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Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
How to shampoo Ones Own Hair.

Half the pleasure of having the hair
washed and groomed is to have some one
do it who knows how. In England, in
the large stores, there is department of
hair dressing where an accomplished
barber, with every convenience for show
ering and drying, will wash the hair OF
ladies for one shilling. In this country
good shampoo costs from so cents to
S1-which is large sum for SO simple
an operation.
After combing the snarls from the hair,
braid it loosely and bind the end with q
small elastic band. Draw tepid water in
a basin and first wash the scalp
thoroughly with CASTLE soap; then let
the braid fall in the water, soap it and
wash as if clothes. Afterwards thorough
ly rinse and wiring the braid in towel.
Wipe the head dry, undo the braid and
brush out, beginning at the lower end,
when it will not tangle. Let the hair
loose in the sun and air and it will dry
in less than half an hour. A woman's
hair should be washed at least monthly
If kept fine and healthy.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
FRIENDS WHO HAD NEVER MET.
Romantic Incident of the Great
Michigan Prairie Fire

| One day last week pleasant-facel
young lady arrived at the Clinton House,
Kingston, and said she was from Grand
Rapids, Mich, and that she desired to
be conveyed to the residence of Mrs.
Augustus Elmendorf. The proprietor
told her that Mrs. Elmendorf lived on
the Hurley road, and if she would wait
| until after dinner he would take her to
her destination himself. While in con
versation before dinner, the young lady
said Mrs. Elmendorf was q dear friend
of hers, and had been since both were
little girls, but they never met.
Ih1s statement caused astonishment
among the young womans auditors.
Questions elected from her the follow
inB romantic story: "In the fall of 1871
a disastrous fire swept over the portion
of Michigan where | lived. In few
hours my fathers house, and many
others for miles around were DESTROYED
and we were left destitute. This was at
the time of the Chicago fire; and besides
doing SO much for the sufferers in that
city kind Eastern people did not forget
the sufferers by prairie fires. Ulster coun-
ty people were generous, sending many
boxes of food and clothing. In the town
OF Olive, at that time lived Bertha, the
little daughter of Ephraim Bishop.
She had been told of the sufferings of
the little children in the West, and
among her offerings was dress for lit
tie girl When she had finished the
dress she wrote note telling who had
made it, and asked that the little girl
who received it write to her and let her
know all about it.. In due time let
ter was sent little Bertha. 1t gave his
tory of the fire and its ravages, and how
delighted the writer was when letter
was found in the dress pocket telling
who had sent the garment.
"For seventeen years the correspond
ence thus begun continued. The two
little girls passed into womanhood, and
owing to circumstances neither could
control they never met. Photographs
were exchanged, and womans love
sprang up between them. Bertha Bish-
op some years ago married Augustus
Elmendorf, a farmer, whom you tell me
you will soon take me to see. | was the
Michigan girl who received the dress.
No, / am not married. This summer
good fortune has given me the opportu-
nifty to visit the East, and 1 have come
to Ulster county to see the friend who
is so dear to me-
After the story had been told in way
that went direct to the hearts of her
auditors, the young lady seemed no
longer a stranger in Kingston. During
the afternoon she was taken to the home
of Mrs. Elmendorf, where she was given
q joyful welcome. .-Kingston Freeman.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
Died of a Broken Heart.

One of the inmates of the county Jail
at Winona, Mimi, Robert Dillon, died
from broken heart on Sunday. evening
in the Jail building. The story of his
fate is sad one. He came to Winona
Is years ago, at which time he was
known to be engaged to be married to q
very estimable young lady Of Peoria, Ill.
He was once engaged by William Hayes,
and afterward by others of the leading
business houses as bookkeeper, and
made friends fast, but jealous rival
circulated malicious stories about him,
prejudicing his intended bride against
him until he was rejected. He took to
the cup and drank freely, until finally
he could not do without it. He started
saloon about two years ago, and last
spring was found guilty OF selling liquor
to Indians. He was bound over to the
fall term Of the United States Circuit
Court by Commissioner Berry, and in
default Of bail he was committed to the
Jail, where he died broken hearted in q
sad condition, and unmourned save by
his friends among the prison inmates.
His mother is o ighly-respected lady,
lives at Xenia, Ohio, and is in good cir
cumstances.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
Color in Horses.

While bay is the ''regulation" color
Tor standard and thoroughbred horses
gray is the foundation or standard color
of the draft horse. 1t was once con.
tended by people generally that gray
was an undesirable color: that gray
horse was much more liable to blemish.
De unhealthy or weak-eyed, than dark
colored horses but in the country, where
horses are bred specially for hard and
heavy work, four-fifths are gray, and
this is the most desirable color. That
a gray scrub is more likely to be delicate
than one of darker color is probably
true, but there are distinct breeds of
orait horses that are nearly all gray, ard
OF this class the best are of this color,
and it is anything but an indication of
weak eyes or delicate constitution. 1t
sometimes happens that standard bred
horse, sired by bay or black, but
having in his veins the blood of some
strongly bred ancestor several genera
tlons back, is gray. Such horse is no
more likely to get gray colts than if he
was black. This is not so, however, of
the breeds that are uniformly gray. If
the horse is pure bred animal it makes
little difference what the color of the
the mares, the colts will generally be
gray. 1t, however, the horse is a grade.
the colt may be gray, the color Of the
dam, or the color of some remote an
cestor on either side One of the best
proofs of the breeding of horse that
his colts are uniformly of his own co,or
= 1efGS L5Ce St0ch Journal
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
ventilating a Hay Stack

The internal ventilation of an outside
hay stack will add materially to its pre-
servatlon A simple and effective method
OF ventilating may be contrived thus
On the spot selected for your stack erect
'hree strong stakes or posts, the lower
ends fixed firmly in the ground about
Two to three feet apart, and upper ends
joined together. On and around this
triangular structure build your stack
But before doing so lay pole on blocks
along the ground from the center of the
triangle to the mark designed for the
outer edge of the stack. This will serve
as Duct for the admission of air to the
interior. Besides serving as a ventilator
the structure described will not only help
TO support the stack, but prevent it sink
ing at the center or become lop.sided. It
VIII likewise tend to preserve the gradual
slope of the sides which is so useful to
carry oil rain. The air duct may be
made, If preferable, in the shape of V
trough and placed mouth downward.
the outer opening being covered with
wire screen or Slated, to keep out YER
min. -Neo York Herald.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

against them. They say that they DESTROY
more value than they create; that a flock
which would produce fifty dollars
worth of flesh and feathers would de.
stioy by eating and trampling down
hfty dollars worth of hay; in word,
they do not think they are profitable.
But geese do not need to run in a
meadow. They need grass, but they can
ieed IN pasture as well as cow. Kept
IN meadow a cow might destroy as
much hay as her income would equal.
Regarded In this light cows would not
be profitable.
Inc TACT is, geese properly managed,
Will pay handsome profit. During the
summer they can be turned into a past
ure, and so long as the feed is good will
get their own living, They can be
plucked several times in season. and
their feathers sell readily and at a high
price. The eggs can be set either under
mems or under geese, the best method
beng to set the earliest eggs of the lit.
tiers under large hens and the latter un-
der the goose which lays them. They do
not lay large number Of eggs, although
we recall one instance where a common
gray goose laid over fifty eggs. The
eggs are almost always fertile and hatch
well. The goslings are easily reared,
their tenderest age being when they
begin to feather. For the first few weeks
OF their existence they make very rapid
growth, and then comes the additional
strain of not only feeding their bodies
but also that of clothing them. At this
time they need little extra care and
feeding, the giving to them, in ad-
dltion to all the grass they eat, corn
meal thoroughly scalded and seasoned
with little salt.
They should also at this stage of their
growth be protected against drenching
rams, as, having outgrown their downy
covering, and not yet having grown their
teathered coat, their bodies, and espec-
lally ther backs, are nearly bare, and
they are untitled to Withstand the wet.
But once feathered they become ex-
tremely hardy, and are almost absolute
strangers to disease. Foxes and extreme
old age are their chief enemies. Fifty
years is reckoned as the average age of
the goose, although some manage to
reach three-score and ten.
Gosllngs after attaining their growth
can be quickly fattened, and as there is
ready sale for such poultry, and as the
prices realized are generally very salts
factory, the fowl, which has cost almost
nothing, except the exercise of little
common sense, to rear, affords very
handsome profit.
Geese are profitable or Improbable, ac-
cording to the manner in which they are
kept. If given the use of pond on
which they can enjoy themselves, and
dive down in search oil minnows and tad
poles, they can supply themselves with
all the animal food they require. They
should also have plenty of grass. When
geese are kept on abandoned fields, and
have access to ponds, they are profitable;
but if they are to be fed altogether, they
will be kept at a loss. They often do
damage to pastures, and destroy and
waste much that they should not dis
turb. american C@ltjGator.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
Their Only Medicine Chest.

DEKRLoDGE, MONTANA, Dec. 16, 1885.
have been using BRAsDRETH's PILLS for
the last thirteen years, and though l have had
nine children, have never had a doctor in the
house, except three times, when we had an epi-
demic of scarlet fever, which we soon banished
by vigorous use of BRAHDRETH's Pills ]
have used them for myself,two or three night
for month, for liver complaint, dyspepsia,
and constipation. In diarrhea, cramps. wind
collie. indigestion, one or two, BRANDRETH's
PILLS fixed the children at once. A box OF
Pills is all the medicine chest we require in the
house. We use them for rheumatism, colds,
catarrh, biliousness, and impure blood. They
never have failed to cure all the above COM
plants in q very few days.
WILLIAM w. b. MILLER
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
Pasturing on Sandy Land.

COWS and horses that Craze upon light,
sandy land swallow with their food a
good deal Of the sand, which may accu-
muate and cause gastric troubles. The
indications of such result are an abnor-
mai or depraved appetite, a desire to eat
coarse rubbish, to gnaw wood, and chew
ZONES ana old leather. Sometimes the
gastric irritation causes troublesome
cough from the disorder of the pneumo-
gastric nerve, which brings the stomach
ana lungs into intimate relation. The
remedy IS TO give soft mucilaginous food.
as iinseed and bran mash, to which the
sahd IN the stomach adheres, and with
Whlch 1t is carried off through the in.
testlnes. -New York Times.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
YELLOW FEVER.
Prevention Better Than Cure,

Prevention Better Than Cure.
The following statement speaks for itself:
''This certifies that was, with my family,
resident of New Orleans during the terrible
Yellow Fever epidemic which visited that
city in 1878. Wewere strangers there, and
unacclimated, but having previously used
Ayers Ague Cure for malarial disorders, /
fully believed it would prove preventive OF
the scourge. I took the Ague Cure myself,
and had my little girls take it daily,
but could not persuade my husband to use
it. He fell sick of the fever and died, but
my children and were not attacked. Our
exemption from sickness at this time was
considered miraculous, but believe it was
Ayers Ague Cure, and feel sure that we owe
to this medicine the fact that we survived
the Acidemic. Mrs L. e Osborn. Prescott,
Ark
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
Log Cabin Success.
IVhnAI

Whet Nls the young men9
Rob.E4Garretts father left him fortune
of twenty millions. He was from childhood
reared in luxury; he received a splendid
education with an especial training into
thorough knowledge of railroad management
and was expected to succeed his father as
railroad king
Within three years after the responsible
ties which his fathers death threw upon him
were assumed he is reported broken down
man, with mind and health permanently
shattered.
George Law is another young man left
with millions of money, who is reported
among the wrecks" His father, bred a
stone mason was of gigantic size and strength,
with commensurate brain power, SO he be-
came great contractor, then a railroad
king and left half a dozen millions for his
son to dissipate. The young man is sue
cess as q disSipator
The founders of both of these great estates
were born in the most humble walks of life,
grew strong, mentally and physically, by
simple living and honest labor and developed
into financial giants Their sons were reared
in the lap OF luxury and developed into in
tellectual pigmies.
The great men of our country have not as
rule, come from the elegant mansions of
the cities, but from the Log Cabins of the
rural districts. Simple ways of living, free
dom from dissipation and enervating pleas
ures, simple remedies for disease, effective
and which leave no poison in the system, de-
velop brawny, brainy men, who compel the
world to recognize their strength and power
The wholesome, old-fashioned Log Cabin
remedies are the safest and surest for family
use. Our grandmothers knew how to pre-
pare the teas and syrups of roots, herbs and
balsams which drive disease out of the sys-
tenn by natural methods and leave no after
il-effects The most potent of these old
time remedies were, after long and searching
investigation, secured by H. H. Warner of
safe cure fame, and are now put out for the
'healing of the nations in the Warmers Log
Cabin remedies.
Regulate the regulator with Warmers Log
Cabi sarsaparlla, and with pure blood
giving health, strength, mental and bodily
vigor, you may hope to cope successfully
with the most gigantic financial problems of
the age, without wrecking health and man
hood
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
A General Tie-up

OF all the means of public conveyance In a
large city. even for few hours, during a strike
of the employees, means a general paralyzng
is attended with an enormous aggregate loss TO
the community. How much more serious to
the individual is the general tie-up of his sys-
TEN. known as constipation, and due to the
strike of the most important organs for more
prudent treatment and better care. If too long
neglected, torpid or sluggish liver will pro-
duce serious forms of kidney and liver dis
eases. malarial trouble and chronic dyspepsia
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are a
preventive and cure of these disorders. They
are prompt. sure and effective, pleasant 10
take. and positively harmless.
a man may be bad egg, but he's all right
till he gets ''broken
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
Farm and Garden Notes.

Manure the strawberry patch.
Look out for borers in fruit trees.
Don't let the cows be hurried home
from pasture.
Keep tools in good order and save
labor and time
Mix hen manure with fine soil before
applying to plants.
AS much as possible protect animals
from flies and mosquitoes.
Never leave horse standing un-
hitched. 1t is the way to make them
runaways.
Kerosene or coal oil is the best stui
you can use to keep the roosting perches
free from lice
Empty the water dishes for poultry at
each feeding, wash clean and refill with
cool, fresh water.
Near the close of journey let the
horse walk. If covered with sweat rub
off with a rag, to prevent too sudden
cooling.
A little time used in the care of the
harness will make it last much longer.
1t Will also be more comfortable for the
horse if kept soft and pliab!e.
No class of farm stock is more eagerly
sought for by buyers than good horses.
For the present, at least there is no dan
ger of overstocking the market.
Spade up small piece of ground in
the poultry yard, make the soil very fine
with the rake, and the chickens will re.
sort to it for dust battle; thus prevent
ing lice.
Southdown rams are the best for cross
ing on small native breeds in oIder to
produce excellent mutton. The ewes
from such cross should be mated with
oxford or Shropshire rams if larger size
be desired.
Reports from the use of copperas
solution on grape vines have been very
favorable. Spraying with the solution
usually mitlgated the bad effects on the
crop, though the disease was not entirely
prevented.
The amount of salt required for butter
much depends upon the taste of the con
sumer, but one pound of salt to fourteen
pounds of butter is the average for good
butter in England. Only the very best
salt should be used.
Roses and the flowers of the grape
were lOTlutTly QIouStrOuSiy QtSITOycQ DV
the rose bug, but since the introduction
of ailantus trees the bugs have entirely
disappeared. This statement would
suggest the making of experiments in
this direction.
Because you know that Paris green
and London purple are poison, do not
neglect to caution those who use them
on your premises. They are as danger
Gus as they were when many farmers
declared that they would quit raising
potatoes rather than use poison.
1t often happens that when COWS are
giving an extra quantity of milk, they
incline to become thin and weak. This
condition should be prevented by the
judicious use of concentrated food.
The strength and condition of the animal
must be kept up at all times for the best
results
The hired man who milks, has no
more important duty to perform than
that of taking pail aud sitting down
by the side Of COW; and it is pretty
safe to say that when a man feels that
'smilking is not mans duty anyhow,
he will never properly appreciate his duty
as milker
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

ROBERT HARDING, a young English
Socialist, when he wants to make a
speech on the streets or public squares
padlocks himself with chain to an iron
fence or some similar fixture. Then
when the police come to take him in they
have to spend long time getting him
unfastened, and he can make pretty
long speech before he is carried off.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

There is no end to the tasks which daily con-
front the good housewife. To be successful
housekeeper, the first requisite is good health.
How can a woman contend against the trials
and worries of housekeeping if she ne suffering
from those distressing Irregularities, ailments
and weaknesses peculiar to her sex? DIR.
Pierces Favorite Prescription is a specific for
these disorders. The only remedy. sold by
druggists, under positive guarantee from the
manufacturers. Satisfaction guaranteed in
every case, or money refunded See printed
guarantee on bottle wrapper.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
Fnll Feeding of Mflch Csws

When the pastures begin to fail. feed
ing in part, either with green corn fod-
der, lucer@c, milet, oats or clover, must
be resorted to for keeping up flow of
milk until cows go to the aftermath. 1t
is an important point to the dairyman
that the flow of milk be kept up, for if
the cows are allowed to fall off when the
pastures fall it is next to impossible to
bring them back again by fall feeding.
AS the season advances and occasional
1rosts occur, cows are very liable to fall
OH in their milk yield, if precautions
are not taken to prevent it. Not only
has the grass lost much of its nutritive
value, but cold storms and frosty nights
reduce the general tone of the animals
system. 1t is wise, therefore, at this
season to use a little bran or ground
grain, or little corn. 1t will also pay
to house the animals in inclement wealth
er even if the temperature is not very
low. A COW in milk is very susceptible
to changes in the weather, as all atten-
tive dairymen must know.
Remember that at no season of the
year docs stock-and especially mich
cows-require more care than during the
cold, stormy weather liable to come in
the autumn. shelter and extra feeding
pays at such time. for what is lost dur.
ing the fall is seldom regaipcd through
out the entire winter. Good shelter is
economy in that it saves feed, for every
one knows or ought to know that unless
an animal is kept warm by artificial
means, a large percentage of its food
goes to furnish warmth. This subject
has been so many times considered that
any additional remarks seem superfluous.
So no more will be added except quo
tation from as good authority as "Will-
ards Practical Dairy Husbandry:" 1.-THE
secretions are always disturbed by in
huences, that cause pain or uneasiness,
and every shiver of half frozen COW
will make itself felt in the milk pail 1t
will often, therefore, be matter of
economy for dairymen to begin feeding
cabbages, the tops of roots, or small
quantities of grain, Just as soon as the
grasses of pasture have been touched
with frosts. A daily allowance of bran,
shorts, or ground feed of barley or oats,
or oats and corn, in the proportion of
two parts oats TO one OF corn, will be of
great service in keeping up flow of
milk and at the same time keeping the
animal in health and condition. "--Neu
York World.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18
The Coming Comet.

1t is fancied by grateful patron that the
next comet will appear in the form of a huge
bottle, having Golden Medical Discovery" in
scrbed upon it in bold characters Whether
this conceit and high compliment will be veri-
ned. remains to be seen but Dr. Pierce will
continue to send forth that wonderful vege-
table compound. and potent eradicator of dis
ease. 1t has no equal in medicinal and health
giving properties. for imparting vigor and tone
TO the liver and kidneys.in purifying the blood.
and through it cleansing and renewing the
whole system. For scrofulous humors and
consumption. or lung scrofula. In its early
stages, it is a positive specific. Druggists
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

Habitual constipation and torpidity of the
liver are functional arrangements which
should not be so long neglected as to generate
actual disease. Hamburg Figs should be taken,
and the deranged organs restored to health. 25
cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., ".
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

WARMERS Log Cabin Remedies-o.d fash
ioned, simple compounds, used in the days of
our hardy forefathers. are 'old timers, but
"old reliable" They comprise a ''Sarsaparila," +"
sumption Remedy" Hair Tonic Extract y
for External and Internal Use "Plasters,''
'Rose Cream for Catarrh, and Liver Pills" ;"
They are put up by H. II. Warner e. Co., pro-
prietors OF Warmers Safe Remedies, and prom
ise to equal the standard value of those great
preparations. All druggists keep them.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

An Italian physician claims to have
discovered that the blood of an eel con-
tains poison of similar character to
the poison of vipers. He says an eel of
two kilogrammes has in his blood
enough poison to kill six men.
Iuka reporter., 1888-10-18

The Boston Transcript remarks that
the denunciation of the Governor of
Florida for the appearance of yellow
fever in the State, suggests the times
when the government of Ireland used to
be held responsible for the potato rot.