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Tenor Soloist, 96 Park Street
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Farm AND WORKSHOP NOTES.


The aggregate number of live stool
in the United States is set down at 50,
0,O0O head.
Sixty-eight thousand pounds of maple
sugar have been shipped from Nash
vile, Michigan, this season.
Pumpkin seed act as diurctic OF
cattle. Cows in milk should never have
access to them. Before pumpkins arr
fed the seed should always be removed
: for they decrease the flow of milk very
rapidly.
Farmers must learn to get more pro.
ducc from less acres. In New England
we are cultivating lands which should
he growing timber, and only half cul-
tivating those which should be produc.
ing double the amount they arc now
american Caltirator.
In hoeing or wedding young straw.
berry plants it is always best to pick of
the blossoms of fruit buds, as il is al.
most impossible 10 grow good strong
plants capable Of bearing profitable
crop Of straw berries il they are allowed
TO bear at pleasure the first year.
Channels skins are not derived from
the channels, as many people suppose,
but are the flesh side of sheepskins.
These skins are soaked in lime water
and in solution Of sulphuric acid.
Flesh oil is poured over them, and they
are then carefully washed in solution
ofpotaslI.
OF the 1,OOO, 100000 acres of cultiyat-
able land in the United States, only IL 1-2
per cent are used. The 1856. 468 1920
bushels of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye,
buckwheat and potatoes raised last year
were produced on l05, 1888 COS acres, aud
the cultivation is in most cases careless.
Never leave an excess of fruit to ma
turc upon tree under the impression
that by SO doing you can hope TO in
crease the yield either in quantity or
quality. An excessive crop is always
secured at the expense of quality with
loss of value, and not infrcqucntly at
the expense of the health and even ulti-
-matcly of the life of the tree.
The following shows the weight and
gain Of some Cotswold lambs: One
raised by j. c. Thornton, Of Eric coun-
ty, Pa, at 4 hours old weighed IA
pounds; 9 days old, 1912 pounds; %
days old, Pip pounds, and As days, II
pounds. ii. E. Clark, ofLorain county,
Ohio, had one which, when dropped
weighed Is pounds; when one week old,
weighed 81 pounds; at two weeks old,
26pounds; at three weeks old 81 pounds,
and at four weeks old, 36 pounds.
Fourteen years ago a Mr.. Sterling, Of
Monroe, Michigan, placed two gate posts
of white oak in front of his residence.
When they were set he bored into tho
top of each, with an inch-and-a-half au-
ger, hole three inches deep, filled ii
with common salt, and coppercd the
posts. Having occasion recently to
change The location of the posts, he
found them rs sound from top to bot
tom as the day they were planted.
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as the grass keeps every leaf Of the vine
in its its.
With their broad, abundant leaves,
specially adapted for the purpose, by
deriving carbonic acid from the air, a
q perfect sugar factory is constantly in
operation, and the water is obtained
by rootlets that penetrate not only
downward but over a great surface of
the ground. To know when they arc ripe
"plump" them by tapping with the
thumb or finger nail. If the melon has
a loud metallic ring, it is still green, but
but if the sound is a dull heavy thud, it
is ripe, but no ono can always tell to a
surety when melon is ripe, for heat
often changes the sound, and much must
be conjcctured. Melons are being inn
proved every year, and this season the
seedsmen have brought out some very
superior varieties. j.
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McCOMB BROTHERS,
Manufacturers and ID alers In
HA RNEss Il Adde'S,
COLLARR, &C.
| Also jobbers in
LEATHER,
SADDLERY HARDWARE,
WHIPS, &C,
No. los Douglas Avenue.
Wichita, Kansas.
HENRY scEwEITER.
Wholesale Dealer In
PHILLIP BES.T'S
MILWAUKEE, LAGER BEER.
The Celebrated
Export Bottle Beer
Which he keeps constantly on hand s. No I.
Douglas Avenue, west OF Main, north side.
Wichita, kansas. 1ltf
German immigration and Aid Society,
sEDGwICK COUNTY KANSAS.
mo p. DIETER. President
JUNKERMANr. Secretary.
- Persoss desiring farm hsn-i-, laierer-,
house servants. etc will please notify
julius JUNkERNANS. secretsrY.
rs-oGce. over Farmers And Merchants Bssks,z
MAIN sTIkET-
4s-u wichsss. Kansss
FURNITURE. |
who,es.,. aud EeaIi.
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Ross AND PICTURE FRAMES.
Agent Tor the Ss.bie School Furniture Co., Go. |
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TAGGING, +
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For Information. address
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Correspondents Jesup, Patton & Co., Sc
Williams street, New York; Fifth National
Bank, Chicago; Merchants National Bank,
Kansas City.
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! YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY.

But yesterday passed this way.
And looked for you, oh, blossoms gay!
Oh, roses red! oh, lilies fair!
And scarce could find you anywhere.
Your little heads, as If In pain,
From waiting for the drops OF rain,
Beneath the dusty leaves lay low,
To 'scape the fierce suns fervent glow.
The meadow grass that should have been
A tender, shining emerald green,
To yellow hay was turning fast,
Before the scythe had DER it passed.
The woodland bird, with saddened tongue
A requiem to her fiedgling sung
That seemed a prayer, with this refrain,
"Come, blessed rain! come, blessed rain!"
The blossoms faint, the famished bird,
But yesterday l saw and heard.
Now let me tell, without delay,
The wondrOus change / saw to-day.
Last night the glorious rain came down
Upon the country and the town,
And left its shining jewels there
To make the earth supremely fair
And when the rosy day was born,
sailed forth to greet the morn,
And saw the flowers, with fair, proud head
Rejc. Sing in their fragrant beds.
The little bird had changed her lay.
The requiem now had passed away,
And carols trembled on her tongue,
And merry were the songs she sung.
The sunlit rain gems dropping down
From bush and vine, and treet0p crown,
Euhouoo to n II who their
The beauties Of this perfect day.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07
BRIDGETON N j.. THURSDAY. JULY z, 1891

This branch is fully forty degrees long.
1t hangs like a thin veil over the small stars
which can be seen through it with almost
perfect distinctness. The other branch
curves to the westward, passing to point
six or eight degrees south west of the North
Star. 1t is about twenty-five degrees in
length, and much fainter than the longer
branch, and requires keen eye to trace it's
presence. The intensely bright nucleus as
measured in the telescope, is seven seconds
in diameter, with probable suppositions as
to the distance of the comet. This would
make it half Or three-quarters the diameter
of the noon.
Around the nucleus, which is not distin-
guished by the naked eye, and in the direc'
ton of the sun, extends the coma. The
oma is semi circular in shape, very bright,
and nearly twelve times the diameter of the
nucleus. Outside of this again, is the gen.
eral nebulous envelope, which shades off
into the tail. The tail, as will be seen, is
directed away from the sun. Thus, crab
like, the comet is rushing through space tail
foremost. The study of this comet by
physical astronomers may be expected to
add immensely to our scanty knowledge of
these strange bodies. The Dudley Obser-
vatory astronomers intend to give this most
interesting comet all the attention they can
possibly spare from other important duties.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

RUINED BYA SPIDER.-Spiders crawling
more abundantly and conspicuously than
usual upon the indoor walls of our hotels
foretell the near approach of rain; but the
following anecdote intimates that some OF
their habits are equally certain lndica-
tions of frost being on hand. Quar-
ter master Disjonval, seeking to beguile the
tedum of his prison hours at Utrecht, had
studied attentively the habits of the spider;
and eight years of imprisonment had given
him leisure to be we'll versed in its ways.
In December of 1894 the French army, on
whose success his restoration to liberty de-
pended, was in Holland, and victory seemed
certain if the frost, then of unprecedented
severity, continued.
The Dutch envoy had failed to negotiate
a peace, and Holland was despairing, when
the frost suddenly broke. The Dutch were
now exulting, and the French Generals pre-
pared to retreat, but the spider warned Dis
ionval that the thaw would be of short dura-
ton, and he knew that this weather monitor
never deceived. He oontrived to communi-
cate with the army of his countrymen and
it's Generals, who duly estimated his char
acter, relied upon his assurance that within
few days the water would again be passa-
BILE by troops. They delayed their retreats
Within twelve days the frost had returned
the French Army triumphed. Disjonval
was liberated and spider had brought
down ruin on the Dutch Nation.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07
THE SECRET OF JENNY LIND's
SUCCESS.

Sir julius Benedict contributes to the
Nav Scrs5ner paper Of criticism and rem
iniscence of Jenny Lind, which is accom-
panied by full page portrait of great deli
cacy taken from an American daguerreo-
type of 1850. The writer says of her con-
scientious ardor: "In the concert-room,
whether in the classical masterpieces OF
Handel, Mozart, Haydn, or Mendelssohn, or
in the lighter style of arias and songs, she
always demanded of herself the highest
standard of excellence. When assuming the
first soprano part in The Messiah The
Creation,' Elijah The Requiem the
melodies of Schubert and Schumann, or her
own national songs, the earnestness and
zeal, the total abstraction from all that sur
rounded her, impressed and fascinated the
hearers quite as much as her dramatic per-
formances had done. remember that at a
concert at Natchez, on the Mississippi, when
the steamer stopped to take fuel, she sang
before an audience of about thousand per-
sons, composed of small number of plant
ers and their families, the great bulk being
colored people. There, as in another small
place, Memphis, and at the unusual hour OF
eleven o'clock in the morning, she executed
her solos with finish and perfection which
would have astonished the frequenters OF
Her Majesty's Theater, in London, or the
Academic de Musique, in Paris. When
complimented her and expressed my sur
prise that before so many who probably
heard for the first time an artist of her re-
nown, and would have been satisfied with
even an ordinary performance, she should
have taken SO much pains to do her very
best, she replied: Il value my art much toe
highly to degrade it even occasionally by
any wilful disregard of what consider due
| to it. -
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07
IN THE COUNTRY STORE.

A great place in which to study human
nature is the village store, and if the minis
ter does not niUble at the crackers, nor
steal the raisins, nor sample the evaporated
apples, nor allow the current talk to drift
into the boundaries of the impure, he can
get and do ''sight" of good sitting on the
cracker barrel once in a while. The sort of
man he is who does the occasional sitting,
determines the good or evil of it. And
there is deal of rest and fun to be gained
around the counter of the village store.
Here the crops are discussed, and the Sun
day sermon, and the doctrine of pedestina
ton, all with equal daring; here the witty
sallies fly, and here, it may be said, is set
tied the fate of the nation. We read in this
paragraph: s.The boxes and benches we've a
good deal cut up with knives" The hap
piest days of all of Us are notched into men,
ory with jack-knife. The old school-house
on the hillside-how it was hacked up! You
have left your mark on many tree in the
forest where you used to camp out when a
boy. Perhaps the bark has not yet grown
over Oliver's name, carved on some tree
with exceeding care. And what compan-
ionable Sam Lawsons those idle cuts on the
bench of the village store may signify.
Your Sam Lawsons are not the worthless
fellows they have been made out to be-.
The instructive wisdom of nature often
sits idly on the cracker barrel. Genius and
I'M TO and acnnaInt n
we'll worth cultivating are these idle fellows
sometimes. Not all the wisdom of the
world-nor much of it, we had almost said
lis packed away in books. The village
loafer, who knows all about the ways of the
chipmunks and the foxes; who can desig-
nate every bird at a glance; who knows the
best bait and the best holes for trout in the
brook; who can locate the bone SPAWN OF
eyery horse in town, and is familiar with
every bit of village gossip, can give the mln-
lister many valuable hint and illustration
as he whittles away the slivers from the
boxes and benches of the village store. And
if the preacher cannot find chance to read
Sam and his companions short but effect
i've sermon once in way, he is not worthy
of his vocation. 1t may be that the preach
ers of our time mind their books too much
and talk with sinners in familiar sympa-
thetic way too little. 1t would seem that If
a minister could not sit down and talk in a
familiar way with even the worst OF men
without receiving mortal moral injury, MS
people should put him in glass case lest
the dust of this world get into his delicate
ethical machinery and ruin it. The minis
ter misses an opportunity who does not
make it point to be about and among his
people in a companionable way, even to the
extent of going a-fishing with Sam Lawson,
or sitting among the loafers on the boxes OF
the village store-at least when the mail
comes i'm E. Corner.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07
ABOUT LIGHTNING.

What is the cause of lightning?
Lightning is the result of electrical dis
charge from the clouds.
| What is Thunder?
Thunder is the noise which succeeds the
rush of the electrical fluid through the
air.
When does lightning occur?
When clouds, charged with the opposite
electricities approach, the forces rush to each
other, and combine in a state of eQuilib-
| rum.
Why does lightning attend this move
ment of the forces of electricity?
Because the atmosphere, being unable to
convey the great charges of electricity as
they rush toward each other, acts as an in
sulator, and the lightning is caused by the
violence of the electricity in forcing it's pas.
sage. When the conducting power is equal
to the force of the electricity it passes invis-
IDLY, noiselessly and harmlessly whenever it
finds sufficient force of conducting.
Why does lightning sometimes appear
forked?
Because, being resisted in it's progress by
the air, the electricity divides into two or
more points, flies from point to point, and
seeks passage in different directions.
Why is it dangerous to stand near tree
during an electric storm?
Because the tree is a better conductor
than the air, and electricity would probably
strike the tree and pass to the person stand
ing near.
Why is it dangerous to sit near fire.
placer
Because the chimney being tall object
and the smoke good conductor would prob
ably attract the electricity and convey it to
the body of person sitting near the fire.
Why is it dangerous to sit near water
during thunder storm?
Because water is good conductor and
the vapor arising from it might attract the
electricity.
Are iron houses dangerous?
No; they are safe, because their entire
surface is a good conductor and would con-
vey the electricity harmless to the earth.
Are iron bedsteads dangerous?
No; they are safe because the iron frame
completely surrounding the body, and hav-
ing great capacity for conduction, would
keep electricity away from the body.
Why is it safe to be in bed during a thun-
der storm?
Because feathers, hair, wool, cotton, etc.,
especially when dry, are good insulators or
non conductors.
What is the safest position to be in during
a storm?
In the centre of room isolated as far as
possible from surrounding objects; sitting
on chair and avoiding handling any of the
conducting substances. The windows and
doors should be closed to prevent drafts of
air.
If in the open air, what is the safest situ-
alton?
To keep aloof as far as possible from any
elevated structures, regard the rain as a
protection against the lightning stroke, for
wet clothes would supply so good conduc-
tor that very large amount of electricity
would pass over mans body through wet
clothes and he would be quite unconscious
of it.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

SUNDAY LucK.-The Newark, Aduerttser
in an editorial in reference to the hail storm
in that section on the 22d ult., utters the
following, which to those who remember
the terrible storm of 1876, in. Newton will
have some significance: "But it is one of
the strange accidents of life to the tiller Of
the soil, that more bad luck comes on suns
day than on any other day of the week,
Friday not excepted. Perhaps it is because
the farmer worships nature too much and
holds his Sabbaths in contemplation in his
fields. He tolls not. He keeps both hands
in his breeches pockets and saunters medi-
tatively. He sees with thankful heart the
result of six days of faithful labor, and
there comes hail storm, blossom fog,
or sick animal, surely on Sunday. As
a rule, the citizen is burned out on Saturday
night, while the farmer catches his heavy
luck on Sunday in one way or another,
He never feels safe until Monday morning.
This is conundrum which we commit to
the philosophical study of any one who cares
to explain it, but the annals of any life will
show that Sunday is day needing more
watching than any other in the week. And
herein is mystery.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

1t was in the smoking room OF an Allan
tic steamer that worthy Teuton was talk
ing about weather forecasts. Look here, :
said he, 81 dell you vat It is. You peter
don't dake no shtock in dem weather bre-
dictions. Dose people don't know nodding.
Dey can't tell no peter as ! can" "But,
my dear sir" said a person present, "they
foretold the storm which we have just
encountered" ''Vell, dot is, so," said the
Teuton, contemplatively; ssbut ! dell you
vot it is. Dot shtorm would have come
yust de same if it had not been bredicted. :
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

REMEDY FOR CABBAGE WoRMs.-Of all
the many remedies that have been tried for
the imported cabbage worm since it first
began to spread over the country and to
play havoc with our cabbage fields, few, if
any, have given entire satisfaction. 1t is
safe to say that the most satisfactory remedy
SO far discovered is in the use of pyrethrum.
We were the first to apply this in 1879, but
did not care to recommend it until further
experiments had been made. These we
have made the present year, and caused to
be made by number of our agents and
correspondents. The general experience is
most favorable, and we unhesitatingly rec
ommend it for all the different worms affect
ing the leaves Of our cabbage plants.
american Entonaologist
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07
"IF l WILL, THOU WILT"

If will, then Thou wilt
Take away all my guilt.
And make my record in Thy book
So spotless and so white,
That angels. pure and bright,
That God Himself thereon may look.
If will, then Thou wilt
Show that Thy blood was split
For sinners of as deep dye
AS ever grieved the Love
That brought Thee from above;
Therefore for sinners such as l.
If will, then my prayers.
Though broken oft with cares,
Thou'lt hear and answer to life's close;
Grief shall no more distress,
And sins that confess
Shall break no more my sweet repose.
If will, then wilt Thou
Show me that, even now
have forever safely passed
Into that life divine
Which faith in Thee makes mine
The life that shall forever last.
If will, then wilt Thou
Write Thy name on my brow
In letters of such purity.
That when my last foe, Death,
Shall come to take my breath,
He'll read that belong to Thee.
All this 1 know; for here
'Tis sunbeam clear
1t is beam from Thee, Great Sun!
IF We abide in me,
And my words dwell in thee,
ASK what ye will, it shall be DONE"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

The Stars and Stripes are respected by
the worst of savages. When the fierce
mountain Kurds laid siege to Oroomiah
their leader sent word to the missionaries to
raise the American flag over their dwellings
SO that they might be safe from danger by.
his troops. The flag was a power in this
case simply as assign to the troops that
Christian missionaries were there and were
to be protected. j Anithey werespared amid
merciless slaughter all around. .os
West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

A clergyman was travelling through the
Humboldt mountains with an old miner.
Said the miner: .''Do you really believe
that God made the world in six days2"
.ssOf course do" .'Well don't you think, y
returned the miner, "He might have put in
one more day to advantage around here e.