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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-24

WON ,AY rvsNlno. DEC. "a 1888.

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NON Jay rVbNiro, LEV. - 1850,
- Z.
ors s,hr,.,cas ave. when santa Claus
Came A., q ccr,a,n house.
70 c,, tho ch,,dren a stockinRs there,
y,e found little mouse.
. A o,s,ry cbr,s,,naa. little friond,-
said santa CLAUS good ana kind.
The same TO you. sir +" said the mouse,
al thought you wouidt mind.
81 should s,ay awake 10. night
And watch You Tor awhile.r
"Yoa're very welcome. little mouse"
sa,d santa. with smile. ..., ...
Ana than ne a,ie,, the stocking. up
Before the mouse could wink ....-
From the 10 ton. from ton TO toe.
Thete Sasn,tlsvt a ohink.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-24
10 YOU 8eii-Se Ir.

That IN TINS loN there are scores al p"r~uns
made mis- rubie 10y Indigcstion. Dyzpepsia
Sour aud distressed stomach, Liver Com
plaint, Constipation, whcn Tor 75c. we will sell
them, sold by II. Il. Cochran, druggist, nos
l37 and l39 North Queen street. tCb7-cOd2
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GLASS 4ND lUhEN, - sk.
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we understand that seal.skin cOats are 60
ing OuJ OF s.ylr, and in consequence, colds
are c~Casiug among the fair sex How for
tunate there is suvH a remedy as Dr. Bull's
Cough syrup
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I,HE BEsr FAVE GENT havana OI,,aR
L In the CITY; manutaetured by myself and
HARTMAN's YELINW FhONT CIGAR
STORE
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RsADIsu a. UoLUmB,A "a,

Trains connect at Reading with trains tOshC
from Philadelphia, Pottsville, Harrisburg, Al
lentown and New York, VIA Bound Dtook
Routs.
At Columbia with trains To and trom orr,
nAnovOr, S0ttyHburg, Frederick and Balt!'
more. A NJ. WILSON. 5ur'.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
He Prayed F,r His Enemy.

At q little village a few miles from
Evansville lives a farmer, pretty we'll
TODD and bearing the reputation. He
is a widower, and has two pretty
daughters who are the torments of his
life. Il is well-known rhat the young
ladies will be heiressess, md this fact,
added to their M. raj attractions,
draws all the young men from far and
wide to the Cross Roads farm.
But Mr.. Wilson's troubles have
been augmented of l"te. A r%evivalist
has been down in his neighborhood
and stirred up such o religious yeast
in the farmers bosom that he's taken
to praying, and ths.'ve end o it by
making a deacon of c m
Now, it was bad enough to have to
keep the village beaux from his
daughters, but of late some of our city
young men have taking to drive over
there to church.
Last Sunday old Wilson was espe-
cially annoyed by a y, ung man who,
during the whole time 1t service, was
flirting with his youngest daughter.
Their misbehavior was carried to a
climax when the regenerated father
was praying for the whole world and
that congregation in particular.
His religious fcrvo las interrupted
by the glances he cast at the erring
couple. Suddenly he felt that he
could bear it no longer, and. raising
his voice to its highest pitch, he
prayed:
"An' now, Oh, Lord, hev marcy on
the idiot with the store-clothes on as is
a Winkin' at u Alice, an keep him a
hangin' round the church door when
sarvice is over till I can git to him an
put a head on him Amen"
The young man picked up his hat
and went home.-EcGnsUUle Argus.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
dangerous Haste in Business.

The story Of the successful career Of
the sneak-thief Charles Rogers (alias
Pine" No. 1867 Rogues' Gallery
contains some hints on the dangers
attending the American habit of doing
b siness in too great a hurry. It is
the constant rush of the American
system which makes it possible for even
tho most expert of rascals to perform
such miracles of robbery as the stealing
# coupons from under the S of the
man who was clipping them, or the
carrying off of a package of $4,000
from a safe deposit vault in open day.
In London and Paris it would not be
posi- ,le under their guarded and care
full manner of doing banking business,
for strangers Ike this operator and his
several "pals" to get near a vault con-
tanning yaluables, or to approach for
purposes of conversation a clerk in
charge of funds. The informality with
which business is transacted in Wall
street is one of the things which at
once impress themselves upon the
mind of a foreigner or n who is
familiar with foreign customs.-NeaO
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Lining Meadows.

Lining meadows or old pasture
lands with say thirty bushels to the
acre, has an effect upon the condition
of the crop of grass that few farmers
would believe without giving it a trial.
In fact we do not know how the same
amount of money can be expended
upon land with the same profit. 1t is
not only certain but lasting. Wehave
known farmers to pasture meadows
fifty years without being turned up by
the simple application of lime once in
six to ten years. These pastures.
which are regarded as permanent, and
mostly abound in clay molds, after
being grazed down thoroughly are re-
stored almost knee-deep in from f1e
to six weeks. We do not hesitate to
say that nowhere has lime a more
marked effect and can be. used with
better results than in the renovation of
old pastures.--Ge71nontowp Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
Life on Mexican Haciendas.

Mexican hanciendas vary IN slSes
some of the Enclosures contain aspas
of from two to five acres, while oeaeas
will cover an area of from twenty =
forty. The writer was for a Wees -
guest of an old haciendado, whose wa
inclose a space of seventy-flve as's !
and were defended by $50 STOUT ~
armed and experienced poems anu e
wants. This property had been assssA'.
and successfully defended eignss-
times. The proprietor, Don hope.sS
R., was about 60 years old - To-.
He was born in the valley winery -
property was situated, and had w..
been 100 leagues distant from u.
of his Eve sons, one was educaleu
Flushing. N. Y, another in Parls' I.
another in London, England W.
two had never left him. tie mas $
daughters, all of whom were eAu0ls
ely ignorant as his three eldess -
were well educated.-NeW U
Times Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
FOR Il FAIR SEX.
Bcaut:fying Appliances.

Figure to yourself, says the London
World, what it must feel like to take
your be~auty-sleep with a pair OF pm
GERS on your nose! That pretty old
fashioned expression has now taken a
new and dreadful meaning. ANY one
who desires to pc sess the Mrs. Lang
try nose" has but to sleep in torment
for a week or two, and the great result
is obtained. If the figlre OF the would
be beauty is not as lovely as she wishes:
the "~anatomiral corset mixer will
supply her with a nocturnal squeezing
apparatus which will fine her down
by degrees. If her stature is too low
for beauty, she may remedy THIS ny
wearing what is mildly called an zap
pliance in the days of the inqul ltlon
it w uld probably have been classed as
an instrument of torture. This appll'
ance squeezes and stretches all the
lower part Of the body, and its use is
said not to interfere with the comfort
of ones beauty-sleep!
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
The Strongest Man on Earth.

George Jagendorfer is probably the
strongest man in the world. He is of
medium height, but of more than pro-
portionate breadth and depth Of chest.
His forearm is bigger than the calf of
an ordinary mans leg, measuring if-
teen and one-half inches, and the mus
Gle near the shoulder is eighteen and
one-half inches in circumference. His
legs are also muscularly developed, and
sometimes he lies prone on his back
and plays sportiyely with 200-pound
balls, which he losses about much as
ordinary men would toss balls of the
same size made of india rubber. His
"Gnger-lift meaning a lift by the
second finger of the right hands $50
pounds. It is a cannon that he lifts
by a ring and holds while it is fired off.
His s~houlder-lift is a horse 1.-THE last
weighed $50 poundsl, which is a test
Of plain strength such rs has never
been seen before. The litter stands on
a platform, the horse beneath, and the
lift is one of pure strength, without
any mechanical assistance, save straps
owe the shoulders. When Jagendor-
fer exercises with dumbpells he puts
up 250-pounders, and iuggles in the
air with Ito or 15~@rounders. much as
the ordinary gymnast handl s five and
ten-p5unders. He carries five men,
two On each end Of the pole, and one
on his shoulder, and can resist the
pulling strength of three strong men
with the second finger of his right
hand. He purposes, as oon as ar
rangements can be perfected, to lift
a I,400-pound elephant.-phi7adeLphiG
Drpee
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
How to Transplant.

There is a right and a wrong way to
make a hole in the ground and set out
q plant. Some persons remove ten
hines the necessary amount of earth,
and do not give the plant a good setting
as one who does it in one-tenth of the
time. Small plants Of the veg table
and flower garden are best transplanted
with a sharpened stick or dibble. This
simple implement should have a bend
for a handle like that to an umbrella
or cane, only less. It should be thrust
perpendicularly into the well-prepared
soil, there rotated and removed. The
left hand at the same time picks up
the plant, and after placing it in the
hols the dibble is pushed into the soil
TO one side and in a slanting position,
starting about three inches from the
opening and running to meet the
bottom of the first hole. BY pushing
agrinst the dibble and bringing it
toward the plant the earth is pressed
up properly and the work is quickly
and well done.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
OAcake fog Young stock.

There is probably no food better
adapted to forcing a healthy, rapid
growth Of young stock than ground
nilcake, and, in fact, We might say
there is no food better for all kinds OF
stock. Old broken-down horses are
made to look sleek and fat by feeding
oilcake, while young stock can be forced
In growthto a wonderful extent. Corn
and oats are hard to digest for young
stock, and often cause disease both in
the stomach and mouth. We frequent
~ hear complaints that calves and
colts are not doing well, although fed
an abundance of grain, and have inva-
riably found in such Eases that they
were troubled either with sore mouth
Or constipation, or both. The first
years growth on a calf or colt is worth
more than the two following, and
should be crowded as fast as possible.
During the first year the foundation is
laid, and if dwarfed and crampad from
starvation or neglect can only make a
scrub at maturity. The time to make
large frames is during the first year,
and without large frames the prospect
for draught or beef are by no means
encouraging.-Nebrasko Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
Feeding Cows In sulnr or.

The customary loss from poor and
deficient feed In midsummer, when
grazing is the sole dependence for the
summer feed for the herd, is about
two-6fths of what would have been
the yield il full feeding of green food
had been supplied through the entire
season. When a herd has been per-
United to shrink from drought, it not
only gives less milk throughout all the
remaining part of the season, but il
dries up entirely much sooner than
when the cow is kept right up to its
maximn.a measure all the time. Herds
which are full fed, go dry on an av-
erage only about one month in the
year, while those which suffer from a
drought six to ten weeks in the hot
part of the season, with no extra feed,
20 dry on the average about three
months. Animals pinched in the
summer get poor and wanting in vigor,
10 that they do not stand the winter
well, and yet it costs more to winter
such a herd than it does a leshy one.
10 subject cows to a lack of feed
when they should be doing their best,
brings disaster in every quarter, and
Infiicts losses upon the owner which
keep him struggling with poverty
from year to year, and by distressing
and d~iscouraging. makes him d~issatis-
fed with his business, and life an up
hill j~ourney.-Notional Lice Stock
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
a Minister ON nIarriage.

The Rev. DR.. McKendree, a Metho-
dist divine in New York, preached on
a recent Sunday evening on marriage
He said:
The lady shoull, in my opinion, be
twenty or twenty-five, and the gentle
man five years her senior. Poor men
cannot marry extravaganza girls VINO
expect as good a home as their parents
were only able to acquire after many
years toll. The deceit practiced on
both sides is very great. The ugly
sutton gets a tailor to hide his deli
ciencies; the unsightly maiden calls IN
the aid of her rouge pot and milliner.
Until recently marriage brokerage was
carried on in France. We Americans
are guilty of the same thing in another
way. Mothers sell daughters to the
highest bidders, and daughters sell
themselves for gold to men old enough
to be their grandfathers. Such
women would no more choose honest
mechanics for husbands than they
would convicts from tho p%eniten-
tiary. There is no reason why
women should not choose as well as
men. At present the men have all
the advantage. No girl is fit to be a
wife till she can, if necessary, cook a
neil, make a dress and keep 4 rouse
in order. Accomplishments are good,
but a tired husband would much pre-
fer a good square meal. All matches
that are brought about by selfish mo-
tives are unholy. Marriages in which
there is no adaptation are unlawful.
AS oil and water will not unite with
alkaline, so many a couple are united
by means of gold. Such artilcially
made matches are often broken. You
may force alcohol and gum-c&mphor to
blend, but at the presence of water the
alcohol elopes and leaves the camphor
q grass widow. In like manner a third
party often steps in between a badly
assorted pair, with what result can be
easily seen. None but those who have
been united through uremotives and
deep, abiding love have fulfilled the
conditions under which n man and a
woman may really become husband
and wifI.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
Charcoal sas q Food.

Whatever increase the power Of lay
lng on fat OF promoting the rapid and
healthy production of flesh must be
food or equivalent thereto. This pure
charcoal does most e~ffectually, as re-
gently proved by taking the live
weights of two lots of sheep, and
simply separating them by an ordinary
net, the artificial food, corn and cake
being carefully weighed out to each
lot alike daily, one pint of charcoal
being added to one lot only. When re-
weighed prior to selling to the butcher,
The Increase in weight was In favor Of
rharcoal by 164 per cent. Sanitation
Eauses easy and complete digestion,
md assimilation only can account for
these results, which charcoal alone can
accomplish. The charcoal should be
kiven mixed with the food, except in
argent cases, when it may be mixed
il water or thin cruel. and given as a
yrench. The dose is one pint to every
twenty-five head of sheep or lambs,
nne-anarter pint per head for full
grown cattle, horses or pigs; half
Ehe quantity for young cattle,
ind two spoonfuls to one
aessertsp0onful for young calves, daily.
when suffering from disease or in III
condition. 70 keep in good health
and fortify against disease the dose
should be given two or three times
Der week according to the class Of food
they are having and the state of the
atmosphere. The best plan is to wet
q quantity of bran, pollard o. malt
combined mix the char GA among it
and then among the fool you give
them. For rapid and healthy fattina
JIG cattle " should be used daily among
Their food. Charcoal for internal and
medicinal purposes must lie pure veg
stabse charcoal. free froma I Irritating
and injurious foreign matter. The
charcoal, wheneoming into the user.
possession, must be kept perfectly dir
and free from any iIlsmelling sur
roundings, such as the ya9ors of q sta
ble jill artificial mannres, etc. Or it VIII
absorb them. and thus become septic
isand Ill no medicinal value. III III bet
epk Iii ii closad bin or tin canisteI
E&M W RM Mm.M
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11

ICNS lama N~S
Queen Victoria has bestowed the
title of bsronet upon sixteen physi-
clans.
The superintendent of the Nebraska
city public schools is Mrs., M. NJ.
Munger.
Most of the treasury girls at Wash
lngton are said to have their salaries
mortgaged three months ahead.
Mrs. DR.. Jennie Trout, of Toronto.
Cnsda, has donated $4,000 to estab-
liah a medical school for women.
Of thirty-nine fcraale students of
medicine attending the lectures of the
Paris faculty last year eleven were
English, five American and one In
dian.
The most intimate friend of Queen
emma, OIL the Sandwich Islands, is q
Boston girl wLo wrote to King Kala-
Saua to please invite her to visit his
place for a month.
A Brooklyn girl, disguised asa maid
servant, washed the sidewalk Of her
fath~r's residence with the hose fertile
sake Of getting q chance to turn tho
water on a dude who insisted upon
making love TO her.
Of the 300 recipients Of awards at
.,e University OF London this year
thirty were women. Mrs. Mary A. D..
,charlieb and Mss Edith Shore were
he first two women to obtain medical
aad surgical degrees from IN English
nj iversity.
A New Orleans man has discovered
new mode of tanning andpreserving
the skin of L~ouisdana's bird, the
pei c..., by which the features are not
damaged, and the birds skin with the
fea,ners on it can be utilized for
uaking turlA4 s aid hats for ladies.
That obser want traveller, Mr.. Phil.
Iobinson, thus speaks of "hangs:"
{ know of no female headdress in Asia,
| Africa or Europe SO absurd in itself,
,r Sc lu.:atic in the wearer, as some
If tie bangs. Prettiness Of face can,
# course, never be hidden, but ]
| honestly think that neither a black
kin, nor lip rings and nose rings, nor
rcd teeth, nor any other fantastic
female fashion that / have eve seen
IN other parts of the world, goes SO far
coward concealing the beauty OF
| features as that curly plastering
Which, from ignorance of its real name,
have called "the ringworm style OF
oar 9"
Two robbers, a white man and a
aegro, entered the room of Miss Katie
Gamble, OF Jacksonville, Fla, while
she was asleer. AS she awoke, Il
white man d CIV a revolver and threat
neG to kill her if she gave an alarm
softIy reaching under a pillow she
,ul'od out Il pistol and fred at the
:oDber. The negro tumbled out Of
The window in alright, but the white
mar returned the fire. Miss Gamble
OF only fired at him again, but upoI
lis turning TO run sprang out of bed
fred another shot. and, as the scoun
Isel was hastily getting out of the win
dow, stru.k him a good blow over thu
head with the pistol.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
with a closely fitting cover.-Farm
and Home.
Poultry Notes.

1. Poultry need protection and shade
prived of it they will, of course, en-
dure it, but it will be an injuryto them,
and will show itself by the decrease in
the number of eggs.
2. Poultry cannot be kept to adj
vantage unless they have a properly
arranged house for their accommoda-
ton. This is just as necessary to their
weltbeing as it is that horses and cat
tie have a good stable.
3. Egg Shells should always De
crushed before feeding them to h
fowls, for when fed whole it is apt to
teach them the bad habit OF eating
their eggs.
4. It would be found better both for
the producer and consumer OF eggs to
sell by weight rather than number, o
as the market is to-day small eggs sell
for the same price as nice large ones DO:
5. Charred corn is an excellent 1000
for laying hens and serves to keep
them healthy and vigorous. do not
feed entirely, but give once a day, and
be careful in preparing it or it will
burn to ashes.
6. Feed should be given regularly
and in such quantities that none will be
left on the ground bat will all be
cleaned up by the fowls, and should
consist of a soft feed in the morning
and whole grain Of some kind in the
evening.
2. Plenty of water should be given
fresh at least once a day at all times OF
the year.
8. In selecting a cock the following
points are desirable. That he should
be of good size with broad head and
strong legs and wings, carry a high
head, crow often and loud, not loud SO
much as strong and shrill, have a large
red comb and scratch vigorously, con-
stantly calling his mates to eat some
thing he has found and is quick in de-
Tending them.
8. When fowls are confined, their
yard should always contain a grass plot
with fruit trees for shade, plenty OF
gravel, and considerable quantity OF
Stacked lime when crushed egg OF
oyster shells cannot be obtained adjust
bath of dry wood ashes, and it would
be well to dig up Cor piow, il large
enough) part Of the yard so the hens
can have a place to scratch and find
worms.
10. Periods of incubation are as fol.
lows: Common hen 10 to q days
duck 26 days; turkey 81 to % days
goose 20 to 90 days; pea hen q to e
days; guinea hen Is to 26 days
Most Of the eggs I have Matched this
year from common hens were Matched
in nineteen days. though in SOME cases
they ovrrun twenty-one days.-H. s
Waldo.
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11

Hand painting, embroidery andaace
are the decorations for fine fans.
JERSEYS are preferred to matinees for
breakfast toilets at watering places
Black straw, yelled with straw Lace
i, one of the novelties among shade
hats.
New hosiery comes in all the fash
ionable colors to match the dress
goods.
The favorite folding fan for the
pocket and general use is OF Iuscan
straw.
One of the caprices is to trim BASKET
hornets with punches of wheat or
straw.
Irish poplin is again in favor and
can be found in all the new silk coIors
and tones.
Tortoise shell sticks are preferred
for black lace fans, and pearl SUCKS ZOE
white lace.
Large, Inexpensive Fayal straw mats
are trimmed with a single bow Oh
white null.
The plainest made white muslln
dresses are the most becoming. anoaie
easily l%aundered.
Summer dresses are many OF them
made with a waistcoat and cuVa"ay
Jacket with loose fronts.
White India scarfs, with white and
frineed ends, are tied around Ii
crowns of rough straw hats.
The coming dress sleeve obllterates
the shoulder seam of the corsaga, ex-
tending in a point to the neck Oh 'he
dress.
A most becoming bodice for even
ing dresses has the neck cut square IN
front and the back mounting han nlgn
in a Medicis collar.
The Mother Hubbard slip, without
sleeves, and low in the ne K, worn
over an underwaist or guimps, re
mains the popular dreso Tor hCCle
girls.
Bronze-colored shoes and stockings
to match are a late English tashlon
with full-dre IS toilets. Walking-shoes
have the uppers of light drab kid or
cloth, or are cheoi ed or striped like the
dress.
The newest foulard silks and cotton
materials have designs of fruit and
nuts on a light ground. The green
pistache nuts, clusters Of plums, pears.
cherries and berries are Of natural size
and color.
New kerchiefs for the neck, with
mouchoirs to correspond, are made OF
pale yellow washing silk, embroidered
in gayest colors in e'igns OF bees,
humming birds. ross and buds, ana
large butt1f ses with brilliant coiored
wings.
The vestal robe of white nuns veil
ing is a novel princess dress with
shoulder plaits that ar girdled around
the waist and spread out in curves
from the hips to the foot. The belt is
Of dark velvet fastened by a white
silver buckle.
Colors are combined quite as much
as materials. The following are some
of the most harmonious combinations
Moss green and red gold, yellow gold
and orange, garnet and aurora borealis
red, dregs-of-wine red and old due,
maroon AID old pink, prune and pale
mauve, and with all these shades OF
gray, which are NICE moro in great
The Opelousas courier., 1883-08-11
Rabbit Plague.

The plague of rabbits from which
the Australian colonies are suffering
has led New South Wales to pass a
stringent law. Henceforth any person
who shall have in his possession any
live rabbit, or even shall introduce
into the colony rabbit scalps, is liable
for each offense to a fine of $500, or, in
default Of payment. to Imprisonment
for six months.