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It is not sign of worldliness to
think the world of friend.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-22
A New Cook Book.
Prom tile Berkshire Meas,

Material is now beng gathered for
the Ners cook book, which it is intend
ed shall be the most complete work of
its kind, and will be great aid to the
housewives of Berkshire. We append
a few of the prescriptions:
Clear Soup-Take two pints of water,
wash them thoroughly on both sides,
pour into dish or something, and stir
around the kitchen until tired.
Plum Ple-Get some dough, hammer
out front and back breadth. Line a
dish with sllesla, put in veneering of
dough, fill the dish with Brummel's
cough drops. put on the top crust.
feather. stitch around the edges and
bake in tlnker's furnace. .,.-
Pound Cake-Mix up some flour and
things, put them into II dish, bake for a
while, then. screw in the handle and
commence to pound.
Stomach Cake-Line a small boy
with green apples and cucumbers. This
can be prepared at short notice.
Calves Foot Je!ly-Get trusted for II
Chicago calf-they have the largest
feet-cut off the calf, which can be used
for making hash or chicken salad wash
the feet, thicken with glue, and few
molasses, strain through cane seated
chair, pour i. into blue bowl with red
pictures on it, set it in the shade to get
tough. Then send it to sick friend
Ice Cream-Dry piece of ice in the
sun, stir in some cold cream or vaseline,
Ian it until it freezes, garnish with
Christmas greens. This should be
served with the soup.
Hash-Chop Of everything, add some
ready mixed pant, then throw it away.
Soft. boiled Eggs Put setting Of
eggs into kettle Of hot water at 6:57,
let them boil until the clock strikes );
serve on half shell.
To Remove Stans-To remove fruit
stains from q table cloth, saturate the
cloth in benzine, kerosene, and coal oil,
sprinkle with gunpowder; apply a
lighted match.
One two three Cake-One egg, two
-four. three bounce.
An inexpensive Dish--Buy a fye-
cent plate.
TO Drop Eggs-Let 60 Of them.
Lemon Pie-Line pie plate with
puff paste (see page 5,275), put in your
lemons, build Il lattice work over the
top, and bake three weeks.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-22
Washington Letter
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON. MAY 1oth, 1890.

WAslIINGToN, NAY 1eth, 1890.
Representative Mason has introduced
a resolution in the House authorizing
the committee on Labor in investigate
the hours of labor throug hout the coun
try with view to bring about a e oncra
eight.hour law.
Mr.. Harrison attended dinner CIV
en- by Senator Sherman Saturday night
in honor of the Senators slXty-seventh
birthday. Friday night big reception
was held at the Senator residence to
celebrate Gen. w. Il. Sherman's seven
teth birthday.
The impression here is that ex Speak
err Carlisle will be elected by the Ken
lucky legislature as Senator Beck's sue.
cessor. Mr.. Carlislc's enemies here,
and he seems to h We good many of
them among the democrats, are re
sorting to the desperate method Of at
tacking his private life and habits by
telling the most outrageous stories and
getting them teIcgraphed to Kentucky
in the hope of getting him defeated.
The youngest daughter Of Secretary
Blame will be married this week to Il
Mr.. Damrosch, of New York Owing
to the family being in mourning the
marriage will be very quiet.
The Federal election bill which was
approved by the caucus has been intro
duced in the House. 1t is believed
here that this bill will become law at
this session.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-22
Terrible Slaughter.

Thousands of lives were ncedlessly
sacrificed last year N this country, and
other lives are being as wantonly sacri
feed today. Disease is Grinding Many
Down into the dust of death who might
be well. Mark those initials, for there.
by hangs a tale /: &c. NJ. d. They
stand for DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, which is unequaled for i'm,
parting vigor and tone to the liver and
kidneys, in purifying the blood, and
through it cleansing and renewing the
whole system. For scrofulous humors,
and consumption Cor lung scrofula, in
its early stages, 1t is positive specific.
1t is sold under a positive guarantee Of
benefttlhg or curing IN every case, on
being given fair trial, or money paid
for it will be refunded.
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SMALL POTATOES.
"How dare you treat me thus p he wrote
"You saucy little shrewd!
To call me small potatoes just
Because I'm mashed on yon.'
She seized the pen in wlleulmood,
And these lines off she dashed,
"The smaller the potatoes arc
The easier they're mashed
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-22

Eastern capitalists have offered to
take $4,000 of stock of the Hagers-
town Improvement Company, the sub
scription to be used in the erection Of
an IRON furnace.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-05-22

A man is great fighter. He will
fight for the girl he loves before mar
liage and then he will fight with her
after it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
Agricultural Notes.

A NOTED Western cattle breeder says
that breeders have passed the time
when they aim to grow steers first and
then fatten them" They feed to grow
and fatten all along the line.
TALK over the farm management with
the boys, and get their opinions. AS a
rule, parents do a great deal Of thinking
and planning for the boys that it would
be much better to let them do themselves.
Responsibility should be placed upon
them, just in proportion as they are able
to bear it.
THE advantage of working around
some kinds of plants while they are wet
with dew, which is thus shaken off and
covered by soil, is very marked. There
is no time, says an exchange, so good for
hoeing cabbages as before breakfast,
while the dew is on them. We know
good farmers who, during hot days in
summer, get the cultivatOr at work very
early in the morning, and then rest both
men and horses during the midday heat.
The advantage of this is not merely the
cooler weather for working, but the fact
that dew cOndensing from the atmosphere
In the cool nights contains much larger
proportion of ammonia than ordinary
rainwater. In contact with soil this is
absorbed, and is thus saved from wasting
when the drop of dew evaporates. But
beans can not be cultivated with advan-
tage when wet, as it Injuries the leaves,
and we are inclined to place potatoes in
the same category.
THE reason why butter which has been
well churned loses color by much working
is because the force applied breaks the
glObules and exposes the hard, white
stearine and margarine in their centers
and hides, in part, the coloring which is
on their outer parts when they are whole,
and this displacement of their consti-
tuents also changes the flavor, says L. B.
Arnold. If we put into our mouths but
ter composed of globules in their natural
and unbroken state, with their flavor as
well as their color in their exterior parts,
that flavor makes the first and deepest,
and, in fact, the only impression upon
the organs of taste, and getting, as we
do, all the good favor there is in them,
we praise the butter for its excellent
relish; but if, by much working, the
globules are broken up, and the flavor
mixed with and hid beneath the stesrine
and margarine which generally consti-
tute about two-thirds of butter, instead
of the favoring oils, these constituents
Of tallOw come In contact with the organs
of taste and give US more the flavor of
tallow than of butter, and what might
have been frst-class butter is suspected
Of being oleomargafine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
Breaking in a Brakeman.

A conductor on one of the railroads
running out of Boston, had recently an
amusing experience in breaking in a
new brakeman, an obtuse individual
frow Way-back, who seemed to per-
versely understand the simplest instruc-
ton.
Now" said the conductor, as the
train started, remember that you are
to open the car door where you stand,
and call out the name of the stations as
we stop at them"
But I don't know the name of any
orn EN-"
well, then, you can listen to me;
will call the name of the station when
we stop, at the door at the other end of
the car, and you can sing out the same
at this end"
"Al right, said the new official, and
the conductor passed on.
Presently the train drew up, and the
latter, putting his head in the rear door,
shouted the name of the new town.
~Frontviile, Frontville."
This was followed by the new brake
mans putting his head in at the other
door of the car and shouting, in stento-
rian tones,-
Same at this end; same at this
end
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
THE APIARg.
The Bee Hive,

Spring management of bees is an inn
portant part of the apiarist's work. AS
soon as the red bids of the soft maple
have put forth their heads, natural pol
len for the bees will be plentiful. This
usually occurs in May, and during this
month large quantities of brood are
raised. The soft maple is almost uni
versally distributed; but in localities
where it cannot be found, nor the will
lows either, it is well to place in some
sheltered place, where the wind cannot
come, some unbolted rye-four, mixed
with saw-dust or cut straw. Warm feed
should be placed near the hive every
night if there are not enough h0ney-pro-
ducing plants in the neighbOrhood, or If
the weather continues cold, wet, and
damp. The object is to get the stock to
increase rapidly, and the more good food
that the bees get the faster will the stock
Increase. If rainy and cold weather sets
in, and honey is scarce, the bees will be-
gin to destroy their work by throwing
out the Matching brood. The greatest
care is thus required to see that they are
well supplied with appropriate feed,
whether the weather be fair or I'M
pleasant.
The time of transference from old box
hives to movable frames is when the
fruit trees are in bloom. In doing this
work, however, the broOd-nest should
not be exposed too long, as it is liable to
get chill which would ruin everything.
If honey is scarce robbers will be flying
around, ready to enter the hive. The
moth miller especially viii be prepared
to begin its destructive work.
The care of bees during the spring also
depends on the object for which they are
kept. If they are kept for increase
alone, they should be fed every night
until honey is abundant in the woods
and fields. As fast as the combs become
filed with the queen, insert new ones
which the queen will begin to ill with
eggs. II the combs are full Of honey so
much the better. When the drones COM
mence to hatch, the colonies should be d.
vtdsd, taking the queen to the new stand.
A new queen will soon be reared by the
old colony. In this way the stocks can
be about doubled in one season.
OF course, if honey is the main object
in keeping the bees, top boxes should be
added as soon as the bees begin to hang
out. The full boxes should be removed,
and empty 0nes put in their place.
When the boxes are full Of honey the
bees will hang ont, and frequently build
queen cells and leave the hive In . body.
Cor. Practical FuTmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
Poultry Lice.

NJ. , -. Of Oneida, Kan, asks or an
| effective method of getting rid of chicken
lice.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of free
! dom from this pest of the poultry yard.
An ounce of prevention is better than all
the cures ever invented. And the first
essential in the way of prevention is
cleanliness. Then give the fowls half a
chance and they will keep off the vermin.
They must be literally supplied with
Stacked lime, dry ashes, and dust, in
which they can wallow and take their
dust-bathS. But when the pests have
obtained a stronghold upon the poultry
premises there are various methods
recommended for their determination.
The writer once upon time bought a
place, and with it fine stock of light
Brahma chickens. The discovery was
soon made that the hen-hOuse was
swarming with vermin, and the pests
were cleared out in short order. The
house was thoroughly cleaned, the inside
was whitewashed, and the rOOSts were
literally saturated with kerosene oil.
Then the ground floor was covered with
clean, dry sand and gravel, sprinkled
with lime. Shallow boxes were pro-
dust. Then each fowl was taken and
treated to an application of kerosene oil,
rubbed on the parts most infested with
the insects. That did the business, and
there was no repetition of the plague.
Another method said to be effective is
to close the house tightly (the hens out
side, of cOurse) and burn therein pound
or so of the flour of sulphur, placed in
an iron vessel. The fumes will pene-
trate every crevice and destroy all insect
life.
But the free use of kerosene applied
to the roosts and plentiful withdrawing
will destroy the vermin most safely and
economically. A little crude carbolic
acid mixed with the whitewash will make
it more effective.
When young chicks are found to be
troubled, apply little common grease
to the little fellows, and they will soon
be happy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
THE FARM.
Cutting Oats.

With many farmers oats are raised al
most entirely for feed and it is desirable
10 use them in way so as to derive the
largest amount of benefit. Cut at the
right stage the straw contains consider
able nutriment. The difficulty in feed
Ing unthreshed oats is that they will eat
the heads and waste the straw. This
may be obviated to some extent by cut
ting, curing and slowing away the same
as hay. Yet even then there is consid-
cradle waste that is desirable to avoid.
For this reason it will be best to use the
cutting box, running the oats through it
before feeding. In this way all will be
eaten up clean, and the saving in waste
will pay for the cost of cutting, while
the value of the feed is increased because
better opportunity is afforded of max
ing combinations.
1t is necessary, if the best quality of
feed is secured, to cut at the proper
stage. If cut too green there is a loss in
the grain, while if delayed until the seed
has matured the straw will lose much Of
its value, turning TO wood. Cutting Just
after the seed has fully formed and be-
fore the grains have hardened is the best
stage, and the nearer they can be cut
to this stage the better the quality for
feed.
Oats, like clover, should if possible be
cut and cured without getting wet.
They need to be thoroughly cured before
they are stored away, as they will mold
if put in the barn or stack damp. With
the mower, rake, hay fork and carrier
they can be put away at low cost, or if
stacked in the field the mower, gatherer
and stacker can be used. They must
lay and cure longer than hay, and thus
the principal objection to this plan is
that shower will seriously damage If
cut and bound they must be carefully
shocked up and capped, and let stand
three or four days so as to cure it well
before hauling in. Then if run through
a cutting box and fed in tight managers
they make very cheap feed, and are of
good quality.
1t is best to prepare ahead, get the cut
tiers and arrange time in which to start.
Where considerable number of stock
is to be fed the power cutters will be
found the most economical but for
small number heavy hand cutter can
be used, and can be made profitable;
more profit can be secured from oats in
this way than to thresh and feed the
grain and let the stock eat what they
will of the Straw.-PrdiTie Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23

@Ho, no; here, what ais your" said
the conductor, laughing.
I rubbed my eyes and sat down.
Thought that fellow of yours had
got me, muttered, cooIly taking of
my hat, as if looking for my check.
Lost, said ]; %must have fallen out
when that internal brush dragged my
hat off.
The conductor rubbed the knots on
his head, made by my fist, and said,
smiling painfully:
you fellows must have torn about
like one possessed, about one-half of
you are minus your checks; but ding il
amt monstrous glad you found mel
Awful beating that fellow gave me.
He'd "a killed me if the train hadn't "a
come back just as it did! Bless my
life, you ought to have seen his eyes.
They had the devil In 'emi"
The conductor passed on. I rode to
Savannah, where I found friend who
furnished me the means to get home.
Such is the history of my first, last, and
only highway robbery.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
An Eve TO Business,

Il have just been up in Vermont. {"
said Treasury clerk yesterday. %The
natives have lost none of their cuteness.
The town where / was stopping has
about 4, 500 inhabitants. One of the
selectmen runs q hardware store, and
two weeks ago his dog was bitten by a
neighbor's dog. 1t was a small enough
matter, but see what happened. First,
he had the neighbours dog killed; then
he raised the cry that the dog had been
mad and had bitten other dogs. The
selectmen met and ordered that every
dog should be muzzled for forty days.
and the thrifty hardware man has sold
nearly 500 muzzles at 81 apiece. Staid
old family dogs travel around town with
leather thongs around their jaws, which
never closed on anything more human
than a beef bone. I saw one big
mastiff that had worked his muzzle off
and was Juggling it around in his
mouth. Washington Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23

should be condemned to the butcher,
along with those that are too old or
which have some ailments that make
them liable to be improbable another
winter.
So too with cows. This should be one
of the most profitable months in the
dairy, but now, while the winters per-
Torrance is fresh in the memory, is the
time to select the inferior animals and
commence to Sit them for beef A few
quarts of grain extra each day will in
crease the quantity and improve the
quality OF the milk during the summer,
and lay the foundation for putting ON a
good amount of flesh and fat by a few
weeks of extra feeding next fall or in the
early winter, when the milk product has
shrunk where it does not pay for the
grain given.
All animals which do not show good
profit after paying for good keeping and
good care should make room for their
betters. Continue the same process in
the poultry yard. Do not keep fowl over
two years old, unless especially valuable
as breeding stock. A hen lays more eggs
between the time she is six months old
and the time she is two years old than
she ever will again in the same length of
time, and the young stock should be
growing now, so that they will soon re-
Quire all the room. When a hen begins
to be broody she is fat and heavy, and if
she is not to be kept another winter that
is good time to sell her. There are not
many who can make money raising
chickens to be Matched out in the sum-
mer Or fall
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-23
An Awfal CalmIty.

A number of Kentuckians that were
engaged in working on the county road,
had sat down in the shade to rest, when
man came along and asked the way to
| Dorch's mill.
wall" said the road overseer, "ef
you go down this 'er way (pointing) fur
enough, and then go down that err way
fur enough (again pointing) you will git
thar all right"
"Yes. but how far will be far
enough?"
"Oh, about two sights an half"
"How far do you call sight?"
As fur down the road as you can
see."
"But I can't see very far down this
way. A hill shuts of the view."
"Yes, but you can see as far as you
kin, KANT you?r
"Oh, yes"
wall, then that's a sight"
$50 it's about two sights and half
from here?"
@That's whut lowed"
"How much is half sight?'
CAS- fur as you kin see chopped in
half"
"Ah, you mean that when I get to
the last sight, 1 will find the mill Just
half way of the distance I can see?"
That's whut 1 lowed"
"You have very peculiar way of ex-
pressing it, but I suppose it's all
right
$50 do l."
"How many days during the year do
you have to work the road?"
"Owin' to how much rain we've mad.
Sometimes we don't tech it fur a whole
year, an then agin we halter hit it putty
often. Fellers grumble nightly too,
when they do halter tech it. They
pear to think that all the work they
do on the road is flung away; an it is
mighty nigh the way so fur as they
air consumed, fur we all ride boss
back when we wanter go anywhar, an
it's only the outsiders that travels on
wheels. Don't be snatched," he added
as the man started to ride away.
Eyes, must be moving; have business
with old man Dorch and am anxious
to see him."
"Wait a mint an we'll have little
Ticker. Sent my son Tom over to the
still house with Jug Jest now, an it's
putty nigh time he war gettin' back"
Just then young fellow dashed up
on a horse, and calling the overseer,
cried: Say, Mr.. benson, jest now as
Tom war comm back frum the still
house, the boss flung him an the
folks do low that he has broke his
neck"
Laws massy!" exclaimed the over
seer, "jest lissen to that. Tom dun
flung, an I bet dollar that Jug is
busted all to flinders. Never did have
so much trouble in my life. Never
needed Ticker more than I do right
now, an bet that jug is busted. Pear
like times gifts harder an harder on
honest man every day of the world
ArkanSdlU IrdUeler.