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The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
A Cold fin the Head |,

It is probable that not more than ten supposed colds have any come ection with the closing of the pores. Most, if not all of the irritation in the nasal passages, the inflammation of the mucous surfaces, not only of the nasal passages, but of the throat, etc., with the sores about the nose and on the lips, usually regarded as ''cold sores" have their origin in deranged state of the stomach, the inner surface of that organ having simi lar appearance. As a result of improper dietetic habits, taking food very difflcult of digestion, too much of ordinary food, or at i'm
 proper times. and eating so rapidly that it is not half masticated. some have a continuous ''head cold" and are unable to breathe with the mouth closed. thus inducing additional dis ease. The appropriate treatment of such supposed colds. etc., is the adopt ion Of simple hab ts. careful dieting,
 making the grains and fruits more than
 usually prominent, eating flesh very sparingly, if at all. and no pork. These supposed colds have led many persons to lake undue care Of the head, in con 1 trast with tho feet, which demand a great deal more attention as the means of wardng of such dreaded evils An other doctor says there is no doubt that
 many colds come throug the feet. , Thlu-solede shoes, or thick soles, stand ing on ice or snow, or cold wood, until the sole attains the same degree of cold as that on which it rests; then cold feet, cold legs, cold abdomen, cold lungs, cold in the throat and in the head
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
The Knell of a Broken Heart.

In the shops ofthe Cincinnati, Ham, ilton & Dayton Railroad, at Ham, ilton, Ohio, is 8 cracked locomotive bell that has history. It was att tached to locomotive presided over by a strong, manly, handsome engin- ger, whose great objects of pride and adoration were first his sweetheart and then his faithful engine. He loved them both devotedly, though, of course in quite different ways One day at Hamilton he stood in cab of the engine, bell rope in hand, ready to move the lever and start the train. when he saw bridal party ap- preaching. He glanced at the bridss it was the girl he loved. His heart stopped beating, he gave q groan and dropped-dead. As he fell with bell rope in his hand, he gave the bell q loud ring that cracked it from top to bottom, and it was found afterward that he had died literally Of - broken heart. The bell in tho shOp9 at Hamilton is still called AThe boil o1 the broken heart. - St. Louis Rspnl
 lic.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Early Maturity Mutton.

The old theory that prime mutton can only be had from three and four year-old wethers has exploded. h. deed two-year-olds now are rare. One year-olds seem to be growing more numerous every year and are becoming the staple mutton of the coune.y. not withstanding it was once thought that sheep could not be put in first-class order at that age Everybody goes In for early maturity, and probably it is only by so doing that mutton-making can be made to pay. excepting. of course, in tho case of old ewes, which mako up proportion of the fat sheep killed every year, and which may, un- der certain circumstances, leave good profit for fattening.
 Nothing is more certain than that the age at which sheep can be fattened is being constantly lessened. During recent years the fat stock clubs have been compelled to entirely recast their prize lists.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
JAPANESE FREAK.
ITS A ROOSTER WITH A VERY
 LONG TAIL.
It Would Prove q Drawing-Card i'm . Dime Museum--Finest Specimens Are Dead, However, and stuffed for Keeping.

In the Imperial Museum at Tokio, Japan, among the objects illustrating the ornithology of the country are two stuffed specimens of the barn-yard rooster, each with long narrow tail feathers, twenty in Dumber and reach ing the enormous length of over twenty feet. On leaving the museum, at the entrance gate 1 noticed in 8 small booth various descriptive pam. phlets and books on natural history and science, and among others sheet picture, or broadside, describing this variety, from which, being translated by Japanese friend, append the fol- lowing notes:
 This strange sport or variation origi- mated. it is said, in the village of Shin- owara, in the Province of Tosa. southeast province. whence this sur vival Of the longest tor httest) tailed fowl is called Shinowara.
 This long gtailed variety was quite common in the district of kochi during the period Tempo, about forty years ago, and the few now existing are the descendants of those raised at that time. The only book describing these peculiar fowls is rare one, Shohinko, published In the sixth year of the period Aneei, the authors name being Nishimura- koku.
 In this book the author states that there is q long. tailed rooster found in Korea whose tail featherf are narrow and three shaku long ta shaku equals nearly twelve inches English measure.) Again the book states that in Balkan koku ia place in China) there is a fowl with long and narrow tail feathers which sometimes measure five shaku in length, md 1t states further that these are the fowls which the Tosa people in Japan call Saganani or Shino. wara.
 There are two color varieties of these fowls. one of which is called Shirafuji, because the long white narrow tail feathers look like the pendulous blos- sons of the wistaria, or fuji.
 In the other variety the tail feathers are bluish- black and the long delicate feathers of the black are light-golden brown.
 The printed description did not give the secret of the means used for raising
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Rearing Lam bs.

According to Col. Curtis, it costs twice as much with the average farmer to grow winter lamb as 1t does n summer one. His average conditions are not favorable, He should get twice as much in the winter as in the summer to come out even. 1t Is not so much what you get for a lamb as how much margin there may be be- tween the cost and the pricc obtained. The winter lamb requires special place to be born in and to stay in. The average farmer has not the con- veniences to do this business protitahly. Another thing (referring to American sheep-breeding particularly says tho coloneD, l found when in Virginia, that all the planters were talking about winter lambs. and so away down into the Carolinas. Tennessee, and other states. Sheep feel the effects of the cold, and the average farmer must be converted in the care of sheep before he can make n success of winter lambs. No; it Is better to arrange to put the lambs into market in midsum- mer Sheep must not be turned into the cold, and especially in stormy weather
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

these fowls. They could not certainly be kept as the ordinary domestic fowls are kept. without the long tail fea he rs becoming worn and broken as fast as they grew. but short time after see- ing the specimens iu the Tokio museum l visited the temples at Asakusa. sacred 10 the Goddess kwan-non, whose lex tehslve grounds, parks and conveutuai buildings formerly covered hundreds of acres, but which are now very much restricted.
 The grounds surroundi Ing the temple are made a continuous festival place. particularly for school children. The approach to these grounds is a narro W street about 1000 feet long lined on both sides by shops dealing entirely in chIldren's toys. Every conceivable ob- Ject in the shape of toy can be found In this street. to the delight of thons- ands or children who annually visit he temple with their teachers and parents. In the grounds are amusement booths of many sorts. tea houses, a collection of animals. street theaters, coniurers, aero bats, and a hundred other means of amusing the multitude. Among the collection or animals was q splendid specimen of the Korean tiger, who had large building all to himself, and in a matched structure near by 1 found what l least expected to see--a pair of the long tailed roosters, or Shino wara The tails Of these fowls were not over SIX feet long, but what 1 most desired to see was the method employed in keeping them and protecting the tails from wear. They were confined in a tall coop so narrow that the birds could not turn around on the percn nor could they fly from it, and the perch was about eight feet from the ground. Boxes for food and water were placed within easy reach and the long tail feathers hung down free with out any possibility of becoming worn or broken. It seemed clear case of cruelty to animals that for the sake of freak they should be confined in such a narrow place and in such tiresome way.
 The origin of this variety, then. it would seem. is probably Chinese. from thence making it's way to Korea and bnalty to Japan, where few lingering specimens may yet be seen
 The figure IS copied from an iIlustra- ton in such way that most of the length of the tail feathers is shown spread upon the ground, which, how ever. IS not as seen by me in the mu. scum specimens or in the living ones, where the tail feathers hang entirely free from the ground
 FREDERICK STEARNs.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
The Farmer's nisinfsctant.

The farmer has at his command a disin- fectant a cleansing, purifying agent bet ter than any patent he can buy. It costs nothing, except the labor of procuring it. It is earth, fresh, clean earth.
 Tho nests of setting hens should be made of earth with only thin layer of cut straw on top. A dust bin is indispensable. If the fowls have it, the earth is used plenti- fully under the roosts and in the nests, lice are hanished.
 Used in tho stables, it absorbs the liquid manure, and holds 1t till used, thus becoming in itself rich fertilizer Several inches of earth should be under the cows fore feet q they stand in the stalls, and re- newed as often as 1t works back to the gutter This saves the planking, and pre- vents the hoofs from making holes in 1t.
 Earth G foe to vermin, and if used pleptifuSy in the poultry quarters, hce cancot live Here, also, is an absorbent, and the droppings arc saved and by the admixture of earth, prepared in part for use in the spring. This is the richest fer tilizer on the farm-equal to guAno, and the earth may be the savings bank in which it ii deposited
 lr the sheep, pig and young stock pens earth should be used with lavish hand, for it is the farmers scavenger--it enables him to gather up the fragments of manure, and there is no part of the farm economy more important than this gleaning and saving of the natural fertilizers. It is the life of the farmer--of the farm-it is his bank, and the dividends are sure Who ever begins winter without big bank of earth to draw upon has neglected to mako good investment.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
An Anecdote of Daniel Webster.

Daniel Webster was once arguing a case in which the validity of will was in controversy, the contest being between the heirs of the testator and a certain church, to which, it was con- tended, the testator, unduly inf1uen- ced by it's clergyman, had in his last hours devised most of his property. Webster claimed that the testatcr was then too feeble in mind to make q valid will, and in the course of his argument he related this incident--a, wealthy Spaniard, when on his death-- bed, was visited by 8 certain friar, and in solemn form was thus interro- gated: 'Is it your last will and testa- ment that your estate in Ardalusia shall begiven to Holy Mother Church?'s The dying man replied: "Yes." 'Is it your last will and testament" pro- ceeded the friar, "that your estate in Castile shall be given to Holy Mother Church?" The answer was "Yes.,s And thus the eager ecclesiastic went on, until the testator's son, who was standing by, anxious lest his dying parent should will away his entire property, angrily interposed: Father, is it your last will and testament that l should take your gold-headed cane and drive this friar out of the cham ber?. "Yes," was the still affirmative reply.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

c. II. ENos, JR. both arms. The legs, which are held together, are then inclined out of the perpendicular to- ward the right until the center of gravity of the body is directly over the right arm. The left hand meanwhile has heen slowly raised to the side and has assisted in securing the equili- brium. or course the athlete doesn't retain this position very long. The blood might rush to his head.
 Professional athletes have naturally attained greater degree of efficiency in these balancing feats than the anna teur. One of them, Thurber, balanced himself with one arm on tight rope of large diameter--a feat of much greater difficulty than the balance on a fixed bar.
 Mir. Enos physique is admirably adapted to performances of this kind his arms being short and of immense strength. He IS 5 feet 7-12 inches high and weighs TT pounds.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Livestock and Farm Notes

Good grooming is necessary for the health of horses,
 Do the greatest part of your farm work with productive mares
 Horses given good care require less feed to keep them in good condition.
 While the feed has much to do with the quality of milk the breed of the COW has more.
 The creamery does the work of hun dred hands and turns out a much more even product
 As rule, after COW passes her eighth year, she loses, to some extent, her capac- ity for giving milk
 Hogs will not do well if they are com pelled to lie in the hot sun They suffer with the heat moro than any other class of stock.
 If you arc short of forage try some of the new forage crops on a small scale but make either corn or sorghum the principal reliance until value is definitely ascertain ed
 Under general conditions all around farming will be found tho best but If your soil seems especially adapted to any one variety of crops and good market can be secured, stick to that.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Most Powerful In she World.

The Lick telescope is the most DO lul glass in the world. It is reported the observers at Mount Hamilton have lately kept sharp eye turned upon the shadow of one of the moons of the planet Jupiter. This shadow seemed double, indicating that the tiny moon which cast it is also double. Since the first hint of the discovery many obser- vations have been made through the Lick glass, all tending to confirm the original impression, to wit: That this particular satellite of tho greatest of the planets is double--a dot of | moon revolving around the main moon.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
pApv LOGIC.
She was ironing her dolly's new gown Maid Marian Vearp alJ

She was ironing her dolly's new gown Maid Marian, years old, With her brows puckered down In . painstaking frown,
 Under her tresses of gold. Twas Sunday, and nurse coming fin
 Exclaimed fin tone of surprise: 'rDon't you know it's a sin Any work to begin
 On the day that the Lord sanctifiesl" Then lifting her face like a rose,
 Thus answered this wise little tot: ''Now don't you suppose
 The good Lord He knows
 This little iron ain't hotr'
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Bridal ktoc kings.

The daintiest stockings to be worn by bride are of fine white silk with a medallion Ol Valenciennes lace set in the instep, the design being one of orange blossoms. They are as frail as the proverbial cobweb, however. When ore is going to save one's wedding gown and wedding fan, it is just as we'll to have the beautiful stockings to go with it, so that the next generation may see just what mamma wore on her wedding day.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Mendinx Broken G,.s..

A good cement for mending broken glass IS made as follows: Place in a large mouthed bottle two ounces of isingiass. shredded finely, and two ounces of gum arabic. Pour over the Sc enough alcohol of highest proof, to cover them. Put the cork in tightly, and place the bottle in saucepan and boil until the gum and isinglass are en- tlrely dissolved. Stir it, from tune to time, with a little stick. Put a bru ,h through the cork, and keep for use.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
A White Hot Peuc

Pyrogravure is newly-invented process for drawing patterns upon wood or other com bustibe material by means of graving point which is kept at white heat This point is of plat mum, and it is kept hot by supply of mingled air and hydrocarboa vapor. Other means have before been adopted for burning ornamental devices upon wood for decorative purposes, and such ornamentation, if artistically carried out, is very effective in appearance.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
OnInnamtl lOh.

Osman Pasha the hero of Plevna has been located as sealer in the kitch- on of tho sultan of Turkey. His ps- culiar business is to seal all the dishes for the sultan's table as soon as they arc prepared. and. thus secure against poison, they arc carried into the royal dining room and the seals broken only in tho sultan's presence
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Br aims on the Farm.

A man may have the most fertile soil and raise the largest kind of crops, but if he has not brains enough to know how to go about selling what he has to the best advantage, some- body else will be very likely to reap the profit not he. He may. even, have the best knowledge in the world as to where the best market is, and the best "knack' of finding out who will give the best prices, but if he fails in Judgment as to what crops to raise, and how to successfully grow them, he simply does not get along.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
LOss Confidence,

The boarding house writer on the Chicago Tribune says: The Moscow dentist who has invented a method of making false teeth that will grow Into the gums as firmly as natural ones comes just in time. There has never been period when people had less confidence in their natural teeth than now.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
A Matter of History.

A little girl who had heard her family talking about mysteries was present when 9 story was told at which her mother laughed immoderately. The child seemed much impressed and looking anxiously at her mother, she said very gravely:
 Mamma, ain't you afraid if you laugh so much you will get historic cal"
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

the summer until late in the fall, with delicious jars of canned sweet oorn green peas, squash, pumpkin, string beans. and other delectable articles, as would make @ winter garden" until summer came again. There is health, some wealth and great deal of luxury in a properly made and a properly cared-for kitchen garden.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
The Poultry Lot.

In fattening in confinement better re- suits will be secured by having the places just light enough for the fowls to see how to eat well.
 Yellow manure is an indication of liver trouble and good cartheric can be given with benefit.
 If the young chickens are confined in coops at night they should be let out early in the morning.
 The drinking water should be changed two or three times every day regularly pure water is essential to good health.
 Plenty of gravel, . good supply of burnt bones pounded fine with lime and ashes, all tend to keep the fowls in health.
 kaffir corn makes a good winter feed for poultry; it withstands drought well and in many cases can be made profitable crop to grow for this purpose.
 It Is usually rather poor economy to feed young poultry with the older ones; there is much danger of the young fowls getting run over and trampled down
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26

mere p h y slcal strength of the arm necessary to support ths weight of the body, the perfect control of the muscular sys- tenn displayed by the ti g h TO p @ walker or trapeze balances. S u c h tricks as balancing a chair while seat ed thereon on Q tra- peze is chiid's play compared W 1 t h maintaining t h c body in eguili- brium with only one arm to sup port it.
 Tn performing this feat MT. Enos first secures q per- feet balance on
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Iosses In Moving B~es.

In cloudy weather bees sometimes remain out all night and come home safely the next morning. Take hive from its accustomed place on the stand and close it one whole day, SO that no bees can go out yet wandering bees, evidently belonging to that swarm. will be found next morning at the old place of business This shows that however much care is taken to avoid losses, some are inevitable when bees are moved from place to place during the season of work. It is best even not to make changes in hive stands or other signals by which bees when they leave home have mark enabling each to distinguish his own domicile when it returns.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
A Nawsev loks.

Chappie-'I knelt befoah her and awsked her to be my wife" Chollie-- And she wejected you" Chappie- "Yaas" Chollie-"That was wough. |" Chappie-"Yaas. l got my twousahs bagged at the knees for nothing, bah Jove"--Harper's Bazar.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Brave Man.

"Bronson living? Why. was told he fell at Gettysburg at the beginning of the fight"
 s.He did, but he got right up again. and reached home before the sneWs of the battlo."
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
STANDING ON ONE HAND.
It Doesn't Look Easy and It's . Great
 Deal Harder Than It Looks.

c. H. Enos, Jr., of the New York Athletic club, succeeded recently in performing feat which it is said has never before been accomplished by an amateur gymnast. The feat in ques- ton is what is known as the "one-arm balance" The accompanying cut shows the balance.
 To do one-arm balance successfully the athlete requires, in addition to the
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Drawn Prom she Seq.

Every year layer of the seq four teen feet thick. is taken up into the clouds. The winds boar their bur den into the land and the water comes down in rain upon the fields, to flow back through rivers.
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Iae CouIAn,s Ise.

Of course Washington couldn't lie. But he never had his farm laid out in town lota Columbus Post
The Forrest City times., 1891-06-26
Tn. Unappr.ciatea Kitchen Garden.

Very few people appreciate the possi- bility of garden. They get a few dinners from small variety of green stuff'' late in the summer. and have a few kinds of vegetables to store away in the cellar in the fall; when all the time the possibilities of the garden were such. that they might have lived on the fat of the land. fsom early in
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-05
ABOUT PEOPLE.
strangers in tho city and Wheeling Folks


strangers in tho city and Wheeling Folks
Abroad
". T. johnson, Of Long Reach, was up satue
day. -, =
Col. William E1lcN who has been ILL., is
Mr.. F.w. Banner has returned from a trip &c
". D. UptcSrnr, of Pittsburgh, came down on
Saturday.
L. = MowhOrtoF, OF Charleston is at the Nc
Lure House,
MrS. Allen Brock is lying sick at her home on
HlxteeAIh street.
Mis- Flora Fells, Of Bridgeport, Is visiting
friends 10 stcubenvlle.
VIII Etzler returned 10 his medical college a
Philadelphia yesterday.
willis J, Hulings, the oil OPERATOR and MIS-
steAdmAn, Of Pennsylvania, were ~ tue Meluf'
yesterday.
Claude W. Gore, OF puketsburg, Is the CUES
Of his cousin, Homer D. Reynolds, on Twenty
third street.
Henry stIIel, who has been spending his vaGa
tiOn Ut home, will return 10 the hurgAntoWI
University to day.
Miss Maud Grimes AID Miss Jessie Hooien. Q
MOundSvIlle, are the guests oil Misses jessie ant
Lettte Marsh, on the Island
Miss sophie Carr will be "at home" to receive
her friends on tuesday evening from TO ~ a
her home in Pleasant Valley.
Rev. Dr.. ". II. Cooke got home from Bait
more saturday and yesterday occupied his Puipi
Il The Second Presbyterian church.
Mr.. and Mrs. john Connel, Of Newark, q, wht
have been visiting their son, Mr.. George ". Con
mel Of Tappan { G6RRel, baye returned home.
Prof Herman F. Ebeling, OF Columbus, form
erly a leadIug teacher OF music here, Is III INT
city, the guest OF his old friend, Prof. II. J. Ar
| benz, and Of relatives on the Island.
Fred T. Smiley, wife aud child, willis Z
Akers, j, r. BJlger ANd Marie DelAno, Of th'
'iRen6en Glue" company are at the MeLu,Ie
"Marie DeLano" Is the stage name oil MISS los
Clifton, formerly Of ibis CITY.