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The Sardine Industry.

Early in the sixties, u Maine packer of
Holsters and shell fish named Burnham
had conceived the idea of utilizing the
small herring 50 plentiful of that coast
as substitute for the sardlne. 10
tamiliarize himself with the methods em-
ployed in the preparation OF the real ar
ticle he went TO France and made tour
OF inspection of the canncrles in that
country, taking with him IL man, who
hired out as u laborer in the establish
ments, in order that he might thoroughly
familiarizc himself with the details. Ra-
turning to the United StTtes he set up
factory at Eastport and proceeded to can
American sardines. Unfortunately the
foggy climate was unfavorable to drying
the little fishes, which is an indispensable
preliminary to the cooking of them. The
result was that the moisture remaining IN
them mixed with the oil in the caus,
causing the latter to become tainted and
thus imparting an unpleasant flavor,
which rendered the product unmarked
able. On this account the enterprise
was abandoned. - Washington Star. -
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An Unhealthy City.

Cairo for long time has been notorious
as one of the most unhealthy cities of her
size in the world, and is likely to remain
so unless the French can be induced to
abandon their present obstructive policy
in Egypt. The town is practically with
out drainage, and year by year the neces-
sity of remedying the evil becomes more
urgent. Some time ago the Government
took the matter in hand, employed a
number of distinguished sanitary engi-
neers, and prepared q scheme for a sys
tenn of sewerage which is generally ad
.mitted to be the best and cheapest that
could be devised. 1t was proposed to
pay for the improvement by the appro-
priation of half the octroi receipts of the
city, but France will not consent and de-
mands the appointment of an Inter-
national Commission of three experts to
study the question, to invite plans, and to
decide as to which is to be adopted; no
plan to be adopted unless accepted by all
these experts unanimously. The object
of this proposition is clear, end, unless
it is modified, the drainage plan must be
abandoned, at least for the present.
Times Democrat.
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Headache.

The discovery that hat bands often
caused headaches by absorption of the
poisonous material is now Offset by the
report of country physician that nearly
every kind of hat induces headache in
the summer time. He advises one to
wear as little as possible on the head,
and even to cut the hair off close so that
the scalp can receive plenty of wind and
air. If any covering is to be- used it
should be of the lightest material. The
true way in his opinion is not to wear
any covering on the head, but when
walking out in the sun a common sun
shade should protect the head from the
rays of the sun. Although this may
seem like returning to barbarous state,
it is probably one of the best ways to
keep the head cool and free from pain in
hot weather. How about colds in the
head2 Well, the head must become
hardened to the exposure 60 that cold
will not affect it any more than it does
the hands or fac.. A compromise con
probably be made in the suggestion by
wearing very light straw hats in hot
months so that that the air eau circulate
freely through. A heavy head of hair
is uncomfortable and injurious to the
head.-Yankee Blade.
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That is. regular feeding twice day

That is, regular feeding twice Gay
will give better results than irregular
feeding three times day. In determin-
in- tie number of times to feed the farm
work must be considered. If the other
work will not interfere with the feeding,
it is, usually best to feed three times, but
it must be done regularly. The feeding
should be done at regular hours, and,
when possible, it should be given In
daylight, dividing the time as evenly as
possible. Animals soon learn their hours
of feeding, and if they do not get their
meals at this time, even when they are
we'll fed they will fret and be loosing to
some extent at least. A good plan is to
look over the work that is to be done
while the stock is being fattened, and
arrange the time and manner of feeding
so that it can be done regularly with as
little interference as possible.
If it can be done three times day
regularly, all the better; but if not, feed
only twice. Begin gradually to increase
the fattening rations until they are given
all that they will eat up clean, and then
see that this is supplied every day.
Hogs and cattle are the principal stock
fattened at this season; it is best to push
them as rapidly as possible and then
market as soon as they are ready.-St.
Louis Republic.
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Roses Where q War Was Wagcd.

One of the Wars of the Roses, the
ficrcest and deadhest OF them all, was
fought on field where, curiously
enough, rose peculiar to the spot
grows, or used to grow. 1t is rare
plant now, and the reason is explained
by Mr.. Lcadman in his account of York
shire battles, "Prelia Eboracensia,"
published by Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew
s. Co. After describing the terrible
conflict at Towton on Palm Sunday,
1461, he says: II cannot conclude this
story of Towton Field without an allu-
sion to the little dwarf bushes peculiar
to the Field of the White Rose and the
Red They -are said to have been
plentiful at the commencement of this
century, but visitors have taken them
away in such numbers that they have be-
come rare. Such vandalism is simply
shameful, for the plants are said to be
unique, and unable to exist in any othar
soil. The little roses are white, with
a red spot on the centre of each of their
petals, and as they grow old the under
surface becomes dull red color. ."-Lon-
don Nous.
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Wonders Of Vegetation In California.

In California there are squashes that
weigh three hundred pounds; there are
mammoth grapevines; there are beets
five feet in length and eighteen inches
in diameter; there are corn fields in
which the stalks are so tall that the cars
cannot be reached by an ordinary-sized
man; there are specimens of the prickly-
pear cactus twenty feet high, thickly
fringed with great yellow fruit; there
are vast mustard fields in which the plant
shoots up a dozen or fifteen feet; and
there are plenty of other grains, vegeta-
bles and fruits that are big beyond the
dreams of the Eastern ignoramus. As
to the flowers of California, what can be
said3 The heliotrope plant there is over
six feet high, and there are dense hello
trope hedges covered with masses of flow
ers that perfume the air. The rose geran-
ium there is big bush with thick stem,
the branches of which rise eighteen or
twenty feet above ground, and it grows
year after year, till it becomes dense mass
OF aromatic verdure and blossom. The
fuchsa there is a plant with a etem as
big as good-sizcd tree, and its bios
SONS are to be seen alike in winter and in
sumner. The Gala lily there is mar
vel; the rose is still greater marvel, and
we have an account of a California gar
den in which there is rose bush the
main stem of which measures three feet
around and the branches of which cover
twelve thousand square feet of space
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
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The First Iron Bridge.

At the present day, when we are ac-
customed to look upon iron as the chief
constructive material with which civil
engineers and architects all over the
world deal, the first iron bridge that was
ever built is a curious sight. This bridge,
the arches of which were made of iron,
was called "Ironbridge," aud it was
erected in 177S. 1t spans little river
in the county of Salop, on the railroad
line from Shrewsbury to Worcester, in
England. At the present day the struc-
ture is surrounded by thriving little viii
lage, which took its name from the
bridge. Several iron foundries have been
established in the neiehborhood. The
structure was timid attempt at what
has since developed into an extensive in
dustry. There are three supports; two
of them are very small and cross mar
row country road, while the third and
largest one spans the bed of the river. It
is about ninety-six feet long and weighs
378 tons. The braces were cast at Coal
brookdale, every bar being composed of
two segments. Stephenson, the great
civil engineer, wrote as follows on the
construction of this first iron bridge:
"When we bear in mind that the mani
pulation of cast iron was at the time of
its erection in its infancy we cannot help
but feel convinced that unblushing au-
dacity alone could conceive of such an
enterprise, and the intelligence with
which the details were outlined and exc
cuted is equal to the boldness of the con-
ception." The bridge is constantly used
and is in an excellent condition, a fact
which disproves all the omninous clamer-
ings of cranks that the pernicious in
fuences of rust will sooner or latter bring
danger to the iron bridges of to-day
Boston Transcript.
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ROW OFTEN 20 FEED.

After once commencing to feed to fat
ten, it is IN item to see tiaat the stock
are fed regularly, #nd that they are
given all that they vii. cot up clean at
each meal in order to secure the best
gain ct the lowest Cost. TO fail TO feed
enough is to fail to secure the best gain ;
to give more than they will eat is to
waste the extra feed. In order to de-
rive the largest profit IN feeding stock
it is necessary to take every advantage,
and neglect to do this will lessen in pro
portion the profit. With nearly all
classes of stock in feeding to fatten bet
ter results will be had by feet.ng three
times day, but it is important that the
feeding be done regularly. To feed part
of the time three times each day and
then miss q few days and feed only twice
is not good plan. Better results will
be secured by feeding twlce regularly
every day than three times part Of the
time and only twice the rest
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DISEASES FROM PIGEONS.

The pigeon, as is we'll known, will
feed at all the poultry yards in neigh
borhood, and is no respecter of owners:
A flock of pigeons will soon learn to
know the feeding hours, and will alight
in yards when not desired. They are
liable to carry disease from one yard to
another, even on their feet, and, as they
are subject to many of the diseases that
affect fowls, and particularly roup, they
are nuisance in any community. They
will also introduce lice from distance.
If one wishes to keep pigeons he should
do so by keeping them confined in wire
yards, covered, and not at the expense of
his neighbor's feed. with the risk of
causing disease in all the focks. There
should be some protection for those who
do not wish pigeons in their yards
Farm and FSreside.
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Sleep for Children.

Sleep required for healthy life varies
with the age of the person, season and
climate; but none of these change the
fact that children require more. sleep
than older people. The summer time is
said to be the recuperating period for
school children, and this is largely due
to the fact that they have more time to
sleep. Sleep is so essential to school
children studying hard lessons, that If
their number of hours per night is di-
minished by one their general health
soon begins to show it. In the summer
time they retire shortly after dark, be-
cause they are tired and need rest, but IN
the school months they ale compelled to
sit up to study. They have not been
running around all day as in the summer
time, and do not look so tired. Yet
they need more sleep when tired men
tally than when fatigued from manual
work. In Sweden school children of the
tender age arc supposed to require eleven
or twelve hours day and the older ones
from eight to nine hours. But recent
Investigations show that they get much
less. The same holds good in this coun-
try that the prolonogation OF the work.
ing hours takes place at the cost OF the
time for sleep. The higher classes the
children get in the less time there is al-
lowed for sleep. Older people realize
the Importance Of sleep, and accommo-
date themselves to a nap in the middle
of the day to make up for the nights
unrest; but the child, restless and fever
ish. does not do this, nor does he com
plain until health begins to break down
under the wear and tear. Yankee B!aae.
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GROUND BONE AS 4 FERTILIZER.

In report on experiments made at
the New Jersey Station with ground
bones as fertilizer, it is pointed out that
ground bone is both phosphate and a
nitrogerous manure, insoluble in water,
but when in the soil Is decomposed and
yields its constituents to the feeding
plant in proportion to the fneness. 1t
varies but little in compositicy and is
less liable to adulteration than most fer
tilizers. They, in fact, are usually pure.
Ground bones have tendency to cake,
and to avoid this the manufacturer may
use other substances which, while aiding
mechanically, reduce the chemical value
of the mixture. Raw bone is most usually
pure. but the fat it contains renders it
less easily decomposed. Bones having
served the purpose of the glue maker are
low in nitrogen and very high in phos-
phoric acid. The method now employed
of steaming the bopes under pressure i'm
proves their quality without altering the
amount of the plant food ingredients. As
the value of ground bones depends upon
composition and their fneness, a me-
chanical as we'll as chemical analysis is
required to determine their value. The
farmer must determine by crop tests
which grade he should buy-whether,
for example, pay dollar for ten pounds
of phosphoric acid in one condition, or
for eighteen and halfpounds in another
form. Average wood ashes are worth So
per ton, but the best vary considerably.
Fruit Grouers' Journal.
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Discovery Of the Pendulum.

Italy and Holland divide the honor of
the discovery of the pendulum. In 1888
Galileo, then nineteen years old, had his
attention attracted to the oscillations Of
a lamp in the cathedral of Pisa, which
some one had accidentally touched in
passing. He remarked that the os-
cillations were regular, ,and made in equal
spaces of time, and that the longer the
cord that suspended an object the longer
the oscillations. Still it does not seem
to have occurred to him to apply the
principle to the measuring Of time. His
son made some experiments with this OBJ
ject, but without success. The ap2lica-
ton of the pendulum to the clock is due
to Christian Huvgens,a Dutchman, who,
in 1857, presented to the States-GeDeral
of his country the first clock ever rcgu-
lated in this fashion. Up to this time
clocks had been regulated by horizon
tai bar with small weights suspended in
notches on each of the arms.-.San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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FACTS ABOUT FOWLS.

There are probably more Leghorn,
Plymouth Rock, and Light Brahma
fowls bred throughout the United States
than of any other three breeds, and pos
sibly of all breeds. The Leghorns will
rank first in number, the Plymouth
Rocks and Light Brahnas following
very closely.
Upon the attention given to growing
chicks during hot days will determine
largely the success at the close of the
summer season. In hot weather young
growing chicks suffer from heat, and
need certain foods that do not produce
fat, but more that brig bone and mus
Gle.
Eggs when they command only eight
cents per dozen in the market should be
carefully packed in salt and stored away
for higher prices. This method will
keep eggs nicely, and by October they
will bring at least twenty cents per
dozen. Certainly the margin of profit
at this figure is ample.
Many who have failed to make sue
cess in other pursuits in life 20 at poul-
try-keeping with the idea that it is pro-
ftable and easy, with little or no labor.
They learn after time what it means
to hatch and rear one thousand chicks.
One or two years experience dispels
their first idea, and they are glad to
quit.
Ducks are not as good field foragers as
chickens or turkeys; their short legs and
fat, web feet retard their movements.
On a pond or other water they make up
for their awkarGness on land, and 60
through much exercise that is good for
them. The duck is exempt from many
prevailing diseases to which other poul-
try are subject. They are usually ex-
cellent layers, the Pekin duck leading all
in this spect.-Ams"tc1n -1griculturist.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
DESTROYING FARM TOOLS.

It ruins farm tools about as quick to
be left exposed to the hot sun of mid
summer as to be left out in the rain or
snow. Heat dries and shrinks the wood
work so that tools and machines become
haky, and it makes openings for the
moisture to get in and complete the
work of destruction. If you must leave
the tools out at least keep them we'll
painted. The paint fills the pores, and
to some extent will prevent spreading
and cracking. Paint is good preserva-
tive, and coat applied every spring or
tall will double the life of tool.-NeU
York Herald.
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INDIRECT FERTILIZERS.

There are substances that in themselves
do not furnish the plant any needed in
gredient for growth, but when applied
to the soil assist materially in augment
ing the crop. One OF the best illustra-
tions of this class of fertilizers is common
salt. Lime is another substance rarely
lacking in the soil, hat when added as
sists in setting free ctner substances that
are much needed by the growing plants,
that otherwise would not have been
available for the crop. Water is added
in irrigation not as fertilizer but be-
cause it is the great solvent in nature
and the vehicle of transfer of the various
substances that 20 to build up plant
when entering it from the soil water
american Agriculturist.
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How the Kaiser Trains His Boys.

1t seems that the Emperor of Germany
has great deal of the old Spartan feel
ing about him-at all events, with refer
ence to the training of his children. His
six little sons are subject to a severe reg
linen by their father. They sleep in a
plain, bare room, upon iron cots, with
hard mattresses and scant bed-clothing.
At seven every morning they take cold
bath, and are then put through vigor-
Gus gymnastic exercises. PHILADELPHIA
Record.
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DEAR READERs-I am able to pay my board
and tuition, wear good clothes and have
money in my pocket BY spending my odd
hours and vacations plating jewelry and
per day; never less than "a. / paid IS for my
platter to H. X. Delno q Co., Columbus, o.
Any one can profit by my experience BY writ
ing there for circulars. A STUDENT.
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Aho} IhNmlqllllD
EoprRfoH7 vest ~

4 ringing ,soissc
In the ears, headache, deafness, eyes
weak; obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery and acrid, sti
others, thick, tenacious, bloody and
putrid offensive breath; smell and
taste impaired, and general debility.
Not all of these symptoms at once.
Probably only few of them.
That's Catarrh.
A medicine that by its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties has cured the most hope
less cases. One that will cure yoss
no matter how bad your case or OF
how long standing. A medicine
that doesn't simply palliate for q
time, but produces perfect and per
manent cures.
That's DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
A cash payment of $500, not By
you, as you might expect, but %
you, if you can't be cured. It's an
offer that's made in good faith to
prove their medicine, by responsible
men, the proprietors of DR.. Sages
Remedy.
That's the kind of medicine to try
Doesn't it seem so?
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1t is said that 506,S3 persons are
members of the Congregational Church
in this country, and more than one-tifth
live in Massachusetts, which thus heads
thr LIST
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Causes no Nausea.

DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure Is univer-
sally conceded to be the only sure and safe
remedy for Group sold. 1t speedily allays in
! fammation to throat or lungs. Sold by drug
gists, or address A. F. Hoxsle, Buffalo, n. Y.
Price 80 cts.
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George A. Cowan, now seventy years
old and blind, who taught Emma Abbott
singing, is in the Milwaukee County
poorhouse
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A. NJ. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind.
says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best Of
satisfaction. Can get plenty OF testimonials,
sell it. T5c
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s.
Flower

How does he feel ?-He feels
cranky, and is constantly expert
menting, dieting himself, adopting
strange notions, and changing the
cooking, the dishes, the hours, and
manner of his eating-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels at
times a gnawing, voracious, insati-
able appetite, wholly unaccoyntable,
unnatural and unhealthy.-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels no
desire to 60 to the table and q
grumbling, fault-fnding, over-nice-
ty about what is set before him when
he is there-August Flower the
Remedy. Is
How does he feel Pie feels
after spell of this abnormal appe-
tite an utter adherence, loathing,
and detestation of food; as if a
mouthful would kill him-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel2-He has II.
regular bowels and peculiar stools
August T'ower the Remedy. o
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How n Student Makes Money.

THERE is at Richmond, Mo-, horse nine
teen and three-quarter hands high.
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FITS stopped tree by DIR. KLrNE's GREAT
NERVE RESToRER. No nts after hrst days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise AMI 81 trial bottle
Iee. Ur. Kline, a3l Arcn St. Phila-, IA.
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Ifafiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-09
WORTHY OF DISCRIMINATION.

Some objections that are urged
against corporations are real: others
are fanciful: and still others are the
creatures of prejudice. And when ones
mind is inaamed against system it is
hard 10 allay the feeling as to any mer-
itorious part of the system.
That some corporations have abused
the powers that they exert through the
authority given to them by the state, is
no just cause for condemning all such
organizations. \ great many men
abuse their power, and we can't abolish
them.
For some purposes corporations are
a necessity. as the building of rail-
roads. because no person can command
enough money TO build and equip a
road OF much Importance: and a part
nership would require SO many men,
bers that it would be too unwieldy for
the undertaking. For the purpose OF
buying and improving large bodies OF
land the same argument. holds good.
1t cannot be held that it is against