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FOR A CowARoLY MURDER
Hey Herde ~ ASvested IN Lexip gtsss

Riley Herde f. ATvested ia LeXip gtsss
Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky, March A.-Riisy Hsrds
was arrested here today at the instance sf
the sheriff of Green county. Tenn. on ths
charge OF numbering Mrs Hunter, Who Sss
no ordered February II, In Green county.
Tennessee, by . gupsbot fired through .
window. Hrrds 10 very nervous snd svi.
IDENTIFY knows ,omsihing about the m mufdsf.
HIS bro,ber Alfred Hsrds vas arrested ia
Green county, snd bound over 70 the circuit
court on the same charge lsst week.
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For Jim and Bob.

EAST LTvCEPDnLr March 81 A vote Vs.
aiken for first choice f1r P,-sii-nt and
B.Sipe received So pi "a G'j v5.-s 9 =.
L!Lcnlo vas tas ua4uiuJIs caJ.cs ;ut
Vice President.
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n.,.nnn,, arenn YeiI.

LAWRENCE, HAs, March "a Ms. Judge
A n. Foo,e died to day from blood poison
ing caused by the contact OF her green
veil with a Slight scratch on her face.
physicians sts,e that the coloring matter
~ The ys,i Was Of q poisonous nature.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-25

IT is ssd Of sn old physIcian in PnilaiAl.
phls, wben called upln O. prescribe To- 4
cnugh or cod, that he Invariably r-fu9-S t.
A. So, by r.cnmm"n is ais patients . Iis .,
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
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Death OF u FinancIer.

New YuRH, March 2i-Mr. John J
Crsco. hsnker sud formerly Slb Treasurer
Of the United States, died yesLsrd y III jrn
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Score eme for wife Heaters.

Bosros. March 2i-Tbs Ho1ss defestsd
the bill providing that wife bsa!srs shall be
publicly whipped.
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Tn. Ep,,oo,y Raging at Dayton.

IAYT,s, o, March A-The epiz 'oty
n,.ysiIs here to remarkable extent and
II IL reported worse than ever before.
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ANOTHER STRAW FOR RANDALL.
rnc Erie County DeIexatioa Wen At
ter u sharp FISaL

EEIE, Pa. March 2t-Tle contest hs-
tween the S,otl-R indtll D.n>cr. .ti1 pt-'y
and the Noble Wallace faction re.ultad to.
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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
EnsiIage nv Food for Horses.

In regard to the use of ensilage as food
for horses, a variety of opinions were ex-
pressed at the late cnsilage meeting. DR..
Baxter, of Virginia, said that it had been
tried with fatal results in his State, and
that autopsies showed that death WINS
due to the presence in the II roat of stom-
ach-worms, which caused sufTocation.
This was due, he thought, to the acidity
of the food, which drove the worms
from the stomach. The experience of
the superintendent of the Greenfield Park
farm, in Connecticut, was somewhat sin
gular. OF ten horses fed for a week on
ensilage, eight had died, the trouble APP
pearing to be in the throat. Henry
Goodwill, of Wassaic, N. Y, had tried
the experiment of feeding ensilage, and
his horse thrived under it and got fat.
Another New York farmer said he had
fed cnsilage to mules with good results.
The general opinion seemed to be that
the use of ensilagc for horses was not de-
sirable
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Thus far soapstone is proving itself an
excellent substitute for fire bricks 1t
stands very high temperatures, and it
does not glaze, and it has several other
desirable properties which render it very
useful in the house and the foundry.
Lime slaked with solution of salt in
water and then properly thinned with
skim milk from which all the cream has
been taken makes a permanent white
wash for outdoor work and, it is said,
renders the wood incombustible. 1t is
an excellent wash for preserving wood,
and for all farm purposes.
An interesting experiment is to be
made by DR.. Zintgraif, who, in company
with DR.. Chavanne is about to visit the
Congo and the interior of Africa. He
takes with him photograph wherewith
to fix the speech and melodies of hitherto
unknown tribes which, thus received by
the instrument, will be forwarded to
scientific men in Germany.
NJ. Pasteur has communicated to the
Academic DIES Sciences the results of his
experiments with rabies The most in
teresting of his statements is that he can
render dogs insusceptible to infection by
inocuating them with modified virus.
Hydrophobia is, however, declining in
Paris. According to recent report
there were but six cases of it in human
beings in 1888, while in 1882 there were
eleven, and in 1881 the number reached
seventeen. Among the animals there
were G15 cases in 1881, 276 in 1882, and
1872 in 1888.
At one of the Glasgow steel works,
there is in progress an immense anvil
block, which will eventually contain
about 165 tons of metal, and which is
intended for use with twelve-ton steam
hammers, Of which there are several now
at work in Scotland. This monster anvil
block is designed in two pieces, the
larger one being of about 100 tons
weight. 1t was cast in mold occupy
ing the position intended for the block
itself. The mixture employed in the
production of these huge anvil-blocks
was about one-fourth No. Gartsberrie
and three-fourths scrap iron.
The manufacture of !'leatherboard" as
a substitute for real leather for shoe stiff
Jennings is an important industry in
Maine. The peculiar thing about leath-
erboard is that to certain extent the
name is misnomer. While the product
has the color and quite the appearance Of
leather, yet the best qualities have no
leather in their composition, but are com
posed, instead, of hemp, fax and SINH
lar materials ground up and pressed into
sheets by a somewhat similar process to
that of the manufacture of paper. The
manufacture affords convenient oppor-
tunity for the disposal of old sails, cord
age and other WORKOUT materials into
which the required ingredients have en-
tered, and, as in the manufacture of
paper, the product bears little apparent
relation to any of its constituent parts.
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Making Compost.

Compost admits of the use of a large
amount of absorbant material, for along
with the solid and liquid manures from
the stable all the dirty water, soapsuds
and other refuse matter should be added
to it, nothing being omitted that is SUP.
posed TO contain fertilizing matter OF any
kind. The compost as stated before,
should be very fine. Long straw and
whole cornstalks are out of place in the
compost heap, but answer admirably
when passed through the fodder cutter
and well saturated with liquid manure.
which quickly rots them when so pre-
pared. Such coarse material belongs to
the manure heap. Leaves make an ex-
cellent absorbent material, and even road
dust is valuable, not for its fertiliZinp
qualities so much as for its power of alb
sorbing and retaining liquids. But one
of the best materials from which to make
compost is mari, which is, possibly,
cheaper than anything else for the pur-
pose, considering its chemical value.
As it is almost as fine as dust and incor-
porated with manure and otfer matter, it
not only assists in saving the valuable
gaseous substances, but adds, in itself.
fertilizing elements that are often lacking
in the manure to certain degree. Al
though mari contains no ammonia, it
contains quite fair percentage of phos-
phoric acid and lime, all of which, though
partially insoluble in the mari, are changed
in condition by the chemical action of the
| compost heap. If mari were a soluble
material its price would be high, but as
it must be made available by being com
posted, it is one of the cheapest items in
the whole list of fertilizers. To properly
make the compost heap put down layer
of mari, then layer of manure then any
other material that can be raked, scraped
and gathered up. Pour over it the liu-
uids, but not too profusely, as they may
soak through it, if the heap is small, and
flow off. After the lapse of week mix the
mass we'll together and place it over layer
of mari. This is the beginning of the gen
eral heap, and each successive addition
should be treated likewise-that is, first
thoroughly mix the ingredients in small
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The Art of Drafting.

Whip grating is the best method, re-
curing only a sharp, small pocllctknife
blade to make a smooth fiat shave; and a
little roll of quarter-inch strips of old
muslin, wound on the end of "a small
stick four or five inches long and soaked
through in melted grating wax, usually
made of linsced oil, one part; clean bees
wax, two parts; and white rosin dark
rosin is too entirely drained of the tur-
pentinc) four parts. A strip of the
waXcd cloth two and half to three
inches long, wound on spirally, in only
one layer, SO that it may yield to the eX-
pansion of growth, will cover closely
every part of the cut on scion and stock,
when of the usual sizc-that of a lead
pencil.
1t is all important that this wrapping
be perfect to prevent the drying of the
faces that are to unite. Another essential
Is that the scions be not only sound and
plump, uninjured by the drying effects of
frost and winter wind; but that they be of
fully matured shoots, of the stoutest of
last years growth from tho open exterior
of the tree. This is as essential in a
graft as in q seed, for neither can become
contain Nllnln
themselves enough rcady-prepared ma
terlal to form the first leaves upward,
and extend into the soil-or into the
stock in the case of the scion-downward
Every boy should learn the simple and
most useful art of grating, and now is
the time to begin to gain the experience.
whip grating is easy enough for his
sister to learn too. Let her at least begin
by applying the wrapping, and so have
an interest in the coming fruit. Wax
made as above, and tested in bucket of
water as to hardness-it should be lust
compressble between thumb and finger,
using some force, in water at fifty to
ffty-five degrees-will not stick to the
fingers so as to make any trouble, vet
will be adhesive enough to cling closely
aud permanently to the dry bark.-Ncte
York Tribune.
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Be Mighty Patient with Children.

Parents and teachers ought to be
mighty patient with children. Some have
more capacity and some more memory.
Some are slow and some are quick. 1t
is not the smartcst child that makes the
smartest man or woman. 1t is power
full strain on some Of EN- to keep up,
and the dull ones oughtn't to be crowded
until they hate books and dread the time
of going to school. Some folks send
their children to school to get rid of EN-,
but my opinion is the parents ought to
help the teacher every night. 1t shows
, the children how much interest they feel
in their education. 1t is sign of good
teacher when the children get ambitious
to keep up and get head marks, and
bring their books home at night and
want to go to school if it is raining a
little. Wrap 'em up and let 'em 90.
There is nothing that dcmoralizcs a
school-boy like staying at home every
few days and getting behind his class.
We used to walk three miles to school,
and we never minded it at all. 1t was
frolic all the way there and all the
way back, and we did have the best din
ner in the world. Delmonco never had
as good things as our mother used to fix
up for us. 1t seems to me so now. A
child's life is full of romance and fun
the best sort of fun. A childs dreams
are splendid, but we don't dream now,
hardly ever. | used to read Robinson
Crusoe and dream it all over again. How
/ did long to be shipwrecked on an
island and raise monkeys and goats and
parrots.
lIvv oh 1flr oil Il.
dren, but they don't show off much.
Daniel Webster was most always foot in
his class, but when he learned anything
he never forgot it. Some boys are rest
less and have no love tor books, but they
oughtn't to be given up or hacked OF
abused continually. If they have good
parents they will come to themselves
after awhile.
1t is astonishing how humiliation will
follow boy. One time q boy stole a
quarter of a dollar from another boy at
school, and that followed him to his
grave. He got to be great man and
was thirty years in Congress and was a
Senator, and one day when he made bit
ter speech against the corruption Of the
opposite party and denounced their steal
ing and plundering by wholesale, one of
his opponents replied by saying he would
remind the gentleman that preachers of
morality should come into the pulpit with
clean hands-that Ben Franklin said,
I" He that would steal pin would
steal bigger thing" and he asked no
quarter from the gentleman on that
score.
So, boys, remember and keep your
hands clean. Folks will forgive mischief
ard heap of other things, but they won't
forgive meanness.- Arp.
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you are eating something finer than lob
ster salad.
necessary precaution when roasting q
large and fat loin of mutton is to cover
it with paper during the earlier stages
of its roasting; otherwise the fat will
burn or at least will be scorched, and
impart bad flavor to the gravy.
Goldfish is much nicer if it is picked in
very small bits and then soaked for one
hour in cold water than if put into warm
water or scaded; in the latter case it
becomes hard and does not mix lightly
and well with the dressing
A nice way to prepare potatoes for
supper is to take cold mashed potatoes,
roll out with flour scattered on the
kneading board and cut in cakes with
a cool1y cutter; wet them over with the
white of an egg and bake them until
light brown.
Pieces of layer cake that have become
too dry need not be thrown away.
Steam them for five minutes, and serve
as dessert with nice pudding sauce.
The layer cake made with boiled frost
ing and chopped raisin filling makes a
delicious pudding.
pretty cover for the table in your
bedroom is made by using one of the
large lace tides or pillow covers that may
be bought for very small sum. 1t will
be improved by lining. 1t costs less
than nice towel and will keep clean
longer, as the dust may be shaken from
it.
Ginger candy, which may be given to
children with colds, is made by boiling
one pound Of clarified sugar with very
little water until it is brittle; when cool
stir in one tcaspoonful of powdered gin
ger. Or beat the white of an egg very
light and add this to the sugar with
twenty drops of Jamaica ginger. Pour
upon buttered plates and mark before it
is too stiff in the form of blocks; when
cold you have to chip them apart with a
cold, sharp knife.
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heaps before placing them on the larger
ones. The compost heap must never be-
come dry, but should be protected from
the sun and rain. If the whole mass is
occasionally worked over so much the
better. Just before applying it to the
soil it should be made very fine, if re-
quired, and a little plaster sprinkled
through it while it is being handled.
Should mari not be obtainable use dry
earth instead. Do not add lime to the
heap at any time, nor wood ashes, as
these articles may do more harm than
good unless the heap contains a large
amount of absorbent matter and is kept
moist all the time. The value of com
post is largely due to its retention of
that which is commonly wasted; its
facility for being hauled and spread by
reason of its being fine; its thorough de
composition without ''fire fanging,"
which permits of its use Oh all crops and
at any time, and its being factory
within which large amount of insolube
material can be made available as plant
food.-Philalelphia Record.
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Successful Artiflce in Discovering a
Secret

Mr.. F. j. r. Carulla, general manager
of the Landore Siemens Steel works, re-
Gently delivered lecture on "The Steel
Age, in which he referred to the ex-
periments of Huntsman, the Doncaster
clockmaker, who perfected the process
of melting blister steel in crucibles and
producing homogeneous ingot, about
1910. Huntsman endcavored to keep his
process secret, with the following result:
One cold winters night, while the snow
was falling in heavy flakes, and the
mandatory threw its red glare of light
over the neighborhood, a person of the
most aDject appearance presented him
self at the entrance, praying for permits
sion to share the warmth and shelter
which it afforded. The humane work
men found the appeal irresistible, and
the apparent beggar was permitted to
take up his quarters in n warm corner
of the building. A careful scrutiny
would have discovered little real sleep in
the drowsiness which seemed to overtake
the stranger, for he eagerly watched every
movement of the workmen while they
went through the operations of the
newly discovered process lie OBJ
served first of all that bars of
blistcrcd steel were broken into small
pieces two or three inches in length, and
placed in crucibles OF fire clay When
nearly full, little green glass broken
into fragments was spread over the top,
and the whole covered over with a close
ly fitting cover. After lapse of from
three to four hours, during which the
crucibles were examined from time to
time to see that the metal was thorough
ly melted and incorporated, the workmen
proceeded to lift up the crucible from it's
place on the furnace by means of tongs,
and its molten contents, blazing and
sparkling, were poured into a mold of
cast iron previously prepared; here it
was suffered to cool, while the crucibles
were again filled and the process repeated.
When cool the mold was unscrewed and
a bar of east steel presented itself, which
only required the aid of the Zimmerman
to form finished bar of cast steel. How
the Unauthorized spectator of these OPP
erations effected his escape without dc
lection tradition does not say, but it tells
us that before many months had passed
the Iluntsman mandatory was not the
only one where cast steel was produced. :"
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Care for the Children

Children feel the debility Of tho .sprinE season even
more than adults snd they become peevish and
unoontroable Humors in the blood liable to man
fest themselves in various ways. weakening the system
50 as to render unable to stand the attacks OF serious
disease The blood should be ceansed and the system
inyigorated by the of Hoods shrsaparila Thou.
sands of parents testify TO the great benefit their
children have derived from Hoods Sarsaparilla.
My little girl afflicted with scrofulA So virulent
was the disease that her neck had beon anced ten times
At the time she begnn to take Hoods Sarsapaa there
was very large bunch her face. This expected
to open with lancet but TO surprise the bunch be-
gan to shrink, and it has entirely disappeared
Baby is in good flesh all gone; her appetite is
good, and she seems well any child" WILLIAM
II. OoNANT, Lyme Centre. n. IL.
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Let every parent read this t-sl.wrtt,n letter:
'Unsolicited ssnd on'y such recommendations %
Hoods Sarsaparils deserves. Spring and fall use
Hoods Sarsspsrlls in family Of four With most sat-
issotory results. Ny little girl Of two ard oue-hslf
years, strong healthy ohild but very full booded,
and hearty eater. troubled with sties her
We tried various remedies. but with lasting effect.
At last resorted TO Hoods SarsapArR and from ths
first OF May when used it rst for that purpose she
has not had the least vsstigc Of sy. BY keeping the
blood in pure condt o. the whole system is purified
90, both for economy and comfort, we usc Hoods
Ssrsaparilla. Mrs CHARLES BREWSTER, Buffalo,
N Y.
Mrs Mara Allen of willimantic, Conn. writes that
her little daughter troubled with scrofuous
on her face and head She her Hoods parla
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The Use of n Dry Well.

There are certain household wastes
which cannot be fed to the poultry or
pigs, cannot be burned and will not decay
on the compost heap. These, in country
place, where the cart of the city scavenger
is unknown, will accumulate. The articles
we refer to are old fruit cans, tinware
past mending, saucepans which a crack
has rendered useless, old bottles and
leaky stoneware jugs and jars. These
and Others will accumulate, and proper
regard forbids following a too common
custom of throwing them into the road.
If a rubbish heap is established in an out
of-the-way place enterprising boys will
find it and scatter its accumulations.
There is but one effective way to dispose
of rubbish of this description bury it.
A dry well is useful adjunct to every
neatly-kept country place, be it large or
small. In an out-of- the way corner dig
well or pit, cover it with pieces of
plank too heavy for children to remove
and drop into this all kinds of indestruc-
tible rubbish. When this WELL which
need be but few feet deep, is partly
filled, dig another near by, using the
earth taken out to cover the rubbish in
well number one. This cifectually dis
poses of the unsightly accommodations of
rubbish. while the amount of labor re-
quired is not large, and the incidental
drainage afforded may be beneficial. -
Aqriculturid.
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Izouseho,d uEim,s and necipcs.

Robins make very nice pie. They
taste much like quail
Match stains can be extracted from
marble by sulphide of carbon.
A little soap or lard applied to the
hinges of doors will prevent them creak-
ing.
To restore rancid butter wash well
with fresh sweet milk and next with cold
water.
Small birds that are roasted and are
not stuffed can be improved in flavor by
putting few stalks of celery in them
while they are cooking.
Scrape or mash hard-boiled eggs very
fine. Add a very little mustard, vine
gar and sweet oil. You will think that
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Purify the Blood

Mr.. NJ. j. Quinn, of Albany, N. Y. says his little
daughter. six years old, torribs sufferer with
ecrofula from birth. Was blind for months; in fact,
never well day till she took Hoods Sarsaparla,
She is now well and healthy. Neighbors corroborute
Mr.. Quinns statement and say the of his child is
the most wonderful thing that has to their knowl
edge.
Mr.. HENRY T. CURTIS. of Frankfort, Me-. says his
boy had twelve below his knee and pieces bone
came from all of them. The boy erutchos three
years. On taking Ho DIS Ssrsapara the sores began
to heal and "A from the time he began taking he
threw away his crutchcs and walked mile to school,
The neighbors thought he would walk again.
This is all strictly true"
Mr. j. V. A. Proudfoot, Of Chicago his little "
had discharge from his ears. after scarlet fever.
Hoods Sarsapar.l!a greatly benefited him.
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Pork and Painting.

Aspiring artist; | must say it is very
inc9nsiderate of your father. (Sarcas-
tic,Sy.) suppose if l were pork
packer like himself he would not object
to our marriage.
Dutiful daughter; Very likely not.
He says he prefers good pork to bad
pictures. Life
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Playing Poker for Mans Head.

Playing poker for horse thiefs head
was recent amusement INDUCED in by
several men in an Idaho town. The thief
had been shot by his captors, and when
they found the size of the reward so small
that it was not worth their while to go in
a body after it they cut off the criminals
head, and played poker forit the winner
taking the head, and, presenting it, got
the entire reward himself.