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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
CONCERNING COMPOST.
How TO Make Compost Heap to Secure
Best Results.

How to Make Compost Heap to Secure
Best Results.
There are two main things to be con-
sidered at the outset in making the best
compost heap One is how to hasten de-
composition, and the other is how to
prevent the escape of gases that are
created. The compost heap should be
30 located that it can be drained, and
the drainage saved, for necessarily it
must contain valuable fertilizing in
gradients. The site of the heap Sc
lected and drainage provided, construct
the heap. Barnyard manure and any
deposit that contains plenty of vegeta-
BILE matter are the principal ingredients.
When it can be had swamp muck is just
the thing There is one bit of caution
that ought to be given, and that is to be
careful that nothing is used in which
there are weed seeds.
The proportions should be one part of
barnyard manure and two parts of muck
or whatever else is used. Now the foun-
dation, the basis, of the compost is.
made. To this sadded every thing that
is lying about the premises that can pos
Sibly add to the value of the heap, and
one of the greatest advantages of the
compost is the utilizing very much of
value as fertilizers which would other
wise 60 to waste. Gather up the night
soil, chicken droppings, wood ashes,
sawdust, corn stalks, leaves, straw, soap
suds, fish or meat brine and old mortar
and thoroughly mix them with the heap.
The farmer or gardener will be surprised
to see what large quantity of fertilizer
he will get by gathering up these odds
and ends. To every load of material
about twenty-five pounds of plaster
ought to be added.
Now the chemical changes begin.
Putrefaction, or fermentation-both be-
ing the same so far as the chemical op-
Grafton is concerned-commences The
carbon contained in the dead vegetable
matter unites with oxygen from the air
or in the water that may be in the ma
terial, and carbonic acid gas is the re-
suit. This gas acts on the silicate Of
potash in the mixture, separates the
silicate from the potash and makes car.
Donate of potash, and the silica being
freed becomes hydrated silica, and both
these elements are thus made at once
available for plant growth. Observe,
therefore, the benefit of composing in
thus making these two elements avail
able. Before the changes took place
both were insoluble and utterly useless.
Suppose unrotted straw had been ap-
piled to the land. 1t would require a
year, and perhaps two years, before
these elements could be made available.
Western Rural.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
GUESS THIS IS TRUE
Hens Are More Profitable Than CoWs-.I
Poultry Raiser Demonstrates II.

Hens Are More Profitable Than CoWs-.A
Poultry Raiser Demonstrates II.
1t is said that the profits from twenty
five hens equal the profits from one COW.
1t may be suggested that the truth Of
this statement depends upon the hens.
Very true, but with equal truth it may
be asserted that it also depends upon
the COW. Taking the country at large
and averaging things, as it were, I am
disposed, says contributor to the Rural
New Yorker, to cast in my lot with the
hens, and if any lover Of the COW with
crumpled horn, or with no horns, is
disposed to question my conclusions, let
him take up the gauntlet or ever after
give the palm to the feathered biped.
Both require shelter. Buildings suff1-
Gent to make them comfortable will, OF
course, vary in cost as we'll as in archi-
tectural pretensions with the location
and the taste or financial resources of
the owner, but think that twenty-five
hens can be made snug and comfortable
for less money than ono COW.
Feed is quite considerable item, but
I think the twenty-five hens will be
able to show balance in their favor. ]
can keep flock Of hens and feed them
we'll for eggs at an average expense Of
one dollar each per year. The outlay
will, of course, vary slightly in different
seasons and different localities, being as
often under as over this amount. This
would make the yearly board bill of our
flock of twenty-five just $95. Can the
COW champion beat this without starv-
ing his COW or going SO near it as to re-
duce her milk yield? Both hens and
COW must have good care, but were de-
sirous of the minimum amount of labor
l should prefer to care for the hens. 1t
would certainly require less labor to
gather the product of the hens industry
than to milk the cow. The droppings
from a flock Of hens are usually con-
sidered of sufficient value to pay for the
care.
How about the prodnct? An average
hen, if decently attentive to business,
will lay about 10 dozen eggs per an
mum. My 90 hens then will produce
about $50 dozen. can sell my eggs al
an average price for the year Of 80 to
40 cents per dozen, but this is too high
for the country at large; 20 cents Is
nearer right This makes the receipts
$50 for the flock, or, subtracting one dol
lar per head for feed, l have balance
of $25. The first cost Of the hens wa
| rrobob 1r SO 70 TX oopto ooob h,t 40 II nj
it one dollar each, have net profit o
100 per cent. Besides this, several o
the hens have probably acted as incu
bators, and thus have earned something
more to be added to the credit side o
the account. The first cost Of the hem
was less than the first cost of goo(
COW, so the COW must earn still NOR
} than the hens have done to make
profit of 100 per cent. Will she do it?
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

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e invaluable in allaying and subduine
nervous excitability, irritability, exhaus'
ton, prostration, hysteria, spasms and Other
distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
attendant upon functional and organic dis
ease Of the womb. II induces refreshine
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and d.
spondency.
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legitimate medicine, carefully compounded
BY an experienced and skil1ful physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate organize
ton. It is purely vegetable in its compost
ton and perfectly harmless in any condition
Of the system.
"Favorite Prescription d positive cure
for the most complicated and Obstinate cassa
Of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful
menstruation, unnatural suppressions, pro.
lapsus, or falling Of the womb, weak back,
"female weakness" anteversion, retriever
sion, bearing down sensations, chronic con-
gestion, Inflammation and liberation Of tho
womb, Inflammation, pain and tenderness
in ovaries, accompanied with internal
heat.n
For an Illustrated Treatise on Diseases
Of Women, 100 pages, (sent sealed in plain
envelope,) enclose ten cents In stamps,
to WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL Asso.
CITATION, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
Egypt and Jerusalem, Via tho Azores,
Gibraltar, Naples and Rome.

A tour of ladies and gentlemen to visit
the East. The ocean steamer "Circassian,"
1914 tons, has been chartered to start with
the party from New York February 10. Re-
turn, through France, England and Scot
land about May 9th. The second section
arriving in New Y FORK not far from June 7th.
The main tour will cost less than $500 in
its cheapest form. Radiatory excursions to
Ephesus, Constantinople, Vienna, &c, can
be added to the route for reasonable in
crease of expense.
Rollo Floyd, the prince Of Syrian Drago-
men, will have charge Of the Oriental Sec
ton; and Messrs. Gaze & Son, of London,
have been engaged to manage the European
section. Rev. DR.. G. F. Thomas, an ex-
perienced director of foreign tours, will
have general charge en- route. A number OF
young ladies have already been booked, as
Mrs. Thomas will have charge Of a depart
ment for them.
This will be the most for the money ever
before offered in this line. For further
particulars address Geo. May Powell, P. O.
box 700, Philadelphia, Pa
NoTE.-A ten days. special trip from Cairo
70 Karnak also provided for.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
Weighing a Silo.

1cover my silage with paper, says a
farmer in the Rural New Yorker, after
1t has reached a proper heat; then l put
eight inches of sawdust on top of the
paper. l have just opened my silo and
find the silage the best have ever had.
] have sweet silage this year. / intend
to cover my silo another year with dried
swamp muck or peat in lieu of sawdust
ana then will utilize as much as can
OF it with manure as an absorbent.
think this plan will work well.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22


ready built, 15x3O feet, to one end add a
room of any desired dimensions. Tight
ly cover this addition and let it be
sealed within tightly with half-inch
grooved spruce or some other wood
which will not impart taste to what is
stored. The exterior of the cooling
room may be the same in appearance as
the ice-house, so that the entire struct-
ure will be one building. The cooling
apartment must be lighted sufficiently,
but not extensively, and double win.
dows should be used, together with two
doors or heavily-packed door. The bot
tom can be cemented, which is prefer
able, or boarded.
An aperture one ~ = eighteen
inches square must - ~ hon the
cooling room into the syAst1eat eccu-
pied by the ice at the top of the room
and a corresponding opening made at
the b3ttom. This is to allow the heated
air of the cooling room to pass out and
the cold air from the ice to fall and
enter the cooling room at the bottom.
These openings must have closely-fitting
doors and, generally speaking, they are
| kept closed. If the temperature in the
cooling room should be too high at any
time it would be necessary to open
these doors for an influx of cold air. To
the person who has ever used such an
arrangement and seen its beneficial re.
suits, return to the refrigerator would
seem like retrogression indeed. If the
cooler or retarding room can be conven.
iently located on the north side or end
of the ice-house, it will be in the most
feasible location Farm and Home.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
COW STALLS,

s"me Good Suggestions Regarding Them
How They Should BE Built.
/ saw an inquiry short time ago re-
earding COW stall, says writer in the
Ohio Farmer. l have seen none de-
scribed like mine, and will therefore
send it. ! believe in a manure drop for
the comfort and cleanliness OF all con-
cerned. To have it serve the purpose
every COW must stand right, so that the
manure will be deposited in the drop.
Cows vary in length, and hence stalls all
Of same length will not bring all to the
drop; they fall short or over-reach. My
device will remedy this difficulty.
make my stalls, lining up between,
boarding up in front to the desired
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE EDIToR:-Please inform your
readers that have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. By Ito timely
use thousands Of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. shall be glad to send
two bottles Of my remedy FREE TO any OF
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post-office
address Respectfully, 7. A. SLoCUM, M. c.,
ISL Pearl street. New York.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
Fig. 2.

FIG. q stall in width, and
high enough to slip between top and bot
tom strips. This frame is shown in Fig.
2. On this make the front of manger.
Mine has V-shaped cut as shown, but
every one can suit his own fancy as to
that. Slip this portable front in place
and up to bottom of manger; nail
block behind, also block on each side
1t top f). II this makes the stall too
short for the cow loosen the front, take
out manger bottom boards marked d and
and push the front up to desired posi-
ton and secure as before. lean lengthen
my stalls eighteen inches, which think
is enough. If you use plain front
manager the side strips and b need be
only as far apart as height of manger.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
SyruD of FIGS.

Produced from the laxative and nutritious
juice of California figs, combined with the
medicinal virtues of plants known to be
most beneficial to the human system, acts
gently, on the kidneys, liver and bowels, ef-
fectuaIly cleansing the system, dispelling
colds and headaches, and curing habitual
constipation.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

ARE any Of the new washing compounds
Is good as the old-fashioned soap! Dobbins'
Electric Soap has been sold every day for
Ask your grocer for it and take no other
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A Now
Home Treatment.

Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane Of the nose and
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be fact, and
the result of this discovery is that a simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not q snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. III. Dixon Il Son, cor Of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.
tan Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

ELEPHANTS have been known to live TO the
age Of 400 years Horal-Young man don't
be In too much Of hurry to see the elephant
He'll keep.-Boston Transcript.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

height as though intended to quit at
that. Stalls are ~ feet from front of
manger to drop, allowing 216 feet for
manager, which leaves 5 feet for the
cow, but can be shortened to 81 feet If
necessary, by the method l shall now
describe.
Build stalls as above. directed. Nail
strips (a) for bottom of manager on Sides
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

A CoUGH, COLD, OR SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. Browns BRoNCHiAL
TRocHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. Is cts. box H't"f
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

An enthusiastic exchange refers to the
dresses of some actresses as perfect DO
ems 1t would be nearer the mark to call
them epigrams; because-well, there isn't
much to an epigram, you know.-Phila-
delphia Press
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved ct once BY taking
one Of Carter's Little Liver Pills immediate
ly after dinner Don't forget thia
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

THE girls give little thought to the Affairs
Of state, but when the subject is bachelors
they know how to reduce the surplus
Binghamton Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

WHEN you truly and devotedly love .
GIRL who is as rich as she is pretty, it's hard
TO take no for an answer.-Epoch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

PERHAPS one strong objection to women
as walters is that they can not even be
spoken to without . preliminary tip
timore American. fti
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

DlAyH has no terrors 70 The eadasqaQ
who furnishes the Aorsl tribute 81 q
funeral-Doston Transcript
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

A PROFESSOR set himself to work and
mastered twelve languages in four years ;
then he went crazy, and now talks in q
language which no one can understand
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

IT is strong presumptive evidence when
you find your neighbours rubber stuck in
the mud near your woodpile.-Rome Senti-
mel
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

A GRAND JURY never goes behind the re-
turns in finding its counts.-N. o. Picayune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

A GOOD many people publicly thank the
Lord for their prosperity, who would be
very mad If somebody should 81 .gess that
thems Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

every cake of ice
has to be handled
after it is packed be-
fore it can be used
t o k ep butter,
meats, fruits, etc.
1t is a simple matter
to arrange a cool
ing-room in connec-
ton with the ice
house. One method
is to proceed as fol.
lows: Surprising the
Zoo L 1ucA ~ he o1
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

WOMEN rarely are great inventors
though they are often the first to discover
new wrinkles -Terre Haute Express.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

TIE fact that the world generally speaks
well of the dead does not seem to encour-
age suicide among the class who never get
sgood word while they are alive.-Milwau-
kee Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
Oregon, tho Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equitable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
IN the world. Fullinformation free. Address
oregon lmmigrationBoard Portland, Oregon
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

1T may be poetical to have a sensitive
soul, but it is prose to live comfortably
with q man who has One.-Atchison Globe
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

WOMEN generally do not understand sar-
casm, but that does not hinder them from
making themselves disagreeable some
times to their s-in-law-Somerville
Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

THE doctor is one of the few people whC
are not seized with desire to WELD free
Washington Capitol.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and
as easy to take as sugar. Everybody likes
them. Carter Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

THE fisherman takes no credit to himself
for giving cast to his calling. 1t is in his
ine.-Troy Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

A CONTEMPORARY deHnes an opdmist ss
. woman who has I new winter cloak and
bonnet, and q pessimist as woman who
has neither
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

IT is interesting to note how poker is per
meating our best society. When on lady
goes to see another she calls.-Me. chant
Traveller.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
.manger On sides

OF stall, and other
strips (b) at or near
the top, all same
distance a part.
Now build in bot
tom of manger, ~
feet, as in Fig. 1.
Make alight frame,
of 2x2 inch ma
terial, that will fit
between sides of
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

THE cooper's business is not always
lively, though he is generally hopping
things up-Binghamton Republican.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

AN Eastern man has invented an ele-
vator boot 1t will be popular with stern
parents, likely-Lowell Mail
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

TIGHT shoes may be classed as articles OF
hard wear.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

THE best way to spread thing is to tell
a few very confdentially and ask them no,
to mention it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

AN engagement is very fragile thing.
It can not be dropped without breaking IT,
-Terre Hsute Express.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
WHEN the summers rose has faded
What shall make 1t fair again2
When the face with pain Is shaded
What shall drive away the pain7
Never shall q blossom brighten
After bliRhted by the frost,


What shall drive away the pain7
Never shall blossom brighten
After blghted by the frost,
But the load of pain may tighten,
And We need not count as lost
all the pleasure Of life when the wife and
mother, upon whom the happiness OF home
so largely depends, is afflicted with the del
icate diseases peculiar to WON 1t is ter
rible to contemplate the misery existing in
our midst because Of the prevalence OF
women should know that there is only one
sure remedy for all female complaints, and
that is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Do not allow ill-health to fasten itself upon
YOU. Ward it off by the use of this stand
ard remedy. But if it has already crept in,
put it to rout You can do it, by the use OF
the "Favorite Prescription 1t is guar.
anteed to give satisfaction in every case, OF
money paid for it will be returned.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

VIXEN ightaing strikes II e6mkts q -
arbitration. Free rrelA
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

A MILKMAN never goes to q dance in
pumps. Too suggestive.-Boston Courier.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
TRY THIS.

Hint to Builders of Ice-Houses-Dont
Rehandle the Ice.
Farmers building ice-houses are foolish
to put them up in such a way that
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

POCKET in-cushion free to smokers Of
'Tansills Punch" SC. Cigar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

For biliousness, sick headache, indigestion,
and constipation, take DR.. Pierce's Pellets
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

BRONCHITIS Is cured by frequent small
doses Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

GIVE the hens milk, and lots Of fresh
milk. They neeG animal food.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22
DETECTIVES

Wanted shrevd under insrscens In Secret Service
vst Representatives the internaenal Detective
Warning Agsnst Fraud Grannan Pocket Gaery OF
Rssd Cona These directive business OF desf
lps 70 seea psrticusrs Employnent ise
~ n DHTkCrIvE DCRkAC 60. Afsode, C0enaae0
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-04

II may be that the street car company
can in time man its cayo with new men
This it may DO in another week or an
other month. The company may dis
cover resources which until now it has
not been able 10 command.
Let it 10 supposed that ouco more the
cars are running with IN entirely new
SGT Of men and on the basis OF operation
against which the old men rebelled
How long is it to be supposed that the
cars would run before they were stopped
by another strike? This question is put
to the company without regard to the
question CT wages, which is not the par.
amount question in the controversy.
How long would other men BIO willing
10 put up With tho irregular and uncer-
tain houyo, always i,~regularly long
enough and uncertain enough to mako
discomfort?
How long is it to he supposed that the
new men would take kindly to being
oworn at aad otherwise insulted by
youngsters placed over them?
Thesa AFRO things Tor The stockholders
10 think Of.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-04

Tie Pittsburgh newspapers were in
formed that Colonel Harmon was noui.
mated for CorH,ets il the Second Dis.
tlict by the E!k!ru men against Mr..
Daytop, who wca supported by the Got
men. This is idiocy run wild.
There was nc drawing oi any such line
rs the inventor Of iLo.e dispatches rep.
reeents. Neither General Coli nor Mr..
Elkias endeayoled 10 ccn.,ol the selec-
ton OF anomince. The convention was
free TO do NJ 1t pleased, and it pleased 10
DO tho very bis. thing that could have
been done.
II the Pittsburgh newspapers desire
10 know what is going OH in West Vir-
rinin they will do well to have n care as
10 tho sources IRON which they get
their newe.