. 1t may, and generally does, re-
move bad smells, but the cause still
remains, as the chloride simply de-
stroys the gaseous emanations. The
much advertised disinfectants are usually
catchpennyl nostrums and unworthy Of
notice. One of the very best known
disinfectants is old-fashioned sscop-
peras, or sulphate Of iron, which can
be had very cheap. A barrel Of cop
peras would weigh probably 300 pounds,
and can be purchased at wholesale price
at AGENT and half per pound. And
every family ou8hts especially in warm
weather, to have supply Of it on hand.
A couple of handfuls OF ccpperas thrown
into a bucketof water win soon dissolve,
and it can then be used freely, and is a
disinfecbant. The best plan is
to eli half barrel or key with water,
and suspend within it moderate sized
basket full Of copperas. In this way it
lissolves more rapidly than when thrown
10 the bottom of the wooden vessel, and
'hus supply j. always at hand ready
lor use. r.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
The Emperor Of Germany.

A Paris paper has an article on the
Emperor William, from which we take
the following extract, describing the
personal appearance of the monarch who
has been so repeatedly target for the
assassin. An audience of the emperor,
in his cabinet on the ground floor of the
palace at Berlin, resembles no other
royal audience. The emperor is clad in
his long military frock coat, with it's two
rows of buttons. He is marvelously
neat, very straight, and rather stiff. His
contour is still well preserved. His
body is well made. His limbs are power
full. His extremities indicate an old and
good race. His face, more grave than
seveie, with its beard cut in German
fashion, is well known. The smile which
plays on his face is at times very young.
When this tall old man speaks to the
women who, during the summer months,
form his court at Ems, he seems to date
back to the seventeenth century. The
emperor has the beautiful blue eyes of
Frederick the Great. But however large
his eyes they have not the extraordinary
dimensions of the eyes of Frederick.
The scant hairs, formerly light brown,
to-day ashen, are parted low on the left,
crossing but not covering the crown of
his head. William seems to me to per-
sonify absolutely the type of an emperor
of the olden time-large, strong, hand
some-a soldier. The faces of Alexander
and Francis Joseph are those of modern
emperors. The gaze of William has a
strange slowness. It is the look of a
man who has the consciousness of majes-
ty. He believes. it is well known. in
his divine right. His tufted eyebrows
form fine arch. His eyes have not the
vague righteousness of those of Alex
ander, nor the indicible melancholy of
thoseof Francis Joseph, nor the trouble
of those of Queen Victoria. However, I
prefer the expression of these last three
to that of the Emperor William. They
have more personality.
His voice has strong tone of COM
mand. The accent is slightly Berlinese.
The emperor thickens little. and 1wells
somewhat on the vowels. He speaks
slowly and very correctly, as man who
has the habit of always being listened to,
without having his interlocuter finish his
sentence. He chooses rather than seeks
LIS WOIdSs 416 WOulQ D0 dD10 10 u0l1V6f
from the tribune of the Reichstadt an
eloquent discourse. The emperor has
the real memory of sovereign. He re-
members every name and every face.
He knows most of the officers of his army.
At times, when witnessing review, one
will hear him say to a modest officer.
"You resemble sour grandfather; little
lighter, perhaps. he was brave SOL
der" He remembers conversation
he has held years before. Adored by
those who surround him, he is very
thoughtful of them. But never did
sovereign do SO easily without the pres
ence of an officer whom death or adj
vancement has taken from his suite.
He thinks only of those whom he sees,
and of whom he has need. It is an
egotism of the sovereign which does not
affect the heart of the man. Look at
him close by. Every face of old age is
a revelation. The Emperor William is
good.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

It Is announced in an important article In
the London Times, which has been GENT by
telegraph to the Toronto Globe, that Secretary
Eyarts has proposed In Q dispatch, which be
sent at the instance Of Congress, complaining
of the injustice of the Halifax award that
Canada shall form customs union with the
United States. He desires that she shall
adopt the American tariff.
Martial law has been declared in Russia
temporarily on account Of the increase OF
crimes against the State.
The international monetary conference lii
Paris adjourned without any definite action
having been taken.
The insurgents in Bosnia are yielding to the
Austrian army Of occupation.
In portions Of Spain brigandage prevails to
such an extent that travel Is unsafe, and the
project Sf Madrid has decided to send four
gendarmes with each train to the Pyrenees.
By railroad collision near Sittingbourne
Junction, England, eight persons were killed
and thirty severely injured.
The town Of Miskolez, capital Of the Circle
OF Borsod, In Hungary has been almost entirely
laid waste by storm. thousand houses
were destroyed by the rainfall, and over 400
persons were killed. The population Of the
place was estimated at about 90, 600.
Three young ladies', named Maggie and
Lizzie Lee and Ada Edwards, were drowned
while bathing in the river Ottawa, at Pembroke,
Ont, recently.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
A Joke that was Lost.

How many really excellent jokes are
lost for want of proper appreciation.
Here, only few days ago, when the
Iowa excursion went up to Minneapolis,
young man sat up at the Nicollet half
an hour one night after his chum had gone
to bed, sewing the legs Of the innocent
sleeper's together. He trousers sewed
them strong, and laughed long and silent
II after he went TO bed, as he pictured the
scene in the morning. When the morn
ing dawned, be arose with the glow of
anticipation in his face, and as it slowly
faded away he sat down upon the sido Of
the bed and dejectedly cut open the
bottom of his own carefully sewed trou-
sers legs, and when his unsuspectino
chum asked what he was doing. he
sighed and said sadly, ssOh, nothing. .
And he YEARLY thought how full Of
meanness was this base, deceiying old
world. Burliagro,s HasoEeye. ls,a9' &
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
From vasnIngton.


Kearney, the California labor agitator, has
had an interview with the President at the
White House.
The revenue receipts of late have been de-
ereasing, being much smaller than they were
during the same period last year.
At recent cabinet meeting the application
of Governor Axtell, OF New Mexico, for troops
to aid in suppressing local troubles was denied.
The commissioner OF pensions says that the
act approved June 49, 1878, making it unlawful
for any attorney, agent or other person to de-
mand or receive for his services in pension
case greater sum than 80 has been the
means of saving the government and the pen
sioners large sum OF money, although 1t has
been in operation only short time. It has
also been the means of breaking up certain
Questionable practices which have long been
pursued by claim agents.
About SIX tY-five erds have been discharged
from the land Office.
The law regarding the destruction Of timber
is to be risidly inforced hereafter. the secre-
tary of the interior having issued q circular
instructing the agents OF the land Office to
make periodical examinations of the lands in
their districts, and report to the commissioner
ali instances OF violation Of the Law, together
with the names Of witnesses, in order that
proceedings may be instituted against the
depredators.
The public debt statement for August shows
decrease In the debt for the month of &c.
All, 504 78, and the following balances in the
treasury Currency $2,122, 171.97; special
fund for REDEMPTION Of fractional currency,
SIG, 900, 600 special deposit Of legal tenders
for redemption u certificates OF deposit, $40,
100000 coin, $188, 400. 709.57 including coin
and oliver certificates, $44, OFT $50 outstand-
ing legal tenders e346, 681 ,016. The payments
made from the treasury BY warrants during
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
Canthe Trutb Overtake 4 lice

Investigation discloses the fact that the lady
reported in the Associated Press dispatches.
about August 10th, to have died in Chicago
after two weeks use of some repssted remedy
for corpulency, had not taken Allan's Anti-Fat,
but had used q preparation put up by regular
physician in Luzerne, Pa. Allan's Anti-Fat
Is manufactured in Buffalo, N. Y, by the under
signed. We have already sold over 100, 900
bottles of it. It has therefore been taken by
thousands. and we challenge proof that it has
ever harmed any body, unless the reduction Of
obese persons from 20 to go pounds, leaving
them healthy and strong, is considered mis-
fortune. Furthermore, we hereby offer $1,000
reward for evidence showing that it contains
poisonous or injurious ingredients. We also
offer $1,000 il we cannot prove that it has re-
duced numbers Of persons as stated herein, and
always without injury. It is said lie will out
travel the truth any time but we trust that
those newspapers that have misled the public
by saying that physicians attributed the lady's
death to the use Of Anti-Fat (Which is only put
up by US, the term "Anti-Fat being our trade
mark, will correct the false impression they
have conveyed. by publishing this refutation.
BOTANIC MEDICINE CO.,
- "
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

Whon we D6mOFalfXo the stomach
By excuses or imprudence In eating, we can
not hope to escape the consequences for any
great length of time. The most robust diges-
ton must succumb to abuses Of that important
function. But supposing that we have been
foolish enough to enfeeble the stomach, is the
damage irreparable? By no means. The dys-
peptic has only to do two things to insure his
ultimate recovery. First he should adopt an
easily digestible diet. Second, he should use
with regularity and persistence Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. the leading gastric invigorant
of the age. The multiform symptoms Of dys-
pepsia, and the almost invariably attendant
disorders, biliousness and constipation, will
assuredly cease to persecute the sufferer if the
above advice is attended to. Who that has
suffered the torments that chronic indigestion
infiicts will neglect to take advantage of q
remedy which, If the most positive evidence of
the medical profession and the public is to be
received with due credence, is an absolute spe
cific for the complaint. q
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Fannie
Hes and Others can purchase no Remedy equal TO Dxs
TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENR for the cure q
Cholera, Diarrhesa, DysenteEy, Oroup CONE mo 49, ~
oatG aScompanyifg each bcttleJ and exteFnslly Tor
ghtohs Hhsutnatism Headache I1csaaens, . SGte
Bitas Old Sores Pats in Limbs Back and Chest Tk9
VENETIAN IMMINENT Wis introduced e M. sc
no one who has used it but co1tnue9 to 90 80 many
STATING if It was Ten Dollars Bottle they would moi y
Tithont e. Thousands of Certificates car be seen -
the Depot speaking Of it's wonderful curaSxS pkep9s
ties Sold By the Druggists At 40 cts. beDot -
Murray ST. New York.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other causes.
An old and well-tried remedy. Is cts. bottle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
Gaps made in the flesh BY assesses I

ulcers speedily disappear without leaving a
scar, when Henry's Carbolic Salve is the agent
employed to heal them. This standard article
cures the worst sores, eradicates cutaneous
eruptions, relieves the pain of burns, banishes
pimples and blotches from the skin and has
proved to be eminently successful in remedy
ing rheumatism and soreness Of the throat and
chest. Sold by all Druggists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

this wO1fd, n Ely companions sought
To shroud him in the leaves Of the ledg-
af OF their esteem and bury him beneath
the tree / mentioned in the preclncts Of
the bank he loved SO well. There, in
this verdant oasis of the commercial
desert, his financial spirit is continually
rejoiced by the tinkle of gold and the
ever-moving millions, not a farthiDg of
which he can now reckon on.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07
NOTICE..

1t is with pleasure hereby announce to
my friends, customers, and the public gen.
orally, that have fully resumed my bust
ness as LUMBER and COAL MERCHANT,
and purpose to continue in the trade at the
old stand where new stock of Lumber and
full supply of Coal can always be found,
at low prices. and in lots to suit all who
wish to purchase.
Thanking my friends for past confidence
and patronage, would respectfully ask
from all continuance of the same.
HIM. DALRYMPLE..
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

Il there Is anything in this life that win give
one { s5rgtaate Of hell, as some represent IT.
that thing is Neuralgia: It : the refinement
Of torture. But thee is simple and nexpen q,
sive remedy for it. john Ancdyns at
ment snufed up into the hean @rl gave Anssssa's
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

Pure rich blood gives US health, long life and
q screen old age, but how few pay any atten-
ii IN to the state of their blood? Parsons
Purgative Pills make new rich blood; and taken
one night for three months will change the
blood in the entire system.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Browns Camphorated Sapona-
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

Obtained for Inventors, in the United
States, Canaday and Europe, al reduced
rates. With our principal Office located in
Washington, directly opposite the United
States Patent Office, we are able to attend
to all Patent Business with greater prompt
ness and dispatch and less cost, than any
other patent attorneys. who are at a dis
tance from Washington, and who have.
therefore, to employ associate attorneys
We make preliminary examinations and
furnish opinions as to patentability, free Of
charge, and all who are interested in new
inventions and Patents are invited to send
for copy of our "Guide for Obtaining
Patents" which assent free TO any address.
and contains complete instructions hew to
obtain Patents, and other valuable matter.
We refer to the German American National
Bank, Washington, %. c.; the Royal Swed-
ish. Norwegian, and Danish Legations. al
Washington; Hon. Joseph Casey, late Chief
Justice U. s. Court of Claims to the OIL
cials of the q. S Patent Office, and to Sena-
tors and Members Of Congress from every
State.
tors Of patsnts and Atteznexf 1T Law, re
preit buiidins. WAsH1t Ton, III 6.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

o. J. Van Ness, Of JonesviIle, Mich, writes
that he has used two boxes Of Grace's salye on
an nicer on his foot and.it is almost well. He
wants two more. Price Is cents per box At the
drug stores, or sentby mail postage paid Ter
as cents. Seth N. Fowie & Sons, Boston, Mass.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

Some people don't know that thsy are betne
s4iadled every time they buy an 1ngeE1ez.
Far batfer to BY and use the cid reliable
Doolev,s Yeast Powder. Every package q
tha Dooley Powder is warrshteA absolutely
pure. and strictly full weight. Sold = sreeezss
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-09-07

bitement was caused at
the mysterious sickness of
|eratives in a curled hair
|go. when three persons are
from q painful disease,
poisoning, from tbs hair
! principally Siberian horses.
I from 3 peculiar malady. A
let operative died, and one
sick !; both evidently cases
! years ago.
BIZ of the National Agricul-
he'd at New Haven, Conn.,,
parts OF the country being
q welcomed by Prof. W. 81.
'lIege, and B. @. Yancey, Of
i. President P. T. James,
cd an address on the value
alton to the farmers, and
ers Of interest TO agrictil-