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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28
The RATS OF LOOE.
How Indignant islanders Exterpinated .
Huge Colony Of Rodents.

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Huge Colony Of Rodents.
A mile or so out at sea rises a green
triangularly-shaped emiuence called
Looe Island. Several years since a
ship was wrecked on the island. but
not only were the crew saved, but sew
erai free passengers Of the rat species.
who had got on board nobody knew
how, where or when, We're also pre-.
served by their own strenuous exertions.
and wisely took up permanent quarters
for the future on the terra iirma of Looe
Island. In course Of time these rats
increased and multiplied, and, being
confined all round with certain limit,
by the sea soon became a palpable and
tremendous nuisance. Destruction was
threatened to the agricultural produce
of all the small patches OF cultivated
land on the island it seemed doubtful
whether any mar who ventured there
by himself might not share the fate OF
Bishop Hatto, and be devoured by rats.
Under these circumstances the people
of Loco decided to make one de.
tcrmincd and united effort to extirpate
the whole colony Of invaders. Ordi.
nary means OF destruction had been
tried already, and without effect. 1t
was said that the rats left for dead on
the ground had mysteriously revived
faster than they could be picked up
and skinned or cast into the sea. Rats
desperately wounded had got away into
their holes, and become convalescent,
and increased and multiplied again
more productivity than eve The
great problem was, not how to kill the
rats, but how to annihilate them 80
effectually that the whole population
might certainly know that the reap
pearance Of even one Ut them was alto.
gether out Of the question. This was a
problem, and it wa solved practically
and triumphantly in the following man
ner: All the Inhabitants OF the town
were called to DIN in a great hunt
The rats were caught by every con-
ceivable device. and, once taken, were
instantly and ferociously smothered in
onions; the corpses were then decently
laid out on clean china dishes, and
straightway eaten with vindictive relish
by the people of Looe, Never was any
invention for destroying rats so com.
plete and 50 succe tsful rs this. Every
man. woman and child that could cat
could swear to the death aud annihila.
ton OF al the rats they had eaten. The
local returns OF dead rats were not
made by the bills of mortality, bat by
The bills of fare. 1t was getting rid OF
a nuisance by the unheard-of process of
stomaching 1.-THE Sea.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

As bluegrass sod improves with
age, it is perhaps the most valuable
grass for permanent pasture.
According to the Medical World
every farmer wears out, on an average,
two wives and a half in his lifetime.
Stop churning when the butter has
come in the granular form. Any further
agitation injuries the butter. - Chicago
Journal.
"A new system Of drying lumber by
surrounding it with common salt is just
now attracting attention. The peculiar
power Of salt Tor absorbing moisture Is
we'll known. philadelphia Press.
Keep an account with your farm.
charging it with every dollar spent for
it, and crediting it with every dollar re-
ceived from it. You will thus know
how much profit you have realized from
it. - Cincinnati Times.
The Germantown Telegraph says that
the great family tree should always be
the pear tree. 1t will bear fruit every
veal. 1t will outlive the "oldeseinhab-
%itant," and keep the family well sup
piled with lusc Gus fruit.
The swine-growers, remarks a New
York exchange, are just now advocat-
ing hogs with more lean meat. This is
a move in the right direction. The ,
stylish hogs Of the past decade have
been but little more than mere Jumps Of
animated lard. Give the hogs q range
with pasture and feed less corn. That
will certainly improve the quality of the
pork.
In purchasing stock sheep, too
much care can not be exercised in be-
ing fully satisfied that the animals are
not infected with scab or foot-rot. and
thus introduce these diseases into
healthy flocks, remarks the Sheep
Breeder. This applies particularly to
sheep purchased in the great livestock
markets, as they have been exposed to
infection on the cars.
As we'll drink the water from 8
filthy barn-yard pool as to allow a COW
to drink it and then use her milk.
Whatever impurities may be in the
water are taken up by the system of
the COW and are given off in her milk
and pass off into the system Of the
human consumer. Owners of COWS.
then, should be very careful to allow
them only pure water to drink, and 1t
is just as important that their food DO
pure and wholesome also. - Chicago
Tribune.
The best permanent whitewash for
outside use, and one that will not rub
of from inside walls, is made as fol-
lows: Slack forty pounds of lime in
half q barrel of boiling water; keep it
covered; then strain it and add a peck
Of salt, dissolved in hot water; three
pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin
paste. half a pound of Spanish white,
and pound of clean glue dissolved in
hot water. Stir all thoroughly to-
gether, leave it for q week, and then
use it hot albany journal.
Many kinds of fruit trees which
have arrived at q bearing age may grow
very vigorously while producing little
or no fruit. Whatever checks the
wood-producing principle tends to
throw the plant into a bearing state.
Hence summer pruning is often cm-
ployed, and the same result is obtained
by root-pruning, with this difference,
that by the latter operation the whole
of the branches are proportionally
checked, while by pinching only the
strong-growing shoots, the weak one
gain at the expense of the strong one
IN. Y. Examiner.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28

Asia possesses the most powerfully
equipped hornets. The Indian Medical
Gazette tells Of n man who was bitten
on the neck by n of them. Within
ten minutes he became cold, pulseless
and unconscious. He was a robust
man. but the use Of active remedies only
brought him to after a couple Of hours.
The hornet was Of medium size, bright
yellow and striped with black.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28

and regular rumble as II someboty was
scraping a stick over the head board Of
the bed above. 1t grew louder and
louder. and her excited nerves magni-
fed it into loud groans, mingled with a
fr ghtful creaking as II some n were
writing on the bed in greatest pain.
10 was a plucky girl. and her fear made
her obstinate. 10 there she lay in mortal
terror.
Jack meanwhile was placidly smok.
ing still another cigar and reading =
novel-Or, rather, trying to, for his
mind would wander, spite OF his feeble
resistance TO the mischie ous face that
had puzzled him so all day. and he kept
finding himself looking at Miss Nor
tons laughing eyes in the blazing fire
on the hearth before him. He began
to feel sleepy before his cigar was half
smoked out, but his respect for a good
cigar forced him to finish it For the
last time he was de yterously knocking
off the ash with his little finger, when
his reverie vas abruptly broken by a
loud crash, followed by a piercing
shrek. that rang through the entries OF
the huge old country house from one
end to the other. He rushed into the
hall Just in time to run square INTO 10
Morton, who, with hair flying and face
white as the snow without, shrieked:
"Save me, Jack. save me!' and tainted
away in his arms. The chance was too
good, and naughty Jack stole one kiss
before his doctors instinct overcamc
the delic;ousness OF holding a beautiful
girl in his arms enough to set him to
work reviving her.
Everybody was there quickly. and
soon the excited girl hal regsined her
self enough to tell the fearful ordeal
she had passed through. According to
her story the great-g andmother's
ghost had called in ninety-nine other
ghosts and they had enjoyed m old
'ashioned breakdown over her head,
with an awful jump into the air,
anding all together On the floor with a
rash that broke it down, and ghosts,
loor, bed and all had come tumbling
through into her room.
just then Uncle Seth came shecpish.
y downstairs, clad very much en- dos.
Iabille, aud rubbing his shins most pa
het cally. 1t was 500 pumped out Of
i'm that Mother H~ough:on's mince
lies, Of which he had consumed three
the day. had caused him an act
'al visitation of the aforesaid great.
Grandmother, as he vowed, and that
While she had him over her knee, pun.
hing him in The timc-honored way
or eating SO much. he had rolled of on
he floor. As Uncle Seth's eating ca
,acities had resulted in mammoth pro-
portions 10 his body, it was indeed a
Wonder that he hadn't tumbled through
he ceiling into JOS room. As it was,
bout six square yards of plastering
lad loosed his grip and come flying
on JOS devoted head.
Next day Miss Morton was rather
of Mr.. Houghton. In fact, she was
'ather ashamed of herself. Bnt before
he no idays were over Jack had con-
'inced her that thele was nothing to be
ashamed Of, and the coming June,
When Jack went to Vassar ito see his
sister graduate as he told the boys,
10 let him give back the kiss he had 50
,aughtily stolen on the dav when his
.igar lost him one girl and gave him
mother. Boston Globe.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28

"A farm in Carbon County, for
which the owner paid $500 a few years
ago. waspurcbased recently by a SYN
dictate for $27. 900. on tho report Of an
assayer that there are immense quanti-
ties Of silver and copper underlying the
farm.-Pkaadelphio Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28

their native land. The nam ng OF many
Of the streets of Montreal after sainSs
reminds one that it. founders we're moi
exiies nor adventures. but enthusiastic
miss onaries.- -RoWurd, IN Naadep hid
Press.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-11-28

1t is reported that a new enemy 10
the potato has appeared in a beetle
which bores a hole in the stalk and eats
its way down to and into the potatoes.
Thus imbedded in the stock and
ground this enemy Is not to be reached
by the poisons which destroy insect lifc
on the outside Of plunts. ~ T. Time
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
farmers Column.
Keeping the Land IN Crops,

Autumn cultivation, SAYS the Daily
Telegraph Of London, is rightly CON
sidered to lie at the foundation Of
good farming, the reason being that
arabic land is kept cleaner with less
cost where it is scrupulously adopted
and the early tillage affords opportu-
nifty for putting in large number OF
winter green crops, instead of allow,
ing it to remain falow uutil spring
Popular opinion seems to favor this
kind of cropping more and more. Far
mers of the last generation often
omitted to SOW rye, winter barley, vet
ches and trifolium for spring and ear
" summer feeding, from the mistaken
idea that rapid cropping Furnishes the
land too much. The fact is now seen
and tolerably well understood, that il
only sufficient fertility be supplied
and the soil be kept clean, it is simply
impossible to make too great demands
on production. As the market gar
dener, as soon as he has marketed one
kind of produce, sows for another, SO
the farmer who embarks in legitimate
high cultivation aims to keep every
acre Of his holding actively producing.
Science as we'll as common sense proves
that he is in the right. Sir. J. B.
Lawes has recently pointed out that
the nitrates absorbed from the soil by
rains are speedily washed out again
unless there be roots Of young plants
to take them up. Hence the import
ance of attempting to clothe almost
every acre Of stubbie land, with young
green plants, calculated to yield valu-
able stock fodder in April, May and
June, that throughout the whole in
tervening growth period from October,
this great gain to the farm may accrue
IN an extensive absorbing Of nitrates
from the atmosphere by the roots of
plants, derived from rainfall and dews.
What has Of late tended to make these
winter green crops more popular than
ever has been the success of the ensi-
lage system, and the fact that the far
mer who adopts the latter can not
possibly have too much of the former.
When the rye, vetches and trifolium
have got wellnigh to perfection in the
spring aud early summer months, If
there be ample silo accommodation,
they can be cut and cleared off the
ground Immediately, SO that the. land
may be resown to turnips, planted to
cabbage, or devoted to green maize for
second silo crop. Farmers of the
past did not grow SO many catch crops
as their successors do now, because
they did not always know what to do
with them when grown. In May and
June, when there is plenty of grass,
the consumption Of such produce by
TIIsestock, in green state, although
making the best possible use of it, is
somewhat limited. 1t was all very
we'll in the old days to have a few
acres of rye, winter barley, yetches,
and trifolium, to come successfully,
ready for consumption, but it was not
worth while cultiyating any of these
crops in very extended degree.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
TO III G2CHAT IS.

Will 'uralsh merchants Stsaulrs 'nr their
customers to select Irosn At lowest Whpir.,le
P.r,r Prs."s. Auy ieuIta cur At sam price.
Merchants can bu, o. u So tes ~atir.ly dif-
'e5~ai from those c'rri,d br regul,r wroles,le
haas"s
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13

To succeed IN the poultry business
requires experience, courage, industry
and determination. The first year is
generally the most discouraging, but
it also brings the experience necessary
to conduct the business on a paying
basis. Courage is also necessary that
a man be not afraid to branch out in
capital and labor, in order that he may
secure the best and provide suitable
surroundings. Hard work and will
are essentials to success. He who
combines these qualifications with
hard common sense can safely embark
in the poultry business with the as
surance that it will be a grand sue
cess.-Wio Poultry Journal.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
The Hope of the Nation

CorrectS offensive olor, at once. Complete cur
of worst chronic cases. also uur4u9lei Gsti Il
for Dptheria, Sore Throat. Foul Breath. DC.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
Catarrh OF the Bladder

Children. slow ia development. puuy. ~cra
and delicate, use Wells Health Reviewer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13

Flies. reaches. ;rlt>. brd-hug> rats mice goph
ars, cIipmunks, cleared out by "Rougn on Rats.
ID cents.
rHhip poon1o
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13

Singing irritation. iullam nation. AL Kidney
aud Urinary com paints. cared by "8ucHu-
Palba.' 81.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
R. L. Murdoch l. Sol,
Zu,hl(uuhll Au nal,.
Near Port Tob,ce Siaiioa.

JUST received The fashions for Sprin. ,nd
- Summer, thss are nov prepared TO max
suits n the most fashion rhle Style.-Scourin
Repairing, Cleaning, BIudiaE. Coats turned
Al the shortest notice au! che p. One q: thcm
caI he !oRud ia Port Tobacco ever, Tu,.itT
snj Saturday, prepared r. take IN ,,str-s AZ ;
receive materials. ,orh delivered in Port To-
''rrco it desired. Tha4Nfui tog past ftSsrS, w
solicit the same patronage AMI satisfaction
guaranteed.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
Rough on Pain

wells Health Remover restores health ard
vigOr, cures Dyspepsia, impotence, Sexual be
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
Making Pork from Corn.

Young farmers are often dsappont-
ed in the amount Of pork they obtain
from feeding given number Of bush
els of corn to hogs. They anticipate
results they do not realize. They read
the statement Of some contributor to
an agricultural journal to the effect
that 600 pounds Of corn resulted in
adding 100 pounds to the weight Of a
lot of hogs, or that one bushel of corn
was converted into ten pounds of pork.
Like causes may generally be expected
to produce like results. but in trying
to repeat the experiments performed
by others We should not expect the
same results unless we secure the same
conditions. Hogs differ as n ,ch as
other animals do in their ability to
take On flesh and fat. Thrifty young
hogs of the improved breeds will gain
much faster on the same kind Of food
than old and unthrifty animals that
do not belong to any Of the recognized
breeds. The time in which the corn
is fed will exert great influence on
the amount of pork it will make. Hogs
kept in uncomfortable quarters may
eat a large amount of corn and increase
in weight but very little. The hog
will show the money value of comfort
better than almost any animal on the
farm. Again, the feeding value Of
corn differs very greatly. Many far
mers sell their best corn aud keep that
which is not merchantable to feed to
their hogs. This soft corn does not
contain the fattening qualities Of that
which is sound and dry. The condl-
ton of the corn when fed will exert
great influence on the amount OF pork
produced.
To obtain the best possible results
the corn should not only be ground
but thoroughly cooked. Whether it
will pay to grind and cook food for
hogs will depend on several circum-
stances, such as the price Of fuel, the
cost of grinding, and the expense of
labor. That many farmers do succeed
in making hundred pounds of pork
from 500 pounds Of cooked corn meal
appears to be well established by I'M
doubted testimony. That many west
,ern farmers do not obtain a pound Of
pork from every ten pounds of corn
they feed to their hogs, or allow their
hogs to eat in the field, is probably
equally certain. AS a rule, seven
pounds of corn are required to produce
pound of pork.-CAicago Times.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13

They ere perfectly safe to take. being PURELY
yEGETABLE and prepared with the greatest care
from the best drugs They relieve the sufferer 81
once by carrying off ell Impurities through the
bowels. Al druggists. pc. q Box.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
Bed-Rugs, Flies.

Quick complete cure, all Kidney. Bladder and
Urinary Diseases, ~caiding, Irritation. stone,
travel Catarrh OF the Bladder. 81, Druggists.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13

~ ava - 80 @~SN@~"-~5
Rough on Rats clears then odi. also Beetles
Ants.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
'Rouuh on Catarrh. "

Trough on Itch cures humor> p.iOnS ring
worm, letter, salt rheum frosted feet, chiilbaiu,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-11-13
Rough on Rats. "
Rough on Corns
"Buchu- Paiba "

Ask for Wells Rough on Corus' l5c. Quick
complete cure. Hard or soft corn, warts, bun!ous
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-31
SOUTH WASHINGTON.

Shortly after the steamer Armenia left her
moOrings at Lower Cedar Point yesterday
on the return trip to this city the attention
OF Captain Nolle was called to volumes OF
smoke which We're issuing from the hurri-
cane deck at the base of the forward smoke
stack. An examination proved that the
dry timber of the deck had become ignited
from the excessive heat from the smoke
stack. Mate Bennett ordered the band to
play a lively tune, while the captain, with n
few buckets of water extinguished the
flames. The steamer reached her wharf in
this city on time, and the large number of
passengers departed, with but few aware of
the danger they had passed through,
The body of an unknown man was found
floating in the river opposite Buzzard's
Point by three young men who We're in
row boat yesterday afternoon The body
was secured and towed to the Arsenal
wharf and the Coroner notified who or
dered that owing to the decomposcd state
of the body 1t should remain in the water
until this morning, when II was taken to
the dead-house AT the Washington Asylum.
The body was so swollen and dscolOred,
and the featurers Of the face so distorted
that 1t was impossible to tell whether it was
that of Il white or cOlorcd man. The
deceased wore brown coat and pants, blue
and white chcckered calico shirt and pair
VI nV',y VIZ MIS- 'nVS9' ~ nnS "pouV -
leet ihches taii, weighed ABOUT lo3 pounds
ana was about % years OF age. Ills head
was PAID, ana on top was scalp wound,
winch was made either BY his fall or by
some blunt instrument. The body, as It
lay in the water, tied to the Arsenal wharf
was visited by a number. OF people, but no
one could identify it,. Several days ago n
sand-scow was found adIilt In the river
near Alexandria, II was claimed by the
owner John Martin, who said that his
brother Joe, who had been in Charge of the
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-31
VEST WASHINGTON.

Seventeen boats loaded with coal have ar
rived since last report.
The last of the joint services of Christ and
st. Johns churches was at st. Johns Church
yesterday. The regular services will be re-
sumcd at the respective churches on Sunday
next.
The funeral Of Miss fannie Mackal took
place Yesterday afternoon ut o'clock, Rev.
Albert II. Stuart officiating. The coffin was
literally covered with flowers and was car
riod to the cemetery by the active and hon
orary pallbearers.
About $3.50 yesterday evening Officers
Brown and Darcy found colored girl
named Susan Waters sick in the street aud
took her to her home, No. 33l7 Q street,
where DIR. Suter rendered medical aid.
Patrick Carter, a colored man, was ar
rested last night by officer Hall for dis
orderly conduct. a scven-barrelcl re
volver was found In his possession. lie
was fined - for disorderly conduct and So
for carrying concealed weapons.
Mrs. Mary G.. ROLES, whose serious i'll
ness was noticed in Saturdays CRITIC, died
at the Aged Woman's Home last night of
paralysis, in the S0th year of her age. The
funeral will take place tomorrow Tues
day. afternoon at o'clock from the Home.
lnterment at llolyrood.
Tomorrow being the list of September,
shooting commences on the marshes.
Arrived. Schooners Abbio s. Walker, with
400 tons Of stone; Nathaniel Lank, $50 tons
Of coal from New York; Ruth Robinson,
200 tons of ice from Kenncbec, and Elm
City, with 900 tons of ice from Kennebec
Temperature and condition of water at
"a m.-Great Falls, temperature, 73; CON
dition, u; receiving reservoir, temperature,
rs; condition at north connection, 4; condi-