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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-18

word of warning. That guardian of the peace was surveying Norris with mixed expression of doubt and severity.
 'I don't rightly know about this chap. They were in square enough fight, but mebbe 1t was thieves fallin' out"
 ''Take him, Johnny! I'll swear thero was two of us," chuckled the burglar, but the policeman had an eye for the differ ence between the two, and he awaited Nor ris' explanation. This was given, and list ened to in silence by Lyman Childer, who had joined the group, half-dressed and wholly bewildered.
 ''Homcthing of 8 coincidence" remarked the policeman's companion, who was no other than Mir. Ingot. "But it's a lucky thing for you, Childer, that the walking fever got @ hold both on Bergman and myself. strolled around the square and smoked a couple of cigars after leaving here; ran across an old crony and had
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-18
UNDER A CLOUD
 CLEARING HIMSELF.
Thrilling and Absorbing Story

1Q1u11u8 6uo AOSOTO1u3 SCOTY warning, of coursea You're ready to be- ilievs gobbled up your secondhand papers after risking my neck and committing . train robbery to get thcmi"
 ''I told him I'd as soon suspect myself aS you"
 'Right you are, old fellow! You're the sort of friend for me. Put it therer He stretched out his hand, and Lyman rather reluctantly put his into It.
 "But I say" he went on. Hasn't 1t oc- cured to you how disappointed the chap would be who did get the bundle! I de- clare, I've laughed more than once since you told me what was in 1t. l reckon he looked for nothing short of United States bonds, or nrebbe treasury notes for hun- dred thousand dollars or so. Just fancy him when he opened 1t! Good thing for you that it warn't the original of them there deeds and mortgages" Mir. Ingot had slipshod fashion of speech which was good enough for all ordinary occasions, though ho could be moro correct when he so de- sired "But didn't come to sit gassin' with you all night. want to see that pretty lit tie sister of yours. I'm struck on the girl, and guess she knows it."
 "She doesn't return tho sentiment, I'm afraid" ," said Lyman, with curl of the upper Np.
 "Oh, well. she will. That's one comfort Don't you say sof"
 "I don't know what you mean"
 "Oh, guess you do. I think we under stand each other. Don't bother to como along, know the way. Stay and read your letter. It's from Farraker, dare say; moro about that lucky inheritance of yours. Just be Q little careful how you dispose of your sisters portion; if she should marry soon, she'd want to give it over into her hus- bands hands, of course; quite the proper and correct way of doing, and it ain't at all unlikely"
 "COnfound the mani" muttered Lyman between his teeth, when the other had with drawn. 'Is he actually after Carroll It is toc bad-tOO badr'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-18
uUMBLING A MOGUL.
Forty Determined Anti-Poppcr-in-th tho.
 SoupiAts Win Q Grcat Victory.

Forty Determined Anti-Peppcr-in tho.
 soupists Win Groat Victory.
 The autocrat of the seaside resort is not the man with his millions, but the hotel cook. The clerk In the office may imagine that he owns most of the earth, and the head waiter may feel that he has a war ranty deed of the remainder, but when you come right down to facts the boss of the kitchen is the boss of the ranch. He is the unseen power behind the throne to which all bow.
 At our hotel tho soup had invariably boon seasoned so high with cayenne pepper that not one out of ten could more than taste 1t, says writer in the Detroit Free Press The same was true of the deviled clans. One day made kick, and in five minutes had half dozen guests with me. We interviewed the landlord and his reply was:
 "1 have nothing to say about It You must go to the chief cook"
 We sought an interview with that mag nate. He was colored man with the dignity of Roman Senator We made our complaint, and he replied:
 '1season dat soup an dem clans to suit my taste."
 "But 1t doesn't suit ours."
 Cant help dat, sah."
 "We wanCless pepper"
 Cant help dat"
 'Do you refuse to make changew
 'I sartinly do, sah. lows nobody to tcN me what to do."
 We returned to the verandah and went into convention. Every minute added to our numerical strength, and in quarter of an hour we numbered forty men. Then it was unanimously
 "Resolved, That if the cook refuses to use less pepper we seek some other hotel'
 Delegates were appointed to wait on the landlord, and he repliedi
 "Gentlemen, I am sorry, but dare not interfere"
 Forty rooms were vacated, forty trunks packed and then mine host wilted. He called in the cook, and, though that individ- ual attempted to stand on his dignity, he had to wilt. By this time the excitement was intense, and had the forty gone they would have been followed by hundred more. 'Less pepper was the watch word all over the house, and 1t meant a great deal to the landlord. We kicked, we saw, we conquered, and the next soup and clans exactly suited the popular taste. The cook Is still the unseen power behind the throne, but he has skipped cog and no ono Is afraid of him any longer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-18
CHAPTER VIII.

As may be supposed, there was a good deal of excitement over the discovery of this fact regarding tho stolen money, ,and the bold use to which it had been put; and, strangely enough, one person who took great inter- est in the matter was Althea Everleigh.
 She had reason for so doing, since two of her friends were connected with that rob- bery in different ways.
 Miss Everleigh read the papers, and knew what all the world knew of Lyman Childer's loss, and the lowering cloud which threatened Norris Bergman's fair fame for the papers had not been slow to intimate that there had been reasons beyond those given for his discharge by the express company.
 The interest which she had always felt in that friend of her childhood revived after her party night, and when she saw him on the sidewalk ono day as sho was taking her afternoon drive, week or so later, sho spoke to the coachman, who drew up close to the curb, while she leaned out and beck Oned to him.
 'sYou have been very remiss, sir, ill neg lecting to pay mo party call, but 1t seems that may as well get into the habit of for giving you. If you arc not busy, let me give you a turn on tho avenue. Now, don't refuse, Norris, for really want to talk to you"
 To refuse after that would haVo been un- gracious; and besides, Norris felt that the diversion of q drive i'll that pleasant com pany would really do him good.
 For the last week he had been worried, nettled and thoroughly perplexed. To have one of those robbers safely caught, and then to let him go again, was in itself enough to vex him, and he was less clear in his mind after that circumstance about some things which he had settled for him. self before.
 To be cOntlnl1e,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-25
ELECTRICAL CURRENTS.

ELECTRIC snow-plows are to be used on
the electric railway in Boston.
In Spain a law has been passed compcll-
ing the employment of electric lighting in
all theaters.
insulation the easier it is to maintain cleo
tric-Ight circuits in running order.
AN iron drawbridge at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
will be turned by electricity, and is bo-
lieved to be the first of its kind IN the
country.
An exceedingly sensitive electric bell has
lately been introduced which viii ring
through a quarter of q mile Of wire when
only one Leclanche cell is used.
IT was stated at a recent meeting Of the
British Association that the persons do
pendent upon the use Of electricity now
number no fewer than five millions.
IT has been discovered that q cerrent Of
electricity passed through impure water
restores to purity by destroying any living
germs with which it may be impregnated.
In the lighting of the American section Of
the Paris Exposition the Heisler Company
propose inserting ten miles of circuit wire
to indicate the practicability Of carrying the
current to any desired distance.
IT is claimed that cable telegraphy is still
open to improvement in more than one d.
rection, and that the matter Of the best
type of cable to be used is far from being
settled
THE prize offered by the French Academy
OF Sciences for paper on the transmission
Of power by electricity has been with
drawn, no paper Of sufficient merit having
been received.
SCARCELY a week passes without some
fresh practical application of the principles
of electricity, and we seem to be only on
the shore of that sea of economy and be-
neficence which expands with every new
discovery Of the properties of electricity
and spreads already beyond the mental
grasp Of any one single worker.
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TRUTHS TERsELY TOLD.


IT is easier to lay plans than to hatch
them.
THERE is no charitableness in being un-
charitable toward the uncharitable.
MANI man has ruined his eyesight BY
sitting in the bar-room looking for work.
BE kind to the little ones. You can't de-
velop children as you do corns-with q boot.
We have great respect for the penetra-
ton Of the man who discovers good quail
ties in US.
WHAT is called independence Of principle
very often consists in having no principle to
depend on.
THERE is no fit search after truth which
does not, first of all, begin to live the truth
which 1T knows.
THERE are none that fall so unpitied as
those that have raised themselves upon the
spoils Of the public
A CHILD is the most winsome teacher in
the world. That man is past hope who can
not learn lesson from child.
THERE are people that no clothes can fit.
Their very skins hang as awkwardly about
them as if made for somebody else.-
ONE great trouble with those who go to
the bad is that they do not think to provide
themselves with return ticket.
Some men are like popcorn. So long as
they keep cool they can hide what is in
them, but whenever they get right hot they
turn wrong side out.
A MANS standing in the world makes q
wide difference in the respect that is &C
corded him by his fellow-man. The posi-
ton, and net the man, is too frequently the
object of Difference and respect
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neck; fall, Essex hybrid; winter. Hub.

neck; fall, Essex hybrid; winter. Hub.
bard.
Peasf Bliss American Wonder for
early, GcLean's Advancer for second
early, Champion of England for late.
Plant at different times for succession.
Cabbages-Early Winningstadt is an
excellent sort for family use, but for
sale a drumhead is preferable.
Gregory's All Seasons is a good sort for
me.
Pnmpkins-The common field pump
kin. generally called the Connections
pumpkin, suits me.
Beets-Bassano has been the stand
ard, but some of the darker sorts are
now preferred.
Carrots-The Danvers is my choice.
Cucumbers = White Spine is my
favorite.
Ouions-Yellow Danvers
Beans-For white prefer the Mount.
ain Bush or Marrow; for string. tho
Golden Wax. do not raise pole beans.
Corn--Early Minnesota l like best
for early; Moore's early Concord for
medium. and Stowelrs Evergreen for
late. Use succession Of paintings.
Tomatoes-Rawson's Puritan.
Field corn-Dutton.
Mangels-GIobe.
Beans-The Speckled Cranberry for
a pole variety is best with me.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-25
Fertilizers.

There were 208. 900 tons of CONNER
cial fertilizers used in Georgia last
season; of this amount 1856, 900 tons
were ammoniated guano. Rating
the ammonia, according to the Agri-
cultural Department reports, at p
per cent as an average, we have
$500. 900 pounds of ammonia, rated
at 10 cents per pound, gives US 81 ,020,-
600 worth of ammonia purchased by
the farmers of Georgia The cotton
crop Of Georgia is 900.O bales; for
every bale OF cotton there is produced
1000 pounds of cotton seed, thus we
have 900. 900. 900 pounds OF cotton
seed. Divide this by 1000 pounds to
reduce to tons, and we have 1900
tons of cotton seed. Take $4,000 tons
of for planting purposes and we have
100000 tons of cotton seed left tor
fertilizing purposes. In the 100000
tons of cotton seed there are 100000
pounds of ammonia, which, at Is cents
per pound. is $4,692, 0OO In other
words, the farmers of Georgia bought
over 81, 900. 900 worth of ammonia when
they had nearly $5.000.000 worth on
their own farms. Such woeful waste
must keep any people poor. We should
not buy pound of ammonia 1t will
be my object to show the farmers of
Georgia how they may save this am
monial outlay, which is loss to the
State.-H H. c., in Atlanta Journal.
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Producing Potatoes.

E. C. Chapman, before the Tomp-
kins County, On. W Institute, said:
Twelve years ago he started out
with the ambitions Of young farm
or. He practiced general farming and
did all the work he could do. He
soon found out his mistake Failing
health and stiff joints were the result
OF this mistake. But failures often
teach better lesson than success. He
finally took Prof. Roberts advice, and
did more brain work and less muscular
labor. And as a result concluded to
make a specially of one line-potatoes.
He buys no manure, but plows under
clover as fertilizer, and has no trou-
BILE 10 preserve the fertility of his farm
in that way. He insists on the import
ance of working the ground up loose and
deep and planting in deep burrows.
He observes that the tubers grow on
that part of the stalk between the old
seed and where the stalk first breaks
through the ground. Hence the i'm
portance Of deep planting to afford
room for young sets on the vines.
After planting. which is done with the
pillow, he harrows the ground thorough
iy to keep down the weeds, and after
the potatoes are up he cultivates with
q Planet Jr. A plow between the row
cuts of the roots, he thinks, and exposes
them to the sun and weather. OF course
a hoe is never used in the potato field.
He also observed that the white grub
attacks the crop every third year.
To avoid these ravages, plant this
third year on stubble ground. He
believes that the fungus growth that
causes rot begins on the vines and
works downward to the tuber. He
was strengthened in this belief by an
experience with frosted vines. The
potatoes did not rot where the vines
had been killed by frost but in the
same field where the frost did not
reach the tubers did rot He mixes
one pound Of paris green with 100 or
$50 pounds Of plaster a. an insecticide
for bugs. He goes over the field with
this and Sits on as little as possible.
He thinks that digging costs too much,
and has not been able to lind salts
factory digger. With such one he
could raise potatoes at cost of ten
cents per bushel. He uses crates for
picking and thinks that they save time
and labor. He would sort in the field
and draw direct TO the cellar to save
future handling. Finally he would
recommend selling whom the crop will
bring an average price. II held for
Ancy prices the grower becomes q
speculator.n
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Thorough Preparation for Spring
Planting.

There Is no work OF more importance
with the spring crops than that OF thor
ough preparation of the soil before
planting the seed, and especially is this
the case with cultivated crops.
1t is much easier to prepare the soil
in thoroughly good condition before
planting the seed than afterward. 1t
Is an item with cultivated crops to be-
gin the cultivation as soon as possible.
Weeds can be destroyed much more
readily and more thoroughly while
they are young and tender than after
they get good start to grow. In a
majority OF cases If the soil is rough
and cloddy the work Of cuItivating
must be deferred until after the plants
have made good growth
With the soil we'll prepared the cul-
tivation can begin with the harrow,
and this will aid materially to get the
soil in good filth and destroy the
weeds that may have started up. II
the conditions OF the soil will admit.
1t is good plan, usually, to begin the
cultivation by narrowing thoroughly
within week after planting. In many
cases a second narrowing can be given
after a week. and, unless the season is
very unfavorable, by this time the
plants will have made a sufficient
growth to commence using the culti-
vator.
With most spring crops it is an item
to plant in good season. The early
planted crops, other things being
equal. will give much the best yield.
but at the same time early cultivation
Is necessary in order to- get a strong,
vigorous growth; and the soil must be
well prepared before planting, in order
to make it possible to begin cuItiva-
ton in good season. 1t is better to
defer planting day or two and spend
the time in the work of preparation.
than to plant the seed and depend upon
working the soil into good filth after
wards.
The soil ought not to be disturbed
until after it is sufficiently dried out to
work into good filth. It rarely pays
TO commence working the soil until it
Is dry. Sometimes it may pay to pillow
when wet, but it is rather the excep-
ton. Some help can occasionally be
given by providing good drainage. so
that the surface water will run of rap
idly.
Usually land plowed in the fall or
early winter. if we'll drained. will be
ready to pillow much earlier than il left
undisturbed until spring, and will gen.
orally work into a good filth moro
readily. But it will pay to harrow and
drag, or roll. If necessary, In order to
get the soil in good tilth before
planting, and usually in proportion to
the way this is done the less will be
the work of giving clean, thorough
cultivation. Plan ahead, so that this
work can be done in good season and
the seed be planted early.-St Louis
Republic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-05-25
The Lost Atlantis.

For many centuries there has beer tra-
dition OF long lost island called Atlantis.
The Greek geographers located it in the
Atlantic Ocean, west of the northwest part
OF Africa and the Pillars Of Hercules. The
sea kings OF Atlantis are said to have To-
vaded Europe and Africa, and to have been
defeated by the Atheniaus.
AL the legends agree that it was a vast
island, of incxhaustible resources, and in
habited by q race of superior people. For
ages this island has existed only in legend
airy lore. But now, when the light of mod
ern research is turned full upon the investi-
cation, behold the lost Atlantis at our very
doors.
So the bigoted medical fraternity goes
CROPPING about in the dark, seeking for an
Atlantis or Escu1apius, when il they would
investigate, they would behold the lost At
lantis at their very door. With their an
Gent text book, a case Of physic, paper in
their waistcoat giving them license to prac-
tice, experiment and dose with their injuri-
Gus drugs, cauterize and perform unneces-
sary acts, with no person or laws to hold
them accountable, they continue their big
oted, unjustihed practice, staring into va
cancy, and imagining that they see in them
selves al Esculapius.
Wrapped in ancient bigotry, they are cry
ing out against all improvements that have
been made in medical science. They de-
nouuce any new idea advanced by layman
or an opposition school as q fraud.
Whyl
Because humanity will not be benefited
Not at all, but because their specialism did
not make the discovery.
Yet they concede that there is no remedy
known to their materia medica that will
cure an advanced kidney malady and the
diseases arising therefrom-although many
of them know from GROWING proof that
Warmers Safe Cure will-but unscrupu-
lousy treat symptoms aud call them dis
ease, when in reality they know they are
but symptoms.
A few Of the more honest physicians ad.
nit that Warmers Safe Cure is valuable
remedy, and a great blessing to mankind,
but say, in so many words, when asked why
they do not prescribe it, that they can not,
according to their code.
Nevertheless, the world is fast becoming
satisfied that the cure for kidney and liver
diseases, In whatever form or condition, has
been discovered, and there is no doubt bu,
what Warmers Safe Cure and its fame will
live long after such bigotry as we have in
stanced is dead and buried.
The late eminent physician and writer, DR.
j. g. Holland, published IN "Scribner's
Monthly" and showed his opinion Of such
bigotry, and no doubt was satisfied that At
lantis might possibly be discovered in . pro
prietary medicine, when he wrote editorial
ly, as follows:
Nevertheless, it is fact that many o.
the best proprietary medicines Of the day
were more successful than many of the ply
sicians, and most of them, it should be re
membered, were first discovered or used il
actual medical practice. When, however
any shrewd person, knowing their virtue
and foreseeing their popularity, secures ant
advertises them, then, in the opinion of the
bigoted, all virtue went out Of them"
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sweet Bells tangled Out OF rune

Produce a shocking disturbance So do
nerves unstrung. Their weakness, orig
of thought and by general organic dishar-
mony. They may be strengthened and
quoted by restoring vigorous digestion with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, also a leading
preventive and remedy for malarial dis
orders, bilious and kidney ailments, consti-
patton and q rheumatic tendency. It is q
prime appetizer also.
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HERE AND THERE.


The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
the least.
One of the advantages with Pekin
ducks is that they can be raised with
very little water.
"A few drops of tincture of iron or
very small piece of copperas in the
drinking-water of the poultry promotes
health.
"A diversity of crops distributes
work, receipts and expenses more
evenly through the year and through
the years.
Here is a good cure for a bee sting.
Take equal parts of sodar and vinegar
and rub it on the place stung while the
stuff is fomenting. 1t will give relief
Immediately.
Peach and plumb trees are both
less liable to disease when grown in
the poultry yard. They will make
better growth and at the same time
afford good shade for the poultry.
The annual honey product of Amer
lea is about 100, 900, 600 pounds, and its
value is nearly $4,000, 900. The an
nual wax product is about 500, 600
pounds and its value more than $780,
900.
Young cattle which have been win
tered at the straw stack are quite apt
to be lousy. This should be seen to,
and proper measures used to clean out
the parasites. Applications of lard and
kerosene oil viii do very well.
The poultry ought to be gentle.
Fowls that run at your approach will
not thrive as well as If tanner. More
over, for many reasons it is an item to
be able to work among them. This
applies to poultry of all kinds. whether
on the farm or in town.
Cows which are expected to como
in soon should have plenty of fodder.
bran. roots and such food, but none OF
a heating character. They should not
be allowed to run on icy places, as
slip may produce serious consequences.
Tho smaller the field the moro
fence required and the more land taxi
en- from cultivation. The more oblong
the field. the more fence required to
inclose given area; conversely, the
nearer q square the field is, the less
fence is required.
If young trees, in spite of all pro-
lection that has been given them
through the winter. have been barked
by rabbits or mice, repair the damages
as soon as discovered. Where the in
jury is slight mere earthing-up with
q mound of soil that will not dry out
will often suffice. II the wound is very
extended, new tree is the best REM
edy.
Peach orchardists find this criti-
cal time, as an unusually severe frost,
when the buds are we'll developed,
brings destruction to the crop in whole
or part We have called to our peach
growers attention the method of the
European vineyardists in keeping of
the frosts by keeping smoke in their
vineyards Preparations are made be-
forehand- materials for . fire and
damp straw or other litter with which
= make : smudee