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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28
a Yard of Roses

One of the l%orular paintings at the New
York Academy OF Design was a yard-long
panel OF Roses. A crowd was always before
1t. One art critic exclaimed. "Such a bit of
nature Should belong To all the people, il i.
too beautiful for one man to hide away."
me louth'S fOmpuiiDn, OF Boston,. seized
the idea. and spent twenty thousand dollars
to reprodue the painting. The result has been
a triumph Of artistic delicacy and color.
The Companion makes an autumn gift Of
this copy of the painting to each of its five
hundred thousand subscribers. ANY others
who may subscribe now for the first time, AM
request it, will receive The Yard OF Roses"
without extra cha rye while the edition lasts.
Besides the gift Of this beautiful pictIr.al
new subscribers will receive The Comp mi0n
free from the time the subscription is received
fhl January fir-i,includins the Thanksgiving
and Christmas Double Numbers and for a full
year from that date. The price of The (om-
pdniOn is Sl.15 a year.
Every family should take this brightest AMI
best Of illustrated literary papers i'll addition
to its LEGAL paper.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28
WHEAT EXPERIMENTS.

* 10 the conparative merit, of thick
and thin seeding of wheat, experiments
at the Ohio Station running through a
series Of ter years are repo-scl as fur
nishin- conclusive evidenc. that higaer
Yields aie obtained from seelin, a. a
rate no. h4Iov five poc1s t. tne acre nor
exceeding seven pecSs,
Seeding below four pecAg pc. acre
gives q fever nln3er o. blsheIs o: IN
i.rloy q%uallts. Seeing aspve s2ve>
peck> lrv acre caves fewer bushels out
4 superior lH2'ity o. gram.
hsoaoca5 s"2oin5 mas given As goa
results this Year as drilling, but in a
~erles q Ne3rss drifting has produced the
largest crol.
Very light muleAin5 has apparently
been ofso.ne benefit this year Heavier
museh!hS has invariably injured the
crop. Cross drilling has beel Of ~ adj
v~.nt'1 this yea.
- Ar..er crop has beel produced
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28
r, = GROWING.

This year. as ID years past, ounces arc
scarce aud high priced, although all
other fruits have been abundant. This
is the more strangers 1t is one Of the
easiest fruits 10 erox, ard almost a sure
bearer every year, and nurserymen sell
the young. tres at prices which may be
called reasonable. They grow upon al
most any soil from dry gravel to a cold,
wet meadow, but they usually yield a
finer fruit and quite as abuhdantly upon
q good, warm cl2y land. The fruit has
less insect enemies than almost any
othe., but lac tree requires watching to
preveHt the Dorer from getting IN it. Bat
a dag oncc in two or THREE months
would dispose Of ali the borers upon an
acre Of ounce trees, which would be
from 1JN-to 800 trees, as they sand
from eight % tenefeet apart. Tney sci
dom reel pruning or thinning Of the
fruit Jules under hign cultivation, and
as the usual price Of the fruit is from s.
to ST per bushcl at retail, or from 81 10
81 at wholesale, It would seem that they
might be a profitable crop. Even if an
increased supply should lower the price,
the demand world he at - increase,
and il would be loay before the market
woald be 1luttei as il has been in pears
and peaches this yeor.-B3st2n CaAttcu,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
N.CrT<E METHOD IN BVTTER-MAKIS0.

MACHINE NET ~ 81 iEH-AAAiNo.
a Mississippi iairyman who could no:
The cram cut or the milk, before it
soured, II make more than four or five
pounds Of butter a day from eight cows,
was aeree2bly surprised to get seven and
seven and one-half pounds per day Of
bette bus.eg when the milk: Was pa.
through q centriflge. H quite naturally
.'swsars by the machine method. Mil
lions Of dollars worth Of butter 60 to
the rig-Een every year eli over the world
from tie -a.nc cause, says Hoard''
Dlarenq aDd The worst Of it Is, the
ms. # tie .osct- lel know they lost
anything.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28

(CE run CttftfS
some dealers always. They want to
sell tho medicine th2t pays them the
largest profit. What yen want to
luv IS the one that does you the
most good.
Which ono is it?
Sometimes, il may be . matter
Of doubt. Bat. ii the case Of
Dr.. pIsrccs ~Iavorite Prescription,
there's 10 room for doubt. It's 4
matter that ea.n be proved.
With the facts before you, its
an insult . your intelligence TO
have something else offered 40
"iust as good
And here's the proof Among
all the medicines that claim to care
woman's peculiar weaknesses. lrrcg-
ularities. and diseases, tie Favor
ite Prescription is the only I
that's gf4ro@ce1.
II il doesn't do I'll that's claimed
for it, If it doesn't give satisfaction
ii every easc, youth have Your
money ba@k.
TuIre'> strength AMI yigor for
every tired and feeble woman,
health end . new life for every
delicate AMI ailin4 woman end If
there's 10 help, there's no pay.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28
~
Syrup"

Here IS an incident from the South
mississippi written III April, 1890,
just after the Grippe had visited that
country. i am a farmer, one OF
those who have to rise earir and
work late. At the beginning Of last
Winter | a on a trip to tbs City
of N%icksburg Miss, where | got we'll
drenched in a shower of rain. |
went home and was soon after scizcd
with a dry, hacking cough. This
grew worse every day, until | had
to seek relief. consulted DR.. Dixon
who Eas1sincc died, and he told me
to get bottle of Boschee German
Syrup. Meantime ny cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along and | caught that also
very severely. Ny condition then
compelled me to do something. |
got two bottle ST German Syrup. |
began using them. and before taking
much of the second bottle, ! ives
entirely clear of thc Cough that had
hung to me So long, the G.lppc, and
all It's bad effects. felt tip-top and
have felt that ua cEer since.
PETER .BRIAL,s, Jr., Cayuga, Hines
Co. Miss. 81
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28

Taking butter from milk
was known in the earliest
times. 1t was left for our
time to make 4 milk of cod
liver oil.
Milk, the emulsion Of but
ter, IS an easier food than
butter. SCOTS Emulsio on of
cod-llvcr oil IS an easier food
than cod liver OIL. 1t is rest
for digestion. 1t stimulates,
helps, restores, digestion;
and, at the same tune, sup
plies the BODY ! kind of
nourishmeat i caa set in no
other way.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28
ADVICE TO WOMEN

If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Protlbe, ScantV,
Suppressed or Irregular Men
situation you must use
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28

Benjamin Franklin was the original
lightning calculator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28

T=EaE IS an ep.de:nic offoreery am coin.
inr m Germany.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-28

FITS STOPPED, free by Dr. kLINE9 GREAT
NERVE R~EsToNER. No fits after nist Gay 5
use. Ma, 1eleus cures. Treatise AMI e. uial
bottle free. DR., Kline, e3l ArchSt., Fhiia Pa
If af1irtad will sore ewes use fr. Isaac Th0np-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
Which Wayo

How shall we pronounce the word ad-
vertisement? One hears it pronounced
advertisement and advertisement by
persons whose uniform correctness of
speech cannot be brought into question.
The dictionaries give it both ways
generally with the preference to the
first form. Stormonth. who is esteemed
by some as high authority on pronun-
citation, gives only advertisement.
There is an obvious need for uniform
ity one disllkes to speak the word with
the accent on the second syllable just
after some friend has uttered it with
the accent on the third. In conse-
quence, he is perhaps driven into the
use of that odious abbrevlation, "ad."
There is no right or wrong in the mat
ter. Chauncey NJ. Depew says ADDER
tisement; Charles A. Dana, advertise
ment Any number of eminent author
tiles could be quoted in defense of
either. The word is in such common
use that there ought to be IN accepted
pronunciation. There is sense on the
side of those who prefer advertisement,
instead of the jump back to the ante
penult, because that style of accent is
uniform with advertiser" and other
derivatives from this root.
Ink.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
As Heroes DIE.

The famous naval duel between the
Kearsarge and the Alabama was fought
in the English Channel off Cherbourg,
On the 10th of June, 1864. DR.. John
NJ. Browne, in his description of the
battle, in Battles and Leaders of the
Civil War;" makes special mention OF
one of the heroes of the contest, an ordi-
nary seaman on board the Kearsarge.
His name was William Gouin, and de-
serves to be remembered. He died in
the hospital three days after the fight.
Says DR.. Browne:
His behavior during and after the
battle was worthy of the highest praise.
he was stationed at the after pivot gun,
and was seriously wounded in the leg
by the explosion of shell. In agony,
and exhausted from the loss of blood,
he dragged himself to the forward
hatch, and concealed the severity of his
injury, in order that his comrades might
not leave their stations for his as
sistance.
Here he tainted. and was lowered to
the care of the surgeons. When he re-
vived he greeted the surgeon with a
smile, saying, doctor, I can fight no
more, snd so come to you. But it is all
right. I am satisfied, for we are whip
ping the Alabama"
Afterward he said, "I will willingly
lose my leg, or my life, if it is neces-
gary"
As he lay upon his mattress he paid
attention to the progress of the fight,
SO far as it could be known by the
sounds on the deck. and his face showed
satisfaction whenever the cheers of his
Shipmates wore heard. With difficulty
be waved his hand over his head, and
Joined in each cheer with a feeble
voice.
When a wounded shipmate COM
planned, he reproved him, saying, "Am
! not worse hurt than you? and I am
Satisfied, for we are whipping the
Alabama"
! Directly after the enemy's wounded
were brought on board he desired the
surgeon to pay him no further attention.
He was doing we'll, he said, and all
aid should be given to "the poor fellows
of the Alabama"
> In the hospital he was patient and
resigned, and happy in speaking of the
victory.
"This man, so very interesting in his
courage and resignation" wrote the
French surgeon-in- chief, received gen.
eral sympathy; all desired his recovery
and lamented his DEATH"
At dinner given by loyal Americans
in Paris to Capt. Winslow and two of
his officers. telegram was received an
bouncing the death of Gouin. His
hame was honorably mentioned, his
behavior eulogized, - Youth's Com
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
The breathing of u Loco1no tive.

The breathing" of locomotive
that is to say, the number Of putts given
by q railway engine during its journey
depends upon the circumference Of
its driving wheels and their speed. No
matter what the rate Of speed may be,
for every one round of the driving
wheels locomotive will give four rufts
two out of each cylinder, the cylinders
being double. The sizes of driving
wheels vary, some being eighteen, nine
teen. twenty and even twenty-five feet
in circumstances, although they are
generally made Of about twenty feet.
The express speed varies from fiftv-four
to ffty-eight miles an hour. Taking
the average circumference of the driv-
ing-wheel to be twenty feet, and the
speed per hour fifty miles, locomotive
will give, going at express speed, $50
putfs per minute, or $1,000 puffs per
hour. the wheel revolving 1920 times
in sixty minutes, giving l,056 putts per
mile. Therefore, an express going
from London to Liverpool, distance OF
20l4 miles, will throw out 2l3,O4S puffs
before arriving at its destination. Dur
ing the tourist season of 1883 the jour
ney from London to Edinburgh was ac-
complished in less than eight hours, the
distance being 4O1 miles, giving speed
throughout of fifty miles an hour. A
locomotive of an express train from
London to Edinburgh, subject to the
above conditions, will give 423, 456 puffs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
.rhe Dear Public.

Racing in this country is pretty
tough" said one of the men employed
in q pool room in this city to me the
other day. Il tell you, men who are ON
the inside amt doing any betting on
horse races unless they have lead pipe
cinch. AS far as the public goes? Well,
it seems to me the public's fool even
since stopped being one of 'em N.Y.
self.
"The public bets its money and al
lows it's going to clean out the book
makers. Yes, it is rapid! The book
makers pay rent for the shops and works
the whole time, and hire lot of men
to work, too, just to get cleaned out by
the public. That's what they're in the
business for. Between you and me the
bookmakers amt in any prominent
danger; not this year.
IL ain'tnow speaking of pulling horses,
although he's q mighty poor jockey that
don't know how to pull if he wants to.
And he'd be a blamed sight poorer
Jockey than he probably is if he didn't
sometimes use his knowledge. But I'm
talking about just ordinary betting, and
on that booknakers can and do make a
lot OF money. Now the money they
make must come from the public, chiefly
because there amt any Sunday-school
collections taken up for 'em.
"The public always bets horses will
win; the bookmaker always coppers
these bets. The bookmakers made their
own odds. Now, it may not have oc-
CURED to you they make these odds on
their side. They amt favoriug the
public any. This gives them a per-
centage in their own favor which counts
in the long run.
But, as matter OF fact. the public
will bet and must of necessity lose.
There's no game on earth run to put
money in the pockets of those who
buck and racing isn't any different
from the others. This being the case,
! don't see it's any worse, and I'm GER
tain they can never stop it by any law
that can be named. "-Ne1c York Tele-
g7'QNl,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
The Art Ut Resting.
na1lio1l.

I. In addition to the good nights sleep,
1T is a good plan to take short nap in
the middle of the day. 1t divides the
working time, gives the nervous system
q fresh hold on life and enables one to
more than make up for the time so occu-
pied. 1t is we'll to guard against too
Aong sleep at such time, since such
lis apt to produce disagreeable relaxation.
There has been much discussion regard
ing the after-dinner nap. Many believe
it to be injurious; but it is. neverthe-
less, natural and wholesome. Much
can be accomplished in the way of rest
ing, short of sleep. tits very important
to economic the opportunities for rest
during working hours in the day. The
great principle which underlies daily
rest is relieving of one portion of the
Organization from duty while the others
are at work. This can be done to a
great extent.
When the muscles are tired and worn
from mechanical work which requires
but little attention of the brain, stop
motion and set the brain at work. The
laborer can read, think, and speak
while his weary limbs are at rest. His
brain need not be idle because the ham
mer or chisel has dropped from his
weary hand. On the other hand, q
man can work with his hands when his
head is tired. The book-keeper, whose
head is weary with business facts and
figures by 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
has considerable time in the evening to
sing, play, dig in the garden, or black
his boots, all or either Of which he may
do while his head is partially at rest.
There is another very important way OF
obtaining rest mentally; that is, by
changing from one occupation to an.
other. The de1terous gold-beater,
when he finds one arm getting tired,
takes the hammer in the other; and SC
may the man who hammers thoughts
out of his brain, exercise one set OF
mental functions while the others are at
rest. One may read until tired, and
then write; may acquire knowledge I'm.
til weary, and then teach to others
The Medical Age.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
An Honest King.

Whoever reads tho following must
own to feeling of respect as we'll as
liking for the honest king. King Fred
,erick vi. OF Denmark. while travelling
through Jutland, one day entered vii
'lage school, and found the children
lively and intelligent and quite ready to
answer his questions.
"Well. youngsters" he said, what are
the names of the greatest kings of Den.
'mark?"
With one accord they cried out,
'"Canute the Great, Waldemar, and
Christian w."
just then little girl to whom the
'schoolmaster had whispered something
stood up and raised her hand.
DO you know another?" asked the
king.
"Yes; Frederick VI"
What great act did he perform?"
The girl hung her head and STAN.
mered out, I don't know"
I "Be comforted, my Child" said the
king; Il don't know, either. > Yout4's
Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
&C.. IA, ,,rouph, Him Fortune.

On the top floor OF one of the tallest
buildings in upper New York, says q
correspondent of the Boston Journal.
tolls an old man who has probably
written more poetry than any othe*
single man living. His business is that
of writing the poetic notices which
one finds in the cheap candies of the
dav. Poetry which could never see the
light of day in any other way is hidden
in these tissue-papered party candies.
1 had an interesting talk with this
man few days ago. He has been
twenty years iii the business, is over 60
wears OF age, and has accumulated q
fortune. although he still keeps up the
same monotonous poetical grind. ut
is curious trade, you think, 1 sup
pose" said the old man, yet some one
must do it, aud it is very profitable. L
have built fourteen city ana country
houses out of it, and in year or two |
rhall lay down the pen for good, and
let some one else take up the work.
How do write so much? Why, it has
become second nature to me. These
notices are simple, anything will do,
and the more silly they are the better.
I know it is preposterous to dignity the
things with the word poetry spend
three days every week here and reel off,
I suppose hundred OF these things
every day. Why, often eat my lunch
in one hand and write with the other.
Yet, as I say, it is profitable, much
better than writing bad novels, for,
after all, my verses never do any harm.
They are silly, grant you, but per-
fectly harmless, and young lads and
girls like to be merry over them. Dear
me, I suppose I've married many a
couple with this pen, and if you'll ex-
cuse me I'll just write q score or so
more before we go out to LUNCH" and in
about fifteen minutes the old man was
ready to go with me, carrying in his
pocket an envelope full as the result OF
an hours work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
Those Dreadful young Men.

IN fact, the young man in politics is a
very independent individual, and he
Will go ahead voting with the party that
offers the most practical and business
like plans for conducting the public
service rather than with a party that un-
dertakes to discipline him. The time
has gone by when the test of political
patriotism consisted of trotting about
with torchlight procession in the wake
Of BRASS band and doing violence to
the lungs in open air meeting. The
voter OF to-day is not swayed BIS excite.
ment and the blare of a brass horn On
the ccontrrry, the average American voter
has become very tired of political bun.
combe and is doing con>iderab,s think.
ing Washington Posi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
Largest House in the World.

Every American, European, and ORR
entail country has its scores of public
and private mansions. yet Vienna, Aus
tria, has the giant of them all. Tho
Freihaus Gree house,) situated in Vie
den, suburb of the city just mentioned.
is the most spacious building on the
globe. Within its walls q whole city of
human beings live and work. eat and
sleep. It contains in all between 1900
and 1900 rooms, divided into upward of
400 dwelling apartments, of from four
to six rooms each. This immense house
has thirteen court-yards-fve open and
eight covered--and large garden
within its walls. A visitor to the build
ing relates that he once spent two hours
in looking for q man known to reside in
the house.
Scarcely trade, handiwork, or pro-
fession can be named which is not
represented in this enormous building.
Gold and silver workers, makers Of
fancy articles, lodging-house keepers,
book binders, agents, turner's, matters,
officers, locksmiths, joiners, tutors,
scientific men. government clerks, three
bakers, eighteen tsilors, twenty-nine
shoe-makers, and many other trades
men live in it.
The house has thirty-one staircases,
and fronts on three streets and one
square. In one day the postman's de-
livery has amounted to as many as 1000
pieces to this single but titanic house.
To address letter to the house and to
the person it is intended for does not as
sure the sender that the person to whom
it is addressed will ever receive it.
In order to snake assurance doubly
sure" all letters addressed to the "Frei-
haus" must be provided with both the
given name and surname Of the person
for whom intended, the number of the
court, the number of the staircase, and
the number of the apartment; otherwise
it is apt to go astray as though adj
dressed to a city unprovided with direc-
tions as to street and number.
At the present time 2,112 persons live
in this immense building, and pay an
annual rental of over 100, horins.-
Hearth and Hail.