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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04
SALE or LIQuon PROHIBITED.

Section %. BE it ordained by the
lntendent and Wardeus, and by the
authority OF the same, That any ono
selling or offering for sale any intox.
icating drinks within tho corporate
limits Of the village Of Tatum, shall.
be fined with no less than five and no
more than fifty dollars for each and
every offence. Also be subject to my
other punishment tho Council may
see fit to impose.
Katiiied this tho 10Th day Of Au,
gust, 1889.
p. EASTERLING, Intendant.
NJ. &. WILSON, Clerk.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04
q our Deaths Glorious: ID thy Just sDDsefenoe.p

than one dollar, or moro tIien Ave dol.
lags, or my other penalty the Uoun-
Gil may sae proper to infict.
gust, 1889.
d. EASTERLING, Intendant.
MsG. WiLsoN, Clerk.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
Natural Scent of Flowers.

The modest looking mignonette flower,
as is well known, is one of the most de-
liciously fragrant, with fragrance of
that class that is not empowering, and
that few can be found to object to. The
same is true of the sweet briar, lemon
verbena and its class. With the old white
lily, lily of the valley and Cape Jasmine,
this is not SO. Too much of either of
these easily becomes nauseating, and, in
some cases, causes sickness; but the for
mer class, probably rarely. 1t may not
be known of the three former that the
fragrance is so persistent and continuous
that sprig, plucked and put in the
pocket with handkerchief, or among
the clothes, like the lavender of our
grandmother's days, will leave pleasant
fragrance behind for many days. The
next time you pass bed of mignonette
tryit. Pluck half dozen heads and
put in the pocket below the handker-
chief, and, our word for it, the delight
full scent will be there for some tune
Prairie Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
The Origin of the Sash,

The broad sash which the young man
of the period now wears is of Spanish
and Mexican origin, and, as worn by the
greaser dude of the Rio Grande, is a,
broad scarf tied at the side with flowing
ends. Since they have become fashiona-
BILE with the American youth the tying
in some instances is dispensed with, and
the sash, which presents broad front,
is delusion and snare, and, like the
butterfly necktie, is made up and finishes
in the back, where it is concealed by the
coat, in small belt and buckle to keep
it on. For the young man whose shape
does not allow of this getting along with
out the use of suspenders, the sash is not
"a thing Of beauty or a joy forever"
If he ties his sash tight enough to keep
his trousers in place it will collapse and
be like limp string in size, and if he al
lows its broad folds to encircle his abdo-
men loosely then he is in mortal fear that
his trousers will drop off, so he is never
entirely happy. l saw one real sweet
young man the other day, and he had
his sash arranged with sort of martin
gale. The sash was very broad, and he
had his fourth hand necktie come down
and meet his sash, and pinned to it with
society pin. wouldn't be surprised
if the sash was also pinned to his trous-
ers, so that the whole weight was brought
on his neck, for he walked with sort OF
round-shouldered gait, and didn't look
as if he was enjoying himself Bit
New York Nail and Express.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
SNAKES AND TOADS.

Why is it that many farmers and gar
deners are bound to kill every toad md
snake they happen to come across!
Merely because these animals are repul-
sive in appearance? That should hardly
be q valid reason. Handsome is who
handsome does; and seen from this
standpoint, the ugliest, full-bellied toad,
and the creeping, sliding, wriggling
snake are models of beauty. Both live
largely or entirely on insects. Some
time ago when my hot-bed was overrun
with potato beetles, beetles, ETC., one
of the great, Unlocking toads took up
its quarters right there. In short time
the bed was free from insects of any
description, and the toad was waxing
fat. A few .toads in u garden will do a
great deal toward Kidding it of cut-worms
and bugs of all kinds, and snakes also
give valuable aid in the same direction.
French gardeners realize this much more
than those of other nationalities do, and
in Paris toads are kept on sale in the
open market and in gardeners supply
stores. 1t is time for American garden
ers to learn the value of the two crea-
lures, and give them aid and shelter in
pay for their services, rather than perse-
cute them in the usual cruel, relentless
and senseless fashion. FARM and Fire
side.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29

evenly ~ possible, The work Of Guilt
waiting and preparing the soil into good
condition. will incorporate tho manure
sufficiently with tho Hnil II special
IorliliAor n usod u ahoud DO scattered
broadeaat, othor just before or NJ the time
the seed Ia sown, Drills with fertilizer
aunohmentA Can now hn secured, NO that
the work can he done much better than
by hnud
To grow yield Of twenty bushels of
wheat Il will require ON an average thirty
one pounds OF nitrogen, fourteen pounds
of phosphoric acid, aud eighteen pounds
OF potash These are three essential
elements required. II We know what per
cent, of these elements is already In the
soil, and also what Is deficient, the
proper proportion can be readily supplied.
Glover, and with II u good dressing of
lime, plowod under, makes n good fertili-
ger for wheat, One reason that good re.
suits can generally be secured by using
farm yard manure is that all the elements
of plant food are applied,
Thepriucipal advantages in purchasing
and using commercial fertilizer is, they
increase the growth and yield of the crop,
and by their means, with good manage
ment, the farmer may be able to increase
his supply of farm manure, And, in
many cases it can certainly be used to
an advantage, il the mistake is avoided
of depending entirely upon it as is some
times done when good results are secured
at first. With quite number of crops
more or less fertilizers can be used, but
it is mistake to depend upon them,
Farm manure must be the principal reli-
ance and other materials be considered
only as aids. Prairie Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
- ----T4-'-7--T
DOWN BY TAE GATE.

There is dew ON the grass and the throstle is
still,
But the crickets are piping above on the hill;
The tresies are lighting their lanterns and
seel
There's the smile of the moon through the
boughs of the tree
And catch the perfume of the rose as
wait
For the sound of light feet tripping down to
the gate,
"Will she come, win she Gomez cries n
hope in my heart,
Till the stir of a leaf makes me tremble and
start;
And peep through the dusk till my eyes are
a-bhr
With warm mist OF love that is only for
her,
o. the minutes drag by like the slow feet OF
fate
As listen and look for her down by the gate ,
There's step on the path, there's glimmer
of white,
And the darkness around mo crowns sud
denly bright;
And there's no one to see, save myself ard
the moon,
This fairest of all the roses OF June,
With soft hand in yours would you not lin
ger late
For another good night" Ger the bars of the
~ -Munseys Wcekly
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
Billiard Balls are Weather Prophets

81 can always tell when it is going to
rain half day ahead of any change in
fair weather." said Champion George
Slosson, as he was knocking ;around bill
lard balls in the Columbia, Rooms re.
Gently.
CLOVIS that9" asked a bystander, get
ting interested directly.
"Why, there isn't a better barometer
in existence than an ivory billiard ball or
a good billiard cue" the billiard expert
replied; tthey are better than favorite
corn"
GLOW dye tell9"
"a ball always rolls slow and with diff
ficulty over the cloth when it is going to
rain. Ivory is so sensitive to changes of
temperature, particularly from dry to
moist, that the effect is felt almost in
simultaneously. The cue will get cranky,
too, when there IS going to be a change,
long before the dampness is perceptible
in any other way. Another peculiarly
of the ivory globes is their tendency to
become egg-shaped. They contract at
what are called the top and bottom poles
and swell out at the sides, so that you
might as well play with potatoes, if you
don't watch their idiosyncrasies. They
are worse than old men in their suscep-
tibility to draught. A draught will crack
the ivory and make it chip off as
quick as wink, and like old folks, you
can never get the spheres acclimated to
these draughts, Just talee billiard ball
and study its behavior, and you can beat
the clerk of the weather prophesying.
You can bet on your own prophecy every
time.-Neso York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
A Mirage in Wyoming.

Passengers who arrived at Denver,
COL, recently from northern Wyoming
reported singular optical illusion. The
conductor of the train says: at was
about an hour before sunset, and, look
ing out OF the car window, we saw about
a mile away beautiful lake. 1t was In a
slight depression among the hills, and
seemed to be about two miles long by a
mile wide. Never having noticed lake
at this place on the road was consider
ably astonished, as were passengers
familiar with the road. As the train adj
vanced the lake appeared to enlarge and
rise, but in spite of this it was difficult
to believe the appearance was simply
mirage, and that what appeared to be
lake was a level plain. The apparent lake
was as smooth and bright as mirror,
except at one edge, where it appeared to
be ruffied by the wind.-Neso York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
Bengal SuperstitiOns.

A curious light is thrown on the rural
life of Bengal by the contents of paper
reprinted lately in the annual report of
the Bombay Anthropological Society.
From this paper we are told the follow
ing, among other things: Shouting the
name of the king of birds (Garuda) drives
away snakes. Shouting Ram Ram drives
away ghosts. Cholera that attacks on
Monday or Saturday ends fatally, but not
cholera that attacks on Thursday. The
Towering of bamboos augurs famine. In
tanning, if the fan strike the body, it
should be thrice knocked against the
ground. When giving aims, the giver
and receiver should not be standing on
different sides of the threshold. 1t is
bad to pick ones teeth with ones nails.
If snake is killed, it should be burned,
for it is Brahman. At night the words
''snake" and "tiger" should not be used.
Call them creepers and insects. Do not
wake up sleeping physician. A morn
ing dream always comes to pass. Devo-
ton without headgear is wrong. Iron is
charm against ghosts. A black cat
with white face is very auspicious.-
st. James's Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
WISE WORDS.

Virtue is often only absence of temp
tation.
Speaking silence is better than sense
less speech.
Death and taxes are sure; crops and
life are uncertain.
Strange ideas are just as liable to be
facts as common ores.
To fatter successfully one must appear
disguised with such art.
A good imitator must necessarily neg
lect his natural development.
Compulsory education destroys the am
bition to seek for knowledge.
When a man is as polite to men as he
is to women he is entitled to be known
as gentleman.
A good many people are like the birds
they have to eat their cherries before they
are ripe in order to get them.
A man has been known to carry his
first baby on the streets, but it is the
woman who carries the second.
You are always hearing people talk
about jolly good time9 Did you ever
have one9 They are quite rare.
1t is poor comfort to bald headed
man that the more his hair comes out OF
his head the thicker it grows in his ears.
A peaceful dog may not fight, but he
often does that which is worsc-he
watches where the other dog hides his
bone.
A man is a good deal like machine.
By the time he gets himself in good run
ming order, and pays for himself, and
learns how to to do his work with some
sort of comfort, he is marked old ant
out of order.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
TEMPERATURES FOR olluRNlNe,

The temperature at which cream should
be churned varies according to the tenn
perature of the air, but the proper num-
Der of degrees is about sixty. In olden
times, and even in modern days, with
some people, it was the rule for churning
to 80 ON until butter was found in great
Jumps. That was great fallacy, A
point is reached in churning beyond
which any further chuming brings no inn
provement, and that point is when the
butter has reached the size of small
grains. The churning should take from
twenty-five to thirty-6ve minutes; if it
was much less the butter would not be in
good condition, if the ohurning took
longer it would be spoiled. As to
whether butter should be washed or not
the practise varied in different parts of
England, and is matter entirely of
taste. Those who are accustomed to I'M
washed butter certainly will not like the
flavor of washed butter,--Neio York
World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
A Pigeon Decides a Law Case.

A novel decision was rendered by JUS
tice Miller, of Youngstown, Ohio, In
suit before him, between John P. Kirby
and John Scott, each claiming the own
ership to certain carrier pigeon, which
was brought into court in charge of an
officer. Justice Miller, in order to settle
the ownership beyond question, ordered
the pigeon placed in the hands of two dis
Interested persons, who took it four miles
south of the city and released it. After
it had started, two chasers were sent up
by Kirby, and Scott followed suit by re-
leasing another pigeon. The pigeon in
controversy flew straight to the residence
of Scott, and, according to the decision
of Justice Miller, is now SCOTS property.
-Cleceland Leader.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
BALKY HORSES.

The Society for the Prevention OF Cru
city to Animals put forth set of rules
for the treatment of balky horses, which
rules, unfortunately, do not always work.
The best way is to have nothing to do
/ with balky horses. But, nevertheless,
some one of these rules, as well as hun
bred others, do work in particular cases.
They are as follows:
1. Pat the horse upon the neck; exam
inc the harness carefully, first on one side
and then on the other, speaking encour-
agingly while doing so; then jump into
the wagon and give the word go; gen
orally he will obey.
2. A teamster in Maine says he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
him out OF the shafts and making him 90
around in a circle until he is giddy. If
the first dance of this sort doesn't cure
him, the second will.
3. To cure a balky horse, simply place
your hand over the horses nose and shut
off his wind until he wants to go, and
then let him 60
A. The brain Of The horse seems to en-
terrain but>one idea at time, therefore
continued whipping only confirms his
stubborn resolve. If you can by any
means give him new subject to think
of you will generally have no trouble in
starting him. A simple remedy is to
take couple OF turns of stout Irvine
around the fore leg, just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse to feel, and
tie in bow knot. At the first check he
will generally go dancing off, and after
short distance you can get out and re-
move the string, to prevent injury to the
tendon in your further drive.
5. Take the tail of the horse between
the hind legs and tie it by cord to the
saddle girth.
6. Tie string around the horses ear
close to the horses head
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


A weak spot in stable floor is risk
no farmer can afford to continue single
hour after discovery.
Dairy cattle should have access TO salt
every day, and salt should be added daily
to all their stable feed.
In very hot weather it may pay you to
shade the forming cauliflower heads with
leaves broken from the lower part of the
plant.
A balky horse on farm is a nuisance
be, of burying his carcass in the com
post heap.
If the rose-bugs trouble your grape
vines, spray them with Paris green and
water in the proportion of one ounce to
six gallons.
Let no soap suds from the weekly wash
be wasted. There is nothing better for
cucumber and melon vines. Soak the
soil around the hills.
1t is well enough to have whip in driv-
ing horses, but the occasions for using it
should be carefully considered before tor
turing the poor animals.
A Georgia farmer tells thatihe has sue
ceeded in subduing nut grass by putting
the land in Bermuda and burr clover,
adding also Texas blue grass.
The value of old orchards when
properly treated, is hardly appreciated
fby one who has not had some practical
work in getting them to yield the great
est profit possible.
An orchard, whether young or Did,
should not be allowed to grow where
heavy crops of grass are taken every
year 1t is weakening to the soil and
detrimental to the trees.
Feed the calves-feed them hlll-it
hope of selling them in autumn at a profit
is to be justified, and if they are to. be
kept over winter the reasons for full
feeding apply quite as well.
The chicken range should affordtplenty
of shade as well as sunshine In hot
weather chickens will generally iseek to
escape the direct rays of the sun3during
the warmest hours of the day.
J. L. Budd says, in Farmers Reoieao.
that he believed the'pear- shapediR Russian
currant will prove specially valuable in
parts Of the West where the. foliage OF
the common currants drop premature
ly when exposed othe SUM-
When sweet corn is used in the family
or sold, the american Cultipator advises
to promptly cut and feed its stalks to the
COWS. These stalks are better fodder
than they ever will be again and all the
better if few nubbins remain on.
A few farmers claim to find good
even in the ox-eye daisy. They say that
if cut and cured before the seed begius
to form and the stalk becomes woody,
it is good milk producer when fed tt
cows, and that sheep will fattenion it.
The many good points of the turnip as
a supplemental crop for stock feed should
not be forgotten. Its value for feeding
purposes is conceded, and the labor o.
putting in the crop comes at season
when the hurry of work is abated. Ad
vocates of growing this root for lstocl
claim that nothing pays better fori thu
time, labor and expense involved.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
TO PROHIBIT TREATING AT n,Rs.

The measure which is pending in the Legis-
lature of Western State to prohibit treat
ing at bars, is a praisworthy one. This treat
ing practice is something which should be
broken up as soon as possible. There is no
intent on the part of the Trainer of the bill to
stop drinking The bill merely forbids treat
ing by the wholesale. This is indeed, very
foolish custom. One or two men will enter
saloon. There they are introduced to four or
five more. then the treating begins and goes
the rounds. Each man has to pay for the
drinks for all. and each man drinks more
than is good for him. The treating has to be
done, because public opinion with its idiotic
gauge brands the man who refuses TO tres. as
shabby fellow. There is no getting out of it
unless the man has the moral courage TO bid
defiance to public opinion and to withstand
the contumely of his associates. There is
nothing TO be gained by this bibulous prac-
tice. 1t is an expensive as well as an iniuri.
Gus habit.-Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-29
SELECT SETTINGS.
Diamond scales weigh even hair.


Diamond scales weigh even hair.
The cucumber was originally tropical
vegetable.
Apricots are indigenous to the plains
OF America.
A barbers' trust has been organized in
Philadelphia.
The Burmese believe that the ruby
ripens like fruit.
A little girl six years old is playing II
cornet ON the beach at Galveston, Texas.
There are 700 species of birds in South
America of which nearly 300 are pccu-
liar.
Power obtained from fall of water a
mile distant is to be used for lighting the
tower of Segorbc in Spain.
Students who use tobacco in any form
are denied admission to the University of
the Pacific at San Jose, Cal.
A man in Kentucky sells mules by
weight. His present price is fourteen
and onc-half cents pound.
A bell that will ring by clockwork as
long as one presses the button, has come
to the front as rival Of the electric de-
vice.
The Calais Douvrcs, with 200 passen-
gers, crossed the English Channel lately
in fifty three minutes, the quickest passage
on record.
An amateur ventriloquist in Wheeling,
W. Va, threw cries of distress into a
load of hay. At once the farmer owning
it began to dump it into the street.
Greenland, more than 1400 miles long,
is probably the largest island in the
world. Some geographers think it is a
cluster of islands frozen together.
Iceland geographically belongs to
America, but is considered by some as
belonging to Europe because of its early
discovery-in the ninth century A. ID.
Mahoning County, Ohio, claims to have
the LATEST man in the United States re-
siding there. He is too lazy to chew his
food, and has invented machine to do il
for him.
There are more Governors and ex-
Governors in this country whose names
begin with b than with any other letter
For example, Beaver, Biggs, Bucknel
and Bulkelcy.
The largest pine tree ever cut il
Michigan was felled recently near Hobart
1t measured at the butt six feet il
| diameter and scaled 10, 1871 feet of mer
camille lumber.
Directions for washing flannel shirts
without shrinking them are sold now il
the pockets of those popular garments
| There is almost as much variety abou
the one as the other.
The largest and most productive plair
in the United States is the Mississippi
valley, containing nearly two-thirds o
the territory of the United States. It'll
one of the most fertile tracts in tn,
world, and is supposed to be capable o.
sustaining population of over SOC, 900,
600.
The only ornament worn by Chinese o
the laundrymen class is wristlet,
polished translucent ring of white o
greenish stone, just large enough to slil
over the hand. They are quite expen
sive, ranging from So for an inferior dull
white specimen to $50 for the greer
rings, that are the most highly priced
They must be entirely free from imper
fections and emit clear, sonorous ring
when struck light blow.