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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-16

She-How ruf1ed the sea is to-day.
He-Yes; it's the fashion for the
ehore to wear ruffles on her skirt of
Naves.-Judge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-16

LOVE AT A BALL GAME.
Both Audience and Players Forgot the
Game For Three Innings.
It may have been the rain that hoo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-07-16

= = - = he yEr,',s. ~ Tine o. work.
s. - :. r,li,,y and h'. n,iry. ~ thoss Of
S5Ss ~ E7 4 either Nrite u,!, Had In their
Fss5s ON losai -, rh.r' &c hey iiyr Any
i.ru.h hing. We ri-k You devote
you- sp7tr your tiur the vurk- This is
irsd nd brings dcrul oker
icEiacr, rrn2 from SO $50 per week and upwards
.ftie experience We furnish you the
inyulrut tcsch fEEE. No explain here Fun
Information FREE TRUE a s'ds.. Al GISTA. MAINE
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
BIGGEST Is NOT BEST.

It is well for farmer to test the ca
pacity of an acre and find out how much
of this or that it can be made to produce,
but it is not always the best system of
agriculture. The size of a crop is one
thing, and the profit of it another. The
soil can be overstocked with fertilizers,
and the plants thereby overfed. The
crop may be larger than the average, but
1t may have cost many times more than
the average. The man who is striving
to get the creates; income for the least
outlay or, in other words, the great
est profit from his acres, mast count his
investments in money and time and ap-
ply only enough of manure, seed, labor
and attention to give the best returns for
energy expended. Each must, by sue
cessive trials, decide what this amount
must be. 1t will pay one man in one
locality to so enrich his soil and tend his
crop of corn that it will yield hundred
bushels, but another farmer on another
soil in different locality from market
may lose money if he tries to grow more
than fifty. Farming is business, and
not game of ''get the biggest CROP"
no matter by what means.--American
Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
BREEDING SOws.


It is not we'll to allow a SOW to breed
until she is at least six months old, and
then she should have made a good
growth. It is true that many would
breed earlier than that, but the result is
apt to be small pigs, of weak constitu-
lions, and usually inferior in every way
to the true standard of the breed, if they
are of any particular breed, and if not,
scarcely fitted to fatten, and certainly
untitled to breed from. 1t would be
much better for those who are trying to
grow good stock that they should let the
sows go at least eight months before al
lowing them to run with the male, or an
April pig could be used in December, so
that she might also farrow in April.
Then, if the pigs are good and she proves
good mother, she might be kept until
six or seven years old and give two lit
tiers year. They usually run 112 days,
and some times old sows go day or
two over, while a very young SOW may
not go quite as long. But they are usu-
ally punctual to the day, and almost to
the hour, after the first litter. Breeding
too young and then fattening, almost
without regard to the value for breeding
has been one great cause of deterioration
IN sWlne.-B0St0n CuLtiy0t0r.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

4. A load over the hind wheel drew
ten per cent. easier than over the front
wheels. The hind wheels drew nine and
three-tenths per cent. easier over an OBJ
stacle three inches high when the attach
ment was male to each set of wheels,
but by the usual hitch drew harder on
account of the downward incline of the
reach connecting them with the front
wheels.
B. Lowering the reach on the hind
wheels decreased draft.
3. Wagons draw easier when the draft
has an upward incline, and harder when
horses are hitched on the end of the
pole.
Z. Loose burrs reduce the draft As
per cent.
s. Lard, Frazer's axle grease, cylinder
oil and castor oil decreased draft in the
order named.
9. The load that could be drawn on
various roads tested varied from 1910
pound on loose, gravelly road just made
to 1855 pounds on a good gravel road,
and to over ID, 200 pounds on a plank
road. Other varieties of roads were
tested as we'll as the influence of grade.
Draft varied on grades very closely to
their theoretical variations
Nothing could be written that would
more forclbly emphasize the importance
of better construction of the country
roads. The varying amounts of power
required to move a load on roads accord
Ing to the smoothness aud hardness of
their surfaces, or otherwise, should incite
all interested to a general movement for
their Improvement. The advantage of
wide over narrow felloes is worthy of
note. Again, the comparative value Of
the substances named as lubricants is not
commonly estimated in the order above
given.-Neao York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
DRAFT OF WAGONS.

Bulletin No. - of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College and No. 4 of the Utah
Experiment Station are the sources OF
the following summary which, from its
practical nature, can hardly fail to be in
teresting to farmers:
1. Wheels with felloes Il inches wide
drew on moist but close bluegrass sward
41.6 per cent. harder than wheels with
felloes three inches wide did. On dirt
road, slightly moist, the former drew
1877 per cent. heavier than the latter.
2. Draft on moist roads, according 20
degree of moisture, is harder than draft
on hills varying IN rise from one foot in
eight to one foot in twenty.
8. Draft on plank road IS about one,
fiftieth of the load, and not one-seventh
of the draft found on a mud road in its
ordinary condition after rain.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
CHANCE FOR BETTER SWEET CORN.

Sweet corn is merely an improvement
from field corn by careful selection of the
choice ears, asserts HOLSTER Sage. Of
course the process has been kept up for
course of years. But sweet corn is to-
day very far from being the perfect pro-
duct which it should be. Even a single
variety varies in character to large de-
gree. Take the Early Minnesota or the
Evergreen, for instance, and notice the
difference of two ears from the same
planting, the seed having been procured
in one package. While one ear is sweet,
tender and delicious, the other will per-
haps be coarse, tough, tasteless and far
from desirable. Cultivation has not pro-
duced this marked difference, and it
must exist in the variety. Still further,
lbelieve some corn plants have tendency
to hold the tenderness of their kernels
for q longer time than others. Here is
an interesting field for experiment which
may result in more than increased earli-
ness and productiveness-poin which
are not of greatest importance to gar
deners for the home table. In picking
corn it will pay to break in two and
label several ears each time, leaving one
half of each growing on the stalk. When
half ear is found which is especially
juicy, tender and sugary, its counterpart
should be carefully labelled and allowed
to mature and as carefully dried and pre-
served for the next years planting. By
close watching, ears of this character can
be secured which also come early and en-
stalks bearing two or more additional
ears. Sweet corn is good, but single
variety shows too much variation. -NeU
York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Spelling PURE MILK.

A large percentage of pure milk is
spoiled when first drawn from the udder
By being allowed 10 stand for i moment
IN filthy stables, or strained into cans
standing close to COW or horse stables,
pig pens, sink holes and cesspools, as it
at once takes on the odor of the atnos-
phere surrounding it. Classy curds, in
ferior cheese aud rancid butter will
always be found to result from filthy
stables and improper care Of the milk
after it is drawn from the udder.-Anaer-
lean Dairyman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
4 senSe OF ELllnsa,

A sense OF ,fiIllaess
and other troubles after eating?
Then you need 4 Pellet" Not
one of the ordinary, gripping, tear
ing pills-it's sickness IN itself to
take them. But one of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets-the original Liver
Pill, the smallest and the easiest to
take. The easiest in the way they
work, they're mild and gentle,
but thorough and effective. Every
part of the system feGls their health
full influence. They cleanse and
regulate the liver, stomach and bow
els. Regulate, mind you. They
present disease as we'll as cure it
They're purely vegetable and perfect
~ harmless. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indigestion,
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
This is true only of DR.. Pierce's
medicines
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
C0uuendable.

All claims not consistent with the high char
acter of Syrup of Eigs are purposely avoided
by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. 1t acts gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels cleanse ng the
system effectually, but il is not a cure-all a nd
makes no pretensions that every bottle will
hsfa MT afa
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

Scotland contains thirty towns OF more
than 10, 900 inhabitants. Seven of these
number more than 10000 inhabitants,
nine have between 30. 600 and 30, 600,
and the remaining fourteen have from
10000 to 10000.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
German
Syrup

The majority Of we11-read phys
icians now believe that Consump-
ton is a germ disease. In other
words, instead of being in the con-
stitution itself it is caused by limit
merable small creatures living in the
lungs having no business there and
eating them away as caterpi1lars do
the leaves of trees.
A Germ The phlegm that is
coughed up is those
Disease. parts Of the lungs
viii ch hav dbeen
gnawed off and destroyed. These
little bacilli, as the germs are called,
are too small to be seen with the
naked eye, but they are very much
alive Just the same, and enter the
BODY in our food, in the air we
breathe, and through the pores of
the skin. Thence they get into the
blood and finally arrive at the lungs
where they fasten and increase with
frightful rapidity. Then German
Syrup comes in, 1oosens them, kills
them, expells them, heals the places
they leave, and so nourish and
soothe that, in a short time consump-
tives become GERM proof and well. q
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

The forest areas OF 3ermany are re-
turned as follows: Prussia, 5000. 900
acres; Bavaria, $500. 900 acres: Wur-
temberg, 470, 900 acres; Saxony, 416, 900
acres, and Baden, 235, 900 acres. The
net revenue derived from these forests
would appear to be considerable.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
Keep Your Blood Pure.

small quantity of prevention is worth many pounds
of If your blood is in good condition the liability
any disease is much reduced and the ability resist
its wasting influence is tenold greater. Look then
your blood, by taking Swfts Specific IS. S. S. every
few months. 1t is harmless in its effects the
delicate infant, yet it ceanses the blood of all posons
and builds up the general health.
S. S. cured me sound and wen Of CONTAGIOUS Blood Poison As
commenced taking Swt ana weeks
Shelby, Ohio
TheS ftSpeciSc Co. AtantaG Ga
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23
Don't Let Them Die.

Many children die annually with Group that
might be saved if DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group
Cure was promptly administered. Remember
1t. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of 5O
cts. Address a. =. HoXsie buffalo, =. I.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

Ladies often compare notes on health. ant
while they may differ on many point they al
ways agree that Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

The Erie is the only railway running solid
trains over its own tracks between New York
and Chicago. No change of cars for any class
Of passengers. Rates lower than via any other
6rcf- class
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

1T is estimated that 10000 Americans visi
Europe every year
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

Halls Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is take,
internally. Sold by Druggists. &c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

FITS stopped free by DR. kLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsTOREF- No tits after nrst days use
Marvellous cures Treatise and - trial oottls
free DE. Kline. EA Arch St. Phila-. "a
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-10-23

"A Savior of her SEX" is a title bestowed
upon Lydia E. Pinkham by the women of the
world, millions of whom are indebted to her
for health
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30

book is one of the very first of the set
printed at Mentz by Gutenberg in 1905.
1t is in Latin, printed with Gothic type,
with the prologue by st. Jerome.
The history of the invention Of print
ing is not so clear as one might wish.
Such rs It is one may find it in any work
devoted to such subjects, but one fact Of
interest is that many of the earliest
books were very well printed. This
book, with many other rare and ancient
works, was disposed of at the recent sale
of the great Brayton Ives collection in
New York, and Chicago literary circles
were almost rs much excited over it as
over the Worlds fair. At the first days
sale PIG books and manuscripts sold for
nearly $40, 900, the great prize being this
Gutenberg Bible. 1t is in two parts.
only seventeen of the original leaves are
lacking and these are supplied in fac
SMILES.
OF course it cannot be proved to a GER
tainty that this was the first book ever
printed. but it was among the first. The
only other Gutenberg Bible is in the
Lenox library at New York. Next to
this Bible the sharpest contest was for
the letters of Christopher Columbus, and
the largest of these sold for $4,000. Car
tiers New France" sold for 81 600. An
original of John Eliot's Indian Bible sold
for 1850. This volume is very richly
bound, and the longest word in it is
Wutteppesittakqussunnoowchtunkuqoh
meaning "kneeling down to him." An
other book attributed to Gutenberg, and
the fourth book printed with date, sold
for 81, 200. Book fanciers estimated that
the loss Of the seventeen pages depre-
ciated the Bible sold to Mr.. Ellsworth 1T
least 40 per cent. With them it would
have been worth $4,000.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30
TOWN TOPICS.


Cabinets s., wykes', IS Menroe-st.
The Universalst congregation will
meet in the old church editice for the
last time next Sunday.
The services st -. Andrews cathedral
and ~. Mays yesterday were very
elaborate and Impressive.
The travelling men met at Sweets
Hotel yesterday 10 discuss the preli-
minaries for the State convention 10 DC
held IN July.
It. Marguerite's Guild OF Grace
Church will give = musicale at the resi-
dence OF VIM. b. Collins, % Terrace
ave, Thursday evening.
The Seventh ward Democratic eau
Gus will no held at Gerulanla Hall, be-
tween the hours OF four and eight p.
m. on Tuesday, March 81.
The citizens who are interested in the
dock line question will meet at the City
Hall tins morning TO confer with repre-
sentatives OF the Legislature.
Willard Hubert Wood, OF this city.
has been elected one OF the board of
editors of the Amherst Student, col
legc paper, published at Amherst, Mass.
Miss Mamie Cronin who has been i'll
for some time WAS presented yesterday
with full basket of flowers by the
young ladies of the Telephone Ex-
change.
The missionary mite boxes of st.
Marks Sunday schools, which were
opened yesterday, yielded s2S.79; the
Easter offering was s4l.7l; and the
birth day money footed up sll.37i total
eSi.s7.
Sleeping cars will be attached to the
Hall and Sweetest cable line in a few
days and through passengers can have
. berth without extra charge. Trainers
will be good most any time same date
Of issue.
c. Sumner Burroughs, the genial
manager of Redmond's, visited Detroit
Saturday evening, returning last night.
HIS errand, aside from meeting Thes-
plan friends, was understood TO be for
the purpose of kidnapping" the new
and startling border drama, Uncle
Toms CABIN" which is said to be ''out
of sight"
The musical event of the week will
be Mr.. CampbelPs solre musicale which
occurs this evening. An elaborate and
interesting program has been arranged
and those who have been favored with
invitations are indeed fortunate. In
order to avoid the annoyance and dis
turbance caused by late arrivals, the
hour of commencement has been fixed
ut $50.
The Common Council meeting Of this
evening will be- largely attended IS it is
expected some action will be taken IN
regard TO the Reeds Lake Electric rail-
way franchise. The petitioner seems to
have as many lives as u cat, and il re-
mains TO be seen whether the company's
tsnacity Of purpose IS strong enough to
succeed.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30
ADJUSTMENTS.


PowEK s-Tenight we shall see LotiA
at Powers GFand Ia "Pswn Ticket
2I0." Lofta has had good solid year >
res. since her last appearance here ana
reports state that she i acting with her
oid-time yigoE and sprigntliness- Loita
ID ~ 10 means old. s. many Imagine
STE =, IA fact, N her prime and n good
health aod full OF ambition. foporfoN
evening Lotta viii appear IN her neH
play, musical comedy, Ina"
"Fashioas," a New comedy by ii.
GEattan DOnnelly, ae1thor OF "NatuTai
Gas" will Or presented ~ Powers nexs
Saturday. Bob Fitzslmmons, the con-
queror of Dempsey, : ia the company
and will give an exhibition OF his abil-
tiles as boxer.
REDaoxp's. - Dan Mccarthy. the
clever IRISH comedian, will present lis
picturesque Irish comedy drama, True
Irish Hearts" at RedmoRd's TINS week.
Matinees TOMORROW, Thursday and
Saturday.
SaIrH's. - The american Gaiety
Girls, with music, burlesque marches,
speciality novelties and handsome eos
tunes will doubtless call out large
audiences at smiths this week. Mat
inees Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30

On the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railroad and the New York
Central and dudson River Railroad,
with trains Of about go tons, the re-
sistence is only from ten to twelve
pounds per ton at speeds of from fifty
to sixty miles per hour, IN lieu of the
resistance OF seventeen or eighteen
pounds per ton as gwen by the text
book formula. The resistance per ton
IS not nearly so great on long trains as
on short ones. With trans of two and
three cars, sometimes it runs as high as
thirty or forty pounds per ton, but
with long trains IL run down to about
ten To twelve pounds per ton. The
greatest variable IS the wind resistance,
and an experiment made in 1873, to see
why the New York Central was not
able 10 make its time with It's trains,
showed that on still day 1t was posi-
bic to make time. but a wind of ten or
twelve miles an hour would retard the
trains so that In running from Buffalo
to New York, they would lose two
hours. The trouble at that time was
that the boilers were not large enough
quickly 10 generate the steam required.
Trains were run up to speed just
about the capacity of the boiler, and
that would limit the speed they could
MAINTAIN; therefore, when a head or
steady wind was blowing against them
the speed would be reduced very ma
terially.
The greatest Improvement in decreas-
ing tram resistance is in bringing up
the standard OF excellence of the track
and adopting heavier and sitter rails.
The method of making rails adopted IN
his own practice was to make them
very stiff. and thus reduce the detlec-
ton or wave motion under each of the
wheels. Comparing the resistance of
the Chicago limited express on stiff So
pound rails with that of the 65-pound
rails which have been on the track
some time, ii makes difference of "a
to 100 horsepower per mile. With
stiff rails, the line is so perfect that
there is scarcely any oscillation on the
best roads, and there Is now very little
difference in the oscillation in riding on
tangent or a curve. In the case of
some 105-pound rails which were de-
signed, II was thought there could be
saved on the fast express trains nearly
200 horsepower per mile as compared
with worn go or 65-pound rails. II
would be perfectly safe to run at a
speed of 40 miles an hour on track
made up OF 105-pound rails. Several
times 80 miles an hour on heavy rails
had been made without feeling it near
ly so much rs when running 40 miles
an nour on light rails. There is scarce.
| ly an oscillation, the track is in perfect
line, and the joints are all kept up.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30
EASTER AND TIE PRESS.
The 6isEiss Of ths Dap Mace Mere ks-
syissaent by tes S~asg@pexs.

The eisTiss of ths Day Aade More ks-
sgissaeat - as ss4sR.pes~
The TELkGRAz-HERALD's SPECIAL Eas~
ter article contained the statement thai
TIE vitality OF Christianity Is shOwn IN
the growing reverence Of the American
people for the great Christian festivals.
shortly after tie article Was printed,
the attention. Of Talks by the Way"
vas called ~ a remarkable fact IA con-
nset.on with tae subject. said = MEN,
Der u 0ue Of the largest ehuFces n the
city: "When | read that article, / Won
dered II the writer OF Il suspected what
Is the chief cause Of THIS remarkable
phenomenon OF universal Easter OBJ
serTanee. CHRISTIAN people and tneir
paper for 1t, and the sun
day newspaper 1t that. FOR
several years, i has been the custom or
the newspapers 70 give the widest pub
Lefty ID the dosDgs OF the few churches
that flrst kept Christmas and Elster.
On the approach OF the queenly Iesti-
val, the papers have reminded the
people or the approaching event, and
Chrlstendom has been Iansacked for
the sort OF Information about Easter
that would best please and ediiy the
people. In display heads OF the most
attractive kind, the Easter Sunday
morning papers have called the world $
attention To the glories OF the day, and
have scattered among the people, free
OF charge. a knowledge OF what spirit
uai splendors were gong 70 Nil the
various sanetuarles that day. Now ali
ENTHUSIASM OF the genuine and health
ful sort grows by the expression OF II.
Nowhere has the expression OF Easter
enthusiasm been SD loud and eonsplc.
uotis AS III the columns OF the Sunday
morning papers. The remarkable Truth
may yet have To be recognized that the
much assailed sunday morning news
/ paper has been Gods chief instrument
tally in saving q divine institution
from the dangers ofmodern sccularism
and ntidellty."
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-30
Ready for summer Advertising.

The Plank's Tavern Co., the Big Four
railway company, the Graham Il Nor
ton Transportation Co., and Mr.. Proc
tor, proprietor of the Hotel Whitcomb,
have joined hands, will soon mail over
loo, 900 circulars and other matter such
as pamphlets and newspapers describing
or mentioning the popular resort on
Lake Michigan, Plank s-tavern-on-the-
Eeach. The pamphlet will contain l6
pages, with map of the Big Four sys-
tenn on the front cover, the steamer
City OF Chicago on the back cover. and
map of the other lines reaching st.
Joseph and Benton Hsrbor, the {. Il
W. NJ. and the Vandalia Line, several
views Of Plank s-tavern-on- the Beach.
Mention of interest and mention Of
Plsnk's Tavern ferry will he given.
The Whtcomb will enclose their illus
trated circulars with Plank s-tavern-on-
the-Beach. The Big Four railroad sys-
tenn promises tn make the tourist people
nu meT0us here next simmer. Their
sub-otfcss wall be established for the
Tavern at st. Louis, Louisville, Kansas
City, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and other
southern points. Mr. Plank has men
at work nov at Chicago securing the
adore sses or the prominent families in
the city, to whom he wit send adver-
tising matter. All this cannot fail
70 do great good 10 the entire region.