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The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

What I am about to describe has been
er.,zzle to me fog .hcat one year and six
months: and I think some reader of The
Journal may be able to explain II.
s netting has developed in my eyesight.
Whatiti u I do not know, but I will do my
best 30 describe 1t. This something !
can see at will. and when I do not want
see it it will not come. I only see it
in the Light. It win take many changes,
even changing its shape while I am look
ing at il. It seems to be composed Of
changing pearls strung together. This
line Of shining pearls has been growing
larger ever since I first noticed tin
each eye a different line. One line will
twist itself in all kinds Of shapes while
I am looking at It, and seems to be about
four feet from me. in front. It has in
creased lately to q great size.
II I look at the right line, then I do
not zee tho left one, and looking at the
left one win force the other away. lam
in perfect health and have first class
eyssight. Perhaps some doctor will say
the phenomenon is caused by disease Of
the eyes. VIII somebody explain the
cause?-Religio-P Philosophical Journal.
Lswysr's Laben.
Within the memory Of men stl living.
Il was not q difficult task for . lawyer in
active practice to familiaEise himself
with all the leading American decisions.
How Is Il now? Unless his memory u
abnormally developed he cannot retain
the names Of the reports, even, much less
their contents. In this multitude Of au-
thoEities, both luminous and fuliginous,
no proposition, however absurd, Is re-
quired to stand with apparent support.
The lawyer Of the present, instead Of
basing his judgment upon broad, general
principles Of right, Is apt to spend his
time and waste his faculties in delving
and searching amongthe yellow covered
literature of a public law library mo one
but . millionaire can afford one Of his
own) for some case similar to the one in
hand. He shrinks into . nero decision
index or an echo" He becomes . pa
tient toiler searching for the threads Of
precedent to twist . rope with which to
strange principle. A writer who took
the pains to gather the statistics asserts
THAT from December. 1880, to August,
1854 period Of eight months-the su-
preme court and the courts Of last resort
Of tho various states rendered 6,825 de-
cisions, in most Of which opinions were
Written.-EOrum.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10
Ampssra osrs.

A gsnflsman out riding On The est
do The oGbss day witnessed . Ease ex-
hibttion a spirit IN young lady vel
known tn society efse)sa 6Ao was ont
calling IN hw fathers carriage behind
90 q tie fastat pstvsto teams IN tho
city. Her goodman W1s a The Old
Etench type, which considered itDa3
Usatsr than ths ling when diving he
FuyA1 highn10.
NJ yosag lsdy esdssd theeeE5iaU
Obuoaa1 60. eogoniD UnDeOt -
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

A minister once announced ~ his text:
The slothful man saith. there b . lion
IN the way" A he paused be heard .
nd In the gallery whisper: ''Shoot the
Hon" With ready Wit he turned to the
boy and said: "You have given in three
words the sun Of my sermon, and that
al may remember, I win .epeat your
summary" Then turning to the con-
creation he said: 1.-THE sloehful man
Saith there il . lion in the way" After
pause he went On: my young friend
IN the gallery says, Shoot the Ion
this Is the exact thing to do Iet -
pesy."-S&. Louis Republic.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

A maiden was accustomed to wfn late
On Saturday In the moonlight. At one
time the new moon On the eve Of Sunday
drew her up to itself, and now che sits in
the moon and spins and spina. And now,
when the "gossamer days" see In late IN
the summer, the white threads boat
around in the air. These threads arc the
spinning Of the lunar spinner.
The moon b especially . Rhostly
avenger Of human arrogance, and has its
humors, according to which thing 20
well OF III with it. In il increase Il has
. special force and q certain good viii
for the earth and its inhabitants, while
in its decrease It is friendly to NO M
The good woman must not do any sewing
in the decrease Of the moon, for the
stitches viii not hold; farming tools must
not be left in the field, because Il h be.
lieved, il they are, crops win not again
thrive there. II an unbaptised child =
exposed to the MOONLIGHT, IL will lose ID
luck for its whole life.
II a points at the moon with TIE
finger, he will suffer from swelling
around the nail; and whoever sptts at
the moon win lose all his teeth. Thee
beliefs, too, are international. The same
is the case with the religious notions
about the new moon. Sorceries Of every
kind. to be successful, must be performed
on Sunday night Of the new moon. The
hair must be cut only in the increase Of
the moon, otherwise there is danger Of
getting headache. Kaperson returning
home in the evening sees the full moon,
he ought to take some money out Of his
purse, and utter an incarnation that win
make it increase a hundred times during
tho month.
Tho moor is also supposed to have an
influence over animals and plantA-Dr.
F. S. Krauss in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10


The centipedes that live In the United
States, certainly the northern states. are.
for the most part, harmless. But The
ame cannot be said of multitudes Of the
race residing in the West Indies and
other warm climates. In these places
the bite of the c~entipede is not only very
painful, but often dangerous. Ikesome
other animals, the appearance Of the
centipede is against him.
Centipedes are quite ready to stand On
tho defensive when they z attacked,
and when they consider Themselves In
danger. Their disposition to bite renders
them rather troublesome bedfellowA
When they get into bed, the leastmove-
ment Of the sleeper v whom they may
be crawling, and who a hardly fail to
be disturbed by their sharp, pointed feet
and claws acting on his skin, Is almost
sure to provoke . venomous bite, which
win be frequently repeated II the mid
NIGHT visitor il not removed from tho
bed.
The bite Of the centipede IL exceedingly
painful for the moment, and ID followed,
unless the wound ID taken are of in
season, by great inflammation and high
fever. II the insect is . large one, anu
the bite IL severe, life u not infrequently
lot, especially II the patient is Of . deli
cate constitution.
Bishop Heber speaks Of oentipedes q
being very large and poisonous in differ
emit parts Of India. These insects have
occasionally been brought to this country
In cargoes Of hides from countries where
they are abundant, and where their bite
IL poisonous. Some years since, . man
who was employed in unloading . vessel
in Boston, lost his life in consequence of
Q bite received from . cenfipede brought
10 the country in this way.-Boseua
Rhn6Onk
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10
Don't Try It

"Would we advise you to marry q
man whom you really and truly love
very dearly to reform him?' Ethel asks.
Well, yes, il you love him 90 dearly,
Ethel, we would. But we would advise
you to kill him first You won't have
half the trouble reforming him after
ward, and he'll make . much better hus-
band. A fellow who won't reform for
his sweetheart, Ethel, isn't likely to do
90 for his wife; you can bet your en-
gagement ring against your dover On
that.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10
hAhM1nfa Cpn.

The ORIGINAL ABIETNE OnNi
MENT i only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and ID IN absolute euro Tor
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and al kinds Of skin eeuptionA VIII
positively cure I'll kinds Of pilsA AK for
the ORIGINAL ABTTINE OINTMENT
Sold BY Dovty 4 Beeher Ut q cents per
box-by mail 30 ceuta marty
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10
He Drew or

You aren't going up on - street
any more, I hear?' remarked one Of q
couple Of young men who sat together
in the theatre the other night.
"No; I have drawn off,"
didn't you like the giri?"
"Oh, yes!"
"Old man object?"
"Oh, no. He was too good"
"HowY'
Borrowed over 500 of me at one
time and another and never repaid q
dollar of it. I'd rather 60 with girl
whose father keeps a watch dog and .
shot gun."-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10
wans - tlss Auig.sse.

The alligator Of the south, Ike the
buffalo Of the west, Is likely soou to BE-
come extinct. The slaughter Of the alli-
gator for its hide. like the daughter Of
bdffaloes for their hides has been -
great that It win Be only q few years BE-
fore the lonely lagoon Of E1otida viii
have lost IT'D last survivoc.-Sciendfc
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

Mary Anderson, the actress, owns a
valuable farm Of go acres on the Lafay-
etee township knobs, about five miles
from New Albany. On the farm Il a
Ane orchard and . building site. from
which can Be had . magnificent view Of
the Falls cities and the distant Ohio. II
b said that Miss Anderson contemplates
at some time erecting On the summit Of
the high hin . magnificent country resi-
dence, similar In style Of architecture to
some Of the castles she NV during her
seay IN Europe.-Louisville CourierJour-
nal.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

I0 0odsm pomances a Anaican
giEb am1 tmsign nohlem0cannoemaHch
H. alRianoso q forty ysazs ago-M e.
moD naz1iaeoo q t. cd Couue d Bo-
diDco, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
~ Ntsninms, t. 0ouEUseown hanty.
- and ds0sp1k Il b0dt1 nt
0M0A0@~ 6kleoGuO ID
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10
SH0lS

Thoroughly cleanse the blood. which = tne
fountain 81 health, BY using d.. Piercels SoIc-
- IN. uoysn spiritA and bodily health
ma Vi9or viii be established.
0oi6en Medical Discovery cures gu nomoeS.
fro0 - common pimple. blotch. or er0pooo
70 the worst ScTofula, or b~lood-poieon =
Sseialy rs II proven its e@caey n snrsne
Salf-fAsum Or letter: Ec2ema. rySpeses
socSc and Sweiinas. ENLARGED Glanda. Got
DO o. Thick Neck. and Rating Sores or
Goiden Medical Discovery. cures Concomp-
t3on (Which = Scrofuls Of the 1ungA. y ~
Wondefful blood purifying: tnv1eofoSlne
Ior Weak LunQH Spttting Of Blood: Seore-
- Of BFeafh, CGtsFfh In tho He'd. broo:
cl1Eik Severe Cougha Aahma' 2 kindE1 4
1uGntly oure0 tko -0evere61 Cougha
I0F TORPID Liver. Nliou1neo 9
- Fe1edy. SoA BY dEuggt00.
Yf3eo 80 q 8 boktle0 for S60o.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

Hb popossd, b nswc company jut
formed IN HruDsk, to build . railroad to
connsce te hsad q naviga&ion On To
lower ChQgo with Stanley Pool, t1ED
opening mp line q about 700 Rilsm
tie interior q Afkica 20 tx1do md CON.
--0fanf50a AAnrsenm
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

A report nom Elbs seates that the
whoas a The illand b infected BY phyl-
hxera. In Toscana tho efforts to check
he plague have - yet proved unsuccess-
ful. The insect has also made its appear
snce q Pazmi, in Calabria, at Novara
md At Cervo. In Iieuria.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

English Spavin Imminent removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem-
isles from horsss; blood spawn, curbe,
spints, sweeney, Eing-bons. stiles.
sprains, al svolso thEoetA coughs, etc.
0svs $50 By use ofone bottle. Warranted.
Sold BY G. b 6tilman, druggist Co
umbua ely
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

The weak pigs Of . litter may need
nursing and food II the SOW has too
many q them to nurse.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

The untiring zeal Of the women Of New
Orleans is making that city foremost in
the list of art centera. With all their
other enterprises these ladies have found
time to successfully boom q project for .
museum Of art to Be erected there.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

Miss Braddon, whose novels havemade
her familiar to every American, is q tall,
active minded woman of Sc, with gray
hair and q rudy complexion. She is
the daughter of q solicitor and has .
country house in the heart Of the New
Forest She is an expert -horsewoman,
writes three novels . year and Is married
to her publisheE-San Francisco Argo.
08ut
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

When sooar occurs In Q herd Of hogs
sive them burnt corn, or charcoal once
q DAY.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10

Nov 0c063o6 kOVoe u O1Do4D0eo0s
Tho Medical Era relates tie case Of
giri aged about 8, living at Fortress
roe, Va, who wa some mouths ago 9
tackled By scarlet fever tia disease rum
ming . TYPICAL course. For long time
no possible source of confagioa could b
discovered. The child bad not been ab-
sent from home. had besn with no ono
htely exposed, and no other case Wa
known TO exist anywhere IN tho vicinity.
0uhsequently d. Brooke learned that
ono a tho house servants had nursed .
CO of scarlet fever IN . distant city int
about . year before. After tho case ter-
minated she packed some of her thinxs,
including somec 3othing then WON, IN .
trunk, and LETT the placa. Agar hter
shs had Tho trunk cent to h@, opened Il
and took out The contents, tho lift1s gid
being present and handling The thineR..
VeEy suon after tho Atta wls attacked,
. 0fnfed.
The Columbus journal., 1889-04-10


Raw oysters were eaten at Athens and
Rome - q preprandial whet. The Ro-
mans coated their oysters with honey,
and kept them until they were eighty
putrid. The simple and clumsy methods
Of Apicius, the third celebrated glutton
Of the name, for preserving oysters, was
to wash them In vinegar and pack them
In vessels coated withpitch. The oysters
thus prepared and sent from Britain to
tho Emperor Tfajan, when in PArthia,
were considered ''freeh," and have been
sufficient to entitle this mans name to be
handed down through twenty centuries.
II be h to be deemed famous In direct
proportion to tho nAstinem Of his inven-
ton, he should Be famous indeed. Bril-
lat Savarin's preprandial whet consisted
a three q four doeen oystesA 6ieur
Laperte, whom he used 10 entertain tete-
s4tete at dinner, b aid to have COM
planned because he could not. get his ell
OF oyste-A 6avarin determined to give
him satisfaction In this respect. and let
hun 60 to his thirty-secood dozen, when
LapeEte turned his attention 10 the din
ne with powers unembarTassed by his
prelude-American Analyst
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
Have silos Come to stayp

A writer in the Country Gentleman
answers the question in the following
paragraphs:
elias ensilage become an established
system SO founded on experience that
it can be called success, and ready
for adoption by average farmers?
Would 1 be likely to'make manure
pile of my ensilage if l should attempt
it?"
Probably the owners of 5000 slices
in the United States could best answer
this question. In Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and the West generally,
silo building is rapidly on the increase.
| have yet, from my own observation,
known but one to be abandoned. More
than 1000 were built in Wisconsin
alone last year, and Prof. Henry-the
best of anthority-reports that from all
directions he "hears the most favorable
reports from those who are using them.
even though this last was their first
year of silo.fllino." The professor
continues: "The silo has passed its
stage of trial and has come to stay.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
The Patrons of Husbandry.

The Order of Patrons Of Husdandry
has done much to restrain the greed
and ayarice of monied corporations; it
has exerted a great influence in secur-
ing the passage of laws beneficial to the
toiling millions; it seeks to remove all
hindrances which stand in the way
of national reform and prosperity, and
proposes to educate the American far
mcr to participate in the discussion Of
all questions pertaining to the good Of
ali. But while the objects Of the
Grange are largely educational and
social it recognizes, as does every good
citizen, that good and true men are
needed to control the destinies of our
nation, and asks all who are engaged in
agricultural pursuits to unite and CO.
operate with it in carrying out these
principles.
In the address Of President Loucks
of the Dakota Alliance he said: The
Grange died. did it? Arc you sureY
At the last annual session of the Nat
ional Grange, about year ago, there
were over two thousand delegates pre-
sent. the grandest meeting they ever
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
Shall We Save ourselyesp

We cannot 60 on in this country the
way we have been going and live. The
startling fact that in the State of Illi-
nois the value of farm property grows
less every year should be sufficient of
itself to bring us as farmers close
together. and prompt us to stand
together until justice is enthroned. It
is no wonder that the farmer is making
not hing, things are out of joint and in
the wrong direction. The wealth does
not go into the pockets in which it be-
longs. In 1880 the wealth of the
United States was $43,642, 900, goo.
The United States is enormously
wealthy. Its wealth is greater than
that Of Russia, the Turkish Empires,
Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Italy,
Australia. South Africa and all of
South America combined. Who has
this wealth? Not the farmer, who has
made its accumulation possible. The
farmer has products to sell, but because
of unjust systems he cannot sell them
at remunerative prices W. Rural.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
How to milk a Cow.

A Canadian papor says that the most
economical wav to milk a COW, all
things considered, is to milk the two
fore teats clean, leaving off with a
pretty fall stream, and then milk the
hind ones down to short stream, and
returning to the fore ones, milk them
to the same condition, not touching
the hind ones again. This will leave
the teats empty, and the bags too. It
is false notion that tugging away at
the teats stimulates COW to give more
milk; but. on the contrary, emptying
the bag as soon as possible yields more;
then the cow can have the extra time
to eat, which is better stimulus than
either. A SLOW mixer is never toler-
ated in the dairy districts, and "strip.
per" is an injury anywhere. The
sooner the cow is milked, and all the
organs connected with feeding, diges.
tion and secretion are left in their nat.
ural condition, the better it is for the
COW.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY. MD. FRIDAY, MARCH s. lss
gen, or sulphureted hydrogen, very

gen, or sulphureted hydrogen, very
common gas, produced by the decom-
position Of aibuminous matter, as il
rotten eggs, and also produced by the
combustion of gunpowder, by which
the .'villanous smell" OF this explosive
is caused. This has no value, and the
farmer who fears he is losing much
valuable plant food as the manure per-
vades his premises, may calm his fears
in this respect. Practically there is
less loss by any escape of valuable mat.
ter from the manure when it is sprea
upon the field than when it remains in
the open barn yard or is kept in ma
nure cellar. A covered yard, where
the manure is trodden hard by stock
during the winter, is not bit more
saving cfthe manure than is the spread.
ing of it as it is made, on the fields
where~it is to be used.
In practice the benefits are very
great. The manure is plowed in early
in the spring when it could not be up-
less it had been spread in the winter.
1t enables the land to be prepared in
good time for the crops, and the food
Is just where the young plants can
reach it most quickly and usefully.
When manure is spread upon the
snow, il absorbs the suns heat and
rapidly settles down to the soil. There
it is safe from all danger; in many
cases the ground is not frozen and the
manure will decay and its products be
absorbed by the soil, SO as to be ready
for the use of the crops. One year
spread manure in this way; it was in
Eastern Pennsylvania; the snow was
deep enough to keep the soil unfrozen,
and it was all gone early in April,
when the land was plowed and sown at
once with cats. The yield was 10
bushels by weight per acre over SO by
measure. The early plowing and the
manuring were just what this crop
needs, and they gave me the best yield
Of this grain l ever had. Last year, in
my present home, manured field in.
tended for millet. and to be sown with
clover and grass. There is, think.
not one acre of level land on my whole
farm, and this field was quite steep,
but there was no washing away of ma
nure, and the crop was as good as /
expected-about four tons of culed
millet per acre, with an excellent catch
of timothy and clover. In short, I
have not yet had any reason to regret
following this practice for over 80
years, while l have had good cause to
regret having neglected it at times.
North Carolina. I'll. STEWART.
TN Country Gentleman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
Proceedings of National Alliance

1AOcSeOluSS Oh NauOnal Alliance
At the session of the National ALI
ance held in Des Moines. Resolutions
were adopted demanding the confsca-
tion of 54,O00,000 acres of unearned
Union Pacific railroad grant, protesting
against any letring up in the provi-
sions of the Inter State commerce law,
against extending the time for payment
of the debt owned by the Union Pacific
railroad and demanding an immediate
appointment Of receiver for the road,
and favoring the election of all railroad
commissioners by the people. A com.
mittee of three will go to Washington
to give congressman an-idea of what
is wanted by the Alliance. Steps were
taken to combine all the agricultural
societies Of the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-08
NO. 25.

had; Ibelicve it was held in Michi-
gan, where they elected the Worthy
Master of the State Grange Governor
Of the State, and reelected him this
year by largely increased majority.
Is the Grange dead? Then Gabriel
must have sounded his trumpet and the
spirits of the good Changers responded
Dead? Then let us pray that the Ali
ance may suffer a like death, and our
spirits be equally effective.