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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
EmasouIation and Docking.

For profits sake we are forced to per-
form certain operations upon young an
imals, as e~masculation and docking
These are farssmore easily performed to
ourselves and far less painfully to the
animals when they are young and their
nervous system has not become so acute,
or the organs have not become devel-
Oped. | shall lever forget how panied
| was to see some ram lambs a year old
suffer from castration. They were pets
and the operation was q severe one to
me, for they suffered far more than they
would have done in slaughtering.
Since then l have always altered
and locked lambs when they
were two weeks old when a knife was
not needed, nothing more than a pair of
sharp scissors for the former and
a sheep shears for the latter. And the
little creatures get over it in a few hours.
In emasculating an animal all risk of
loss and much suffering will be prevent
ed if the opening is made at the lowest
part of the scrotum and a sharp knife is
used. The pus which always gathers,
in the wound will then escape freely
and the wound heals without nneces
sary inflammation. Another caution
may be given to separate the cord and
the vessels as far up as possible, and to
do this by scraping them apart. This
prevents strangulation of them in the
wound which causes terrible suffering
afterward and prevents loss of blood
Arguside. 3
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Narrowing Spring Crops.

It was just twenty-three years ago
when l wanted a harrow in a field to
which access could only be had by the
road a mile around, or across a corner
of a field of fall wheat. / told my man
to drag the harrow across the wheat.
at will not destroy it," said he. "Nev-
er mind, / don't think it will and if it
does it is better than going around by
the road" 1t was done and the wheat
was supposed to be ruined. 1t was q
heavy straight oothed harrow. But
by and by a bright green stripe could
be seen across the wheat where the har-
row had gone over it,and when we came
to look at it, the plants were taller and
thicker there than anywhere else. And
when the wheat was cut the man re-
marked as we crossed the strip, there's
where we drew that harrow" Since
hen / have narrowed every crop in the
spring 1.-The fall grain, corn and peta-
toes. The harrow is a light one, with
forty teeth, which slope backward, and
it loosens up the ground about the fall
grain and mellows the soil for the grass
seed. Corn and potatoes are narrowed
as soon as the planting is done, and
again when the plants show above the
ground. Not one plant iii a hundred
is disturbed, but the young weeds lie
on the surface in myriads. / have kept
up the narrowing until the plants were
several inches high, and il it were not
for the necessity for working the soil
my last years corn would have needed
no cultivation at all after the second
narrowing, for it would have kept them
down without help. / have learned to
believe very firmly that the harrow IS
the most useful of u farm implements,
and If we only study it and its work
o we shall appreciate it far more
highly than we do, and of course we
shall use it more skillfully and profit
ably.-An Old Farmer.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
House Plants.

House Plants thrive better in the
kitchen than in any other room of the
house, because of the moister atmos-
pherd that prevails here, as a result Of
the steam escaping from the stove or
range utensils. In greenhouses similar
but improved conditions exist also,
which accounts for the comparative ease
found in growing plants in these
structures. These facts point to the
Importance of supplying some moisture
to the atmosphere wherever there are
plants, if we would have fine specimens.
Watering as freely as is admissible for
their health, spoonging the leaves all
over occasionally, and setting some yes.
sells of water among them, are some Of
the easy ways of accomplishing this. A
sufficiency of moisture to suit the plants
will be not in the least injurious to the
health of persons.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
WORD to M

What the mothers of to-day need is
independence and common sense. In
these days of fashion many a woman
wears out because she is DESTROYS her
children shall hare as many tucks,
founces, plaits and frills as her neigh
boris children. Or she heats her blood
until she is tired and cross over q cook
ing range that she may prepare food
to equal or excel her near neighbors.
She, maybe, belongst to that unfortunate
class whose better half Judges her from
the amount of labor which she performs.
"My wife is the smartest woman in
town. She will do more work than o
man any day"
Have You not heard such remarks?
Beware, husband; nature will have
her revenge, and if You want that
Smart woman TO care for you In your
old age save the strength, stop the over
working of those strained nerves, unless
you desire to have anotner I'LL her place.
Mothers, dress your children accord
ing to your means and ability. If your
friends 2-year~old Susie is $50 sweet
and pretty in her embroidered white
DIR ssses, = dom try to excel, but let your
| to-year- old Flossie wear her warm, dark
wooden dresses, and her health will be
cared for, and she viii become q more
sensible woman than Susie, whose meth
er's aim is for her baby to be admired.
We do not discard fashion when prop
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Summer Dresses.

There is nothing particularly new in
regard to the making of the thin dresses,
the only novelty being the occaional In.
PRODUCTION of the exceedingly fashion
able waistcoat. Rufled skirts, with
round apron fronts and sash drapery in
the back, are still best liked, and the
half-titting basque with vest front is the
only variation from the belted waist
with yoke of embroidery, and usually
sleeves of embroidery also. Offering a
pretty contrast to these dainty and
deliberately embroidered dresses is one
of sheer linen lawn both simply
and oddly fashioned. A deep hem
borders the skirt, finished with
a narrow drawn-work heading. Above
the hem five tucks are placed, each
an inch deep and half an inch distant
from each other, with half of the space
or a quarter of an inch occupied by a
band of drawn work similar to that
heading the hem. Several inches above
this cluster of five tucks a similar clus-
ter of three is placed, also with drawn
work headings. The belted waist is
tucked both back and front, with the
hem in front made for button holes,
finished at either side by narrow bor-
ders of drawn work. The sleeves are
also finished by tucks and drawn work,
and the wide sash encircIing the waist
is made with tucked ends, similarly
decorated. The effect of the whole
dress is very odd, and the design one of
the prettiest displayed this season.
Some of the pretty sateen dresses are
made as follows. The skirt Of the plain
sateen is side-pleated all the way round,
and above is a graceful Langtry polon-
aise, looped high on each side, and trim
med frcn throat to hem down the front
with a iabot of Oriental lace. The pol
onaise is always of the figured sateen,
with ground matched to the skirt fabric.
The costumes in light materials aG-
NIT Of much more elaboration then the
heavier cloth suits or even those of
cashmere and merino, and skirts of deli
cate yeilings and other such wooden
good are either entirely pleated in box,
side or accordeon pleats or they are ar
ranged ia . serious Of puffiings and gaug
inrs. Some skirts show deep outings,
divided one from the other by three OF
four rows Of gauging, with a draped
| puff at the back, while other new eos
TUNES have no drapery whatever in
front only a sort Of full short putting
round the edge of the bodice.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Salt on Asparagus Beds.

We have no doubt of the value Of salt
applied to asparagus beds, in the spring,
when the plants are about making their
appearance. By a regular annual dose
of salt, nearly covering the ground, we
have known the beds to continue to af-
ford an undiminished supply for thirty
years. The fact that the quantity of
salt applied at one dressing kills every
green thing growing in the bed, while
the asparagus thriyes with it, shows
how kindly and naturally it takes to
the salt, asparagus being a marine
plant. Besides if the salt was of no
more service than to destroy all weeds
and other foreign plants appearing in
the bed, it would be worth all it costs,
rs it is a difficult matter to remove weeds
from among the asparagus shoots with
out damaging the young plants and
some of the shallower crowns, unless by
the hands, a most laborious task.-Ger-
mantown Telegraph.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
The Lever that Moves the Iowa
World.

Our daughter, Laila Bert, is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. j. b. Brush, in the
south part OF Highland, this week.
Our wife acknowledges calls from
Ladies Leach, Ochiltree, Cornish, Va
der, Rntledge, Knapp, Blakeslee, Ar
rowsmith, and others.
From a letter we learn that our
mother, at Stewart, Iowa, has been
quite sick, which we very muon regret.
We hope to hear of her recovery soon.
Not long since, our daughter, in com
pany with another girl, her schoolmate,
was reading in her language-book and
defining parts of speech. Among the
rest they stuck on the word "neun :
when our little boy, eight years old,
said "Dude is a noun, common, be-
cause it is the name of a thing"
Leaving home this morning for the
Office, we kissed our little four-year-old
goodbye saying to him BE a good
boy to-day" He somewhat surprised
us by saying: II will. Be a good man,
papa" Sure enough, we thought. We
need the exhortation more than he
The Bayard News.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
MacaulaY.s opinior af Hi,n..,g

81 y S4 -. As.=R~
Il have written, he wrote with great
candor, to MocYey Nanier. tssAuA.al
things on historical, political and moral
questions, of which, on the fullest "a.
consideration | am not ashamed, but
by which | should be willing to be esti-
mated. But ] have lever written a
page OF criticism, or poetry or the fine
arts which / would not burn if / had
the power. l leave it to yourself To
make the comparison. / am sure that
on reflection you will agree with me
Hazlitt used to say to himself Il am
nothing if not critical The case with
me is directly the reverse. I have 4
strong and acute enjoyment of great
works of imagination but Ihaye never
habituated myself to dissect them .
Not less sound was his estimate of his
great history. A fortnight before
it's publication he wrote in
his diary: "The state OF my own
mind is this: When / compare my own
work with what | imagine history ought
to be / feel detected and ashamed: hut
when / compare it with some histories
which have a high repute / feel reas-
sured." At a subsequent stage Of the
publication he writes: "I dawdled
over my book most of the day, some
times in good, sometimes in bad spirits
about it. On the whole, l think that Il
must do. The only competition. so
far as l perceive, ii has to dread is that
of the two former volumes. Certainly
no other history of Williams reign is
either so trustworthy or so agreeable"
The following entry is interesting: 81
looked through-'s two volumes. He
is, l see, an imitator of me. But I am
q very unsafe model. My manner is, I
think, and the world thinks, on the
whole a good one; but it is very near to
q bad n indeed, and those charac-
teristics of my style which are most
easily copied are the most questionable"
Chambers Journal.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

Now is the time ts syringe the rose,
currant and gooseberry bushes with a
denoction of hellobore in water to repel
and destroy injurious insects, About a
tablespoonful of powder to q twelve
quart pail of water is the quantity to
use, Swinging every part of the bushes
thoroughly. This repels the white fly
from the rose when done in season, and
saves the foliage from being skeletoned
later.
A. G. Harmon, of Sufield, Conn,
has a Brahma hen that has taken two
young pigs under litter, and the hen
commenced brooding them at once.
The mother suckles them and the old
hen settles over them, keeping them
warm by the spread of her wings, and
all efforts of the mother to drive her
away are ~unavailing Hartford Cour-
ant.
Forethought and patience are nowhere
so ingrained into a youths nature as OF
the farm, but the youth should be there
from his earliest years. 1t is too late to
begin the apprenticeship at fifteen, with
hope of securing its best results.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Living With a Bullet in His Brain.

From the New-York Medical Record.
DIR. W. p. Hartford, of Beetown, Wis,
sends us the history of a somewhat rare
case. A young man, aged 30, was shot
in the face, receiving the full charge of
q shot, gun at a distance of Is yards.
His head was struck with seven No. A shot
and two bullets. DIR. Hartford writes:
Zone bullet penetrated the frontal bone
three-fourths of an inch above the right
supraorbital ridge, and | think it passed
nearly if not quite through the brain;
it cut a clean hole through the bone.
We probed the wound about an inch and
a half it went straight into the brain and
there was some of the brain substance
on the ground where he fell when shot
There was another bullet wound just
under the right eye that penetrated for
about an inch. The course of the bull
lets was from right to left. The pa
tent was unconscious, and somewhat
delirious for a few days. He finally re-
covered entirely, except for a feeling OF
numbness in the right hand and leg
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

Mr.. w. d. Boynton inclines to prefer
spring for transpIanting evergreens,
but thinks "the when Is not 50 impor-
tant as the how, : and he gives, through
The American Garden, these sugges-
tions in reference to the necessary care:
my main p~recaution is to secure the
mould Immediately around the tree that
contains most of the feeding roots in d
tree Of small growth. / have this lift
ed out carefully with the tree in the
centre, as little disturbed as possible,
and then wrap coarse sacking about the
whole, drawing il up around the trunk
and tying firmly. In this shape they
can be loaded into q wagon box
that has thick layer Of
straw In the bottom and taken home.
They should be set out at once, watered
and staked. IL they are to be shipped,
the mould must ble detached, and moss
worked in among the roots and bound
around them, wrapping sackine
around the whole, and fastening around
the stem. The whole mass Is then
mcsetened asier whicIl treatmcnt they
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

will stand an;to q journey. If the
planter finds that the roots are at all
dried up when he comes to set them
ont, the tree may as woil bepitched in
to the brush-heap at once, for it will
sooner or later find its way there.
Never use manure Of any kind around
the roots of a young evergreen tree.
Vegetable mould is good, but they
do not need a rich soil. They should
always be staked firmly, for they offer
a thick top to the wind, and if twisted
about, the roots cannot get q hold"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
A Triumph of Surgery.

Skin-grafting has for SOM time been
successfully practiced by surgeons for
the purpose of cicatrizing unsightly
wounds, but the transportation of flesh
is a new device in the healing art which
DIR. George F. Shrady of the Presby-
terrain hospital in New York has adopted
with signal skill. Bertha Kistler,
twenty years of age, was the subject,
and the operation involved the recon
struction of nearly her entire face.
There was a large hole in the cheek and
the nose and mouth were frightfully
distorted when the doctor took hold of
the case, and a years treatment and
twenty different operations were re-
CURED to make the girl a new face as it
were. The most important step in the
treatment of the case was the filling up
of the hole in the face. For this pur-
pose a large skin flap was wanted. It
was obtained by DR.. Shrady in the
following manner:
A rectangular section of skin was par
TALLY separated from the girls left arm
above the elbow an incision was made
in the side of the forefingerof the right
hand, extending from the first joint
around to the thumb. The hand was
then brought over to the left arm, and
the detached edge of the skin flap was
sawed into tI,a .~po;e;ar - Az Go.o~
with fine silver wire. The hand and
arm were kept immovable by plastic
bandages. In about a week the skin
flap became united to the hand, but the
flap was principally nourished by the
arm. To change the current of nutri-
ton the flap was gradually cut from the
arm, and when it had been nearly sew
cred from the finger, and not the arm,
kept the skin flap alive. When this be-
came apparent the entire skin flap was
amputated from the arm. The hand,
with the ingrown flap, was her brought
up to the face, the SCARED skin on the
left cheek was raised and the flap was
inserted underneath. The hand was
kept in position by plastic bandages and
a plastic cap. In three weeks the flap
became attached to the face; the current
of nourishment was shanged by gradual
amputation from the finger, and finally,
when entirely separated from the hand,
the skin flap taken from the arm be-
came the foundation of a new cheek.
To restore the mouth DR.. Shrady de-
cided to enlarge it on one side and sew
it up on the other, and after this was
done the lips were cut into the true and
proper shape and all traces of distortion
had disappeared.
There is now only slight disfigure.
ment of the face. From the first me-
ment of her long m~artyrdom the girl
has not faltered for an instant, but has
even been impatient for the next step.
Sometimes the doctor would try to per-
suade her to forego for a time the oper-
alton, but she persisted in her desire.
A singular feature of the case is, that
Notwithstanding the suffering she must
have experienced, she has grown very
fat. She has been constantly the re-
cipient of flowers, wines and delicacies
of various kinds from people who though
perfect strangers to her have become
interested in her singular and remaska-
BILE patience. The gratitude she evinces
toward DIR. Shrady is unreasonable.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

A practical farmer advises the grow
ing Of two crops Of bnckwheat IN sue
cession IS = means Of discriminating vine
worms. He argues that they viii not
cat the bnckwheat and are starved to
Aoath.
1t Is said that Kansas will plant over
. hundred thousand acres OF sorghum
this year, Last years yield is set down
1t 5 .000. 900 gallons Of syrup and $780,
600 pounds Of sugar.
The best way to apply salt to paths,
30 destroy weeds, is as follows Boil
the salt III water. one pound to n gal
Ion, and apply the mixture boiling hot
viii y watering pot that has 4 spread
ing rose; this will keep weeds and
worms away for two q three years,
Put d pound To the square yard the
&rsf year afterward i weaker solution
may be applied when required.
Young mustard plants, cut while stil
- Che need leaf, furnish 4 delicious sal.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

Make voursels n slave to fashion for q
child, and assnredly, by the time she il
16, your bones will ache and your spir-
10 quake over the endless work OF her
wardrobe. Cincinnati Saturday Night.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-12-13
Complimentary Notice.

Our government can no longer
be said to be an experiment One
hundred years of successful exis.
tence has established it as a per
manent institution. The magnifi-
cent conduct of the people during
the late election proves their patri.
otism, and the wisdom Of our Con.
stitution. Our immense commercial
interests also furnish convincing
proof. We know of no better il
lustration Of the success attending
honorable and able business meth.
ods than the firm of ID. NJ. Ferry n
Co., Detroit, Mich, the leading
seedsmen Of this country. From
small beginnings, thirty years ago,
they have builtup their mammoth
business by strict adherence tc
their initial principle Of furnish,
ing only the best seeds obtainablc
They offer to send their valuabl
"AnnLal" free to all who expect Il
buy seeds or bulbs.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-12-13
PERSONAL.

Col. T. w. White, Of fIlcrnsndo,
was In sardis Monday
Mr.. Eugene johnson, Of Senate
bia, was in Ssrdis Tuesday.
Maj. d. B. Arnold, Of Pope
Station, was in Sardis Thursday.
Capt. John W. Ward, Of Hous.
ton, Texas, was in town this
week.
Gen. J. r. Chalmers left last
Saturday for Washington, to take
his seat in Congress.
Rev. J. d. Cameron will be Pre-.
siding Elder of the Columbus Dis
trict the next four years.
Miss Rebecca Flautt returned
Sunday morning from brief but
pleasant visit to Oakland.
We had the pleasure Of meeting
Judge II. H. Chalmers, Of the Su-
premo Court, Monday morning, as
he was passing up the road.
Our esteemed townsman and
friend, Hon. John G. Kyle, is an
applicant for the Office Of United
States District Attorney of the
Northern District of Mississippi.
As there are thirty-nine counties
in the District, there will probably
be many applicants for the posi-
tion, but none can be more worthy
or deserving of the honor than Mr.
Kyle, and, considering the inAu
ential support that is backing
him, we think his chances Of sue
cess are quite Aattering. Mr.. Kyle
is well versed in legal lore, has ,
host of friends, and has served hi
felIow-citizens as Mayor Of Sardi'
and Senator Of Pamela county
which latter office he still holds
Mr.. Kyle is an earnest ant
consistent Democrat and has faith
fully worked for the success of tn,
party ever since he attained hi
majority. He possesses in al
eminent degree the confidence ant
high regard Of the people and h
has been true to every trust con
fided to his keeping.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-12-13
Never Give Up.

II you are suffering with low
and depressed spirits, los. Of appe.
tite, general debility, disordercd
blood, weak constitution, head
ache, or any disease Of a bilious
nature, by all means procure a
bottle Of Electric Bitters. You
will be surprised TO see the rapid
Improvement that will follow you
win be inspired with new life
strength and activity will return ;
pain and misery will cease. and
hsnceforth you will rejoice In the
praise Of Electric EittsFs. Sold 81
iilly cents . bottle BY Henderson
Brps. M
The Panola weekly star., 1884-12-13

GEN. CHALMkRs was greatly
blocked on the 9th by the tragic
sath Of one Of his old family SER
Pants, Jerry Chalmers, whose body
Pas horribly lnanglcd BY a freight
rain al Coldwater. Old Jerry
lsarted 70 board the train while II
Pas In motion. and, losing his hold,
ell under the wheels Of the ca-
pose. Jerry was on his way "a
ardis 10 end his days in The ser
iss u his former master.
The Panola weekly star., 1884-12-13
STOCK LAW ORDER
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
TO he People Of Rmoia County;
No, 1il7.

TO The People Of Rmoid County:
No. fil7.
In the matter Of the petition of c, B.
Vance and many other ciii1ens OF Pa
nola county 10 prevent live stock from
running at large within all the town.
ships of the county of Panola.
The Beard having carefully examined
said pctiiion. and finaing II IN all thing
in compliance with the law, ~ passed by
the Legislature Of the State III Mississippi
Of 1878. That said petition contains the
names of more than two-tliirtls of the
bona fide resident freehollers of all the
townships, respectively, Of said county.
II l.. Therefore, Ordered by the Boarl
of sut-rvi-or- of Pamela county, That
saii petition be granted, and that all
ter~Dps within the limits of all the town
ships of said Panola county, from and
after The
LIST Day Of March, 1885,
shall keep all their live stock, Of every
description, securely confined within an
enclosure.
II l. further ordered, That this Order
BE- ruilishsd In some newspaper within
Pamela county for thfee months next
after this date.
By orler of the Boani Of Supervisors
This. November 18th, 1884.
r. pItvN, Clerk
ny I8s y. LzrKr, ID. Y.
Nov. =nsh. ~, 3m.