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ABOUT FLAX.

Flax is grown or fiber, and the linen
industry i maintained in twenty-One
nations of Europe, covering a wide
diversity of climates, and every indus
trial condition. 1t is susceptible of
proof that this country contains eli
mates exactly like European climates
where the industry fl urishes. 1t is a
fact that linen was long an exotic in
Ireland, and was emily ~naturalized
there by the most strenuous effort, IN
Guiding liberal government bounty.
Flax culture came to Ireland from eli
mates closely allied to ours, such as
Russia, Germany, France, and Bel
quinn, and flax culture is most success
fully carried on to-day in those eli
mates, whereas it is steadily declineing
in Ireland, in spite of the active efforts
of the linen trade. Only recently Mr..
VIM. Morten, secretary of the Belfast
Flax Supply Association, writing of
the crop in ireland, said: The flax in
dustry is dead " Ireland to-day imports
most Of the flax whichit its manufactures
make into linen, and imports the flax,
as ae have said, from eli mates closely
allied to our own. Yet we are told that
Ireland is a flax country, nd America
nOt.-Dry Goods Economist.
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BROOD sows.

The farmer who raises hogs for
pork only, usually waits until winter
before selecting his brood sOws for the
next year. The breeder makes a prac-
tice of selecting them during the sum
mer, frequently before they arenamed,
and it is to this habit that he owes a
large measure of his success in raising
full, even filters. The advantages are
obvious. When the young sOwS are Sc
lected while still sucking they can be
taken from large, I'VE filters, and
from dams that have the milking
qualities developed, Is well as those
that are good feeders. There are gen
eral purpose sOws as well as general
purpose COWS. There are sOws that will
not suckle a litter of six pigs satlsfac-
tOriIy unless fed enormous quantities
of succulent and sloppy food. There
are other sOwS that will raise a nice,
smooth litter on grass alone. In one the
milking qualities are not developed.
In the other they are. What we want
is a sow that will give a large amount
of milk while sucking a litter, and
when dried up will fatten quickly and
easily. The way to get such a SOW is to
breed her, and the first step is to select
for brood sOws such as come from dams
that have these desirable qualities.
There is great for Improvement
in this direction Western Farm Jour-
HnI
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A Liberal Offer.

DR.. Charles @. Huxley, the eminent and world
famous Catarrh Specialists of the Huxley Dis
pensary, Palmyra, n. Y, will send to all suf-
ferers from Catarrhal Diseases, such as Catarrh,
iprOper) Acute, Chronic and Lucrative, Catar-
rhaI Bronchitis, Asthmatic Catarrh, Catar-
rhal, Dyspepsia, Catarrh of the Eye and Ear,
sending him their address, zone stamp his new
pamphlet publication, (35th edition, 100000
copies now ready entitled: Huxley on Ca
tarrh, its Cause and Effect
This book contains numerous unsolicited testi-
descriptions of the terrible suffering endured as
described by the sufferers themselves. Heart
felt praise, acknowledgements and the choicest
blessings of this life and the life to come are
herein bestowed upon the venerable physician,
and are the genuine Outpourings of grateful
hearts who have been restored to health and an
treatment. The book also contains valuable
information never before published regarding
this, the most terrible disease that af1icts hui
manity at the present day. He will also send to
the same address his New Plan and Special
Offer" to Catarrh sufferers. DR.. HuXley's great
fame as Catarrh specialist, and the triumphant
success he has achieved in restoring to health
so many thousands of his suffering fellows dur
ing the past thirty-tive years, makes his offer a
liberal one; and one that every reader OF this
paper suffering in any form from { atarrh, Hay
Fever, Incipient or lingering Consumption,
should avail themselves of at once, as 1t costs
nothing! His address is, DR.. Charles c. Huxley,
Huxley Medical Dispensary, 10, II and Il Gates
st., Palmyra, n. Y.
44D
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form a transparent patch where the
soap is very thin. But if we continue
to pare we do not cut through the soap
at this point; but, for a time at least,
we merely enlarge the area of the
transparent patch. The thin film Of
soap yields at this point, and the stress
Of the blade falls on thicker and less
yielding edges. Some such mechanical
yielding Of the wax may guide the bee
in her wOrk.-MuTTGy'S Magazine.
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HOW THE BEE MAKEsITsCELLs.

Recent measurements and Observa-
tiOns have tended to disSipate the cell
myth. and to show not only that the
hOneycOmb is far from regular, but
that such regularity as it has is due
merely to mechanical conditions. Mr..
Frank Cheshire tells us in his recent
volume that careful measurements of
the finest species of comb, built with
every advantage for securing rtgU-
larity, show that, so far from every
cell being geOmetrically accurate, it IS
difficult to find a heXagOn presenting
errors of less than three OF -four degrees
in its angles. On the other hand, there
is a growing tendency to accept the
modification of Buttons explanation Of
the origin Of cell structure. Button
attributed the regularity of the cells to
mutual pressure; in illustration where
of he packed q closed vessel with dried
peas and filled up the i~nteTstices with
water. The peas, which were thus
caused to swell, assumed, under the
pressure which resulted, the form Of
more or less accurate geOmetrical
figures. Perhaps a still better illuStra-
ton Of this principle of mutual inter
action IS seen in soap bubbles. If a
little sOapy water be placed in the bot
tom Oh a UulnDl2r ana air be blown into
the water through a tube until the
upper part of the glass is full of bulb
bles the heXagOnal form which these
bubbles assume under mutual pressure
and the trilateral pyramids at their
bases will be readily seen. Not that
these g~eometrical figures are the same
as those which the wax assumes, but
they illustrate the principle. For, at
the temperature Of the hive, the wax,
pared thin by the smooth edged Jaws
OF the workers, has all the Elasticity
OF a fluid membrane. The bee has in
deed to avoid the danger of pairing
away toof far, and thus making a hole
through the wall. But even here she
may be aided by mechanical con
dltlOnS. If we take a thin piece of
soap and pare away one face with the
blade OF pocket-knife, we shall soon
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-14
STARTLING FACTS.

The American people are rapidly becoming a
race of nervous wrecks, and the fOlIOing suggests
the best remedy: AlphonsO Hempfing, of BUtles,
Pa. sWears that when his son was speechless
from st. Eitus dance Dr.. Miles great RestOra-
tive Neryine cured him. Mrs. j. r. Miller of
Valparaiso, and, J. d. Taylor, Of -Logansport,
H 4. Garder, of ViStula, Ind, was cured Of 40
to so conyulsions a day and much headaches,
dlzzlneSs, backacLe and nervous pr0stratiOn by
marvellous cures, free at the drug stores, who
recommends and guarantees this unequal
remedy.
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SALT FOR THE APPLE TREE
BORER.

Icame across quite a large apple tree
literally hOney-cOmbed by the bOrer,
and in order to make a test s. to see
how much salt a tree would stand and
live, l think applied five or SIX quarts
of salt. rubbing 1t over the body OF the
tree clear up to the limbs and piling
it all around the collar of the tree.
l applied so much at that stormy
season Of the year that It had not all
dissolved a month afterwards. Now
for the result. | examined that tree
several times during the season of 1890
and could see 10 signs of a bOrer, and
the tree looked and seemed more
healthy than it did the summer before.
Acting on that, applied salt to every
apple and ounce tree on the premises
during the first days of August last.
To small sized trees | put, | think,
about a quart of salt at the base Of the
tree and in contact with the bark. My
reason was this: The moth or flying IN
sect deposits eggs during June and
July. and if those eggs are Matched by
the first of August, the insect must be
so minute and SO near the outer sur
face of the bark that the salt will des-
troy them. So far as | can yet judge
the experiment is attended with good
results, and if l keep the place, l de
sign to follow up the experiment an
other year, when, if it still looks as
favorable S now, I shall be perfectly
convinced that the apple borer can be
exterminated by the application Of salt.
Mr.. BOy7ttOn, az PIdct1cdt FG1n1er.
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Pomona Hill Nurseries

Fruit Trees, Vines, Evergreens,
Shade Trees, Green House Plants, etc.
Over One Million Trees and Vines, old
and new varieties.
Send for catalogue Nd. 1 of Fruit
Trees, Vines, etc, and catalogue No. 2
of Young Roses and Green House
Plants.
J. VAN LINDLEY.
$50 Pomona, n. @.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
First Confederate Ordinance.

The first legislative move toward a southern confederacy was the conven- tion that met at Columbia, s. C., De- cember F, 1860, and lon account of epidemic) adjourned to Charleston, s. C., where, December 20, 1860, the fol lowing ordinance was passed: ''We, the people of the state of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in conven- tion on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, where by the constitution of the United States was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the general assembly of this state ratifying amendments of the said constitution are hereby repealed, and that the union now subsisting betweer South Carolina and other states, under the name of the United States of Amer ica, is hereby dissolved"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
PROFIT IN CANARlES.
A Means by Which Women Can Make
 Money.

A Means by Which Women Can Make
 Money.
 In many parts of Germany, particu- larly in the Harz mountains, women make hundreds of dollars year solely on canaries. They give up two or three rooms in the house to them, and in one room sometimes have as many as two hundred cages, each containing pair of birds busily engaged in raising fami- lies. The care of birds requires good deal of time, but if properly tended, and so kept he althy, they will raise two or three families every summer, and sometimes ten to fifteen young birds are the result of one seasons matching from a single pair. As long as women keep canaries as pets the demand will continue, for the birds are delicate and short-lived; but pair of healthy birds always commands a good price and the outlay of capital is small, and for an indoor employment few kinds of busi- ness render more profit on the size of the investment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
CHAPTER TX.

As the men had been up all night l recommended the carpenter to go to them and tell them that the watches would not be altered, and that the watch whose spell it was below should turn in.
 Some, it appeared, asked that rum should be served out to them, but the carpenter answered that none should be given them until breakfast time, and if they got talking too much about the drink he'd run a brad-awl into the casks and let the contents drain out; for if the men fell to drink ing the ship was sure to get into mess, in which case they might be boarded by the crew of another vessel and car ried to England, where nothing less than hanging or transportation awaited them.
 This substantial advice from the lips of the man who had been foremost in planning the mutiny produced good effect, and the fellows who had asked for spirits were at once clamorously assailed by their mates; so that, in their temper, had the carpenter proposed to fling the rum casks overheard, most | of the hands would have consented and | the thing been done.
 All this was told by the boatswain. l took the opportunity of being alone with him to ask him some questions | about the mutiny. I found him to be a thoroughly honest man. He said he only consented to join in the mutiny when he saw it was useless to oppose the men and took the course to save his ! own life. I questioned him as to the intention of the carpenter referred to by the man named "Bill," but he knew nothing as to its nature. He was sure, however, that he could ascertain | what it was, as a secret could not be kept by so many men.
 At this point our conversation was interrupted by the carpenter coming aft to ask me to keep watch while he
 and the boatswain turned in. He said he was 'dead beat" and would be oi no service until he rested.
 Left alone, seriously considered my
 situation. My principal anxiety was
 to foresee how the men would act when
 had brought them to the place they
 wished to arr:e at Would they give
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
Alarm

" S% ~~% ~ ~~A ~~
 LOCATION OF BOXES.
 ECorner Willow and West Main streets.
 6-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro. 14-East Main street and Wolcott road. 15-Corner Cherry and East Main. 21-Horse car railroad stables (private.) 23-Iron bridge, West Main.
 24-Waterbury Brass Co lprivate:) 25-Corney Johnson and Waterville 26-Corner Prospect and Grove. 27-Junctien North Main, Grove anu
 North Elm.
 8-Waterbury Manufacturing Go (private 32-Corner Washington and South Main. 34-Waterbury Buckle Go (private.) 35-Benedict & Burnham Go (private.) Waterbury Watch Go (private.) 3S-Corner of Grand and South Main. 42-Corner of Union and Franklin. 43-Scovill Manufacturing Go (private.) 45-Corner Clay and Mill.
 46-No Hose house, Baldwin street. 47-Corner Dublin and Doolittle alley. 312-Corner Meadow and Bank. 314-Corner Meadow and Cedar. 321-Plume & Atwood Go (private.) 323-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (private.) 324-No4 Hose house, Brooklyn. 13-Randolph & Cloves. SIGNALS.
 One stroke 12 M. One stroke calls the superintendent%o %ot fire alarm telegraph to the City hall. Two single strokes, fire out or fire under control, used as recall. Ten strokes (quick) will indicate a gen. eral alarm. Fifteen strokes (quick) and repeat calls out the militia. INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS. Be particular and remain at the box and direct the fremen to the fire.
 Do not pull the hook if the 6rebe1 or small bell in the box is striking, as that indicates an alarm has already been given. | Be particular to remain at the box until the arrival of an officer of the fire depart ment, who will release the key, or, if cir cumstances will not permit remaining, then the proper officer will return the key to the holder as soon as convenient. l Always give the alarm from the box nearest to the fire
 Be sure and close the door before leav- | ing the box.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
The Power of Lodestones.

A magnet carried by Newton in a lingering is said to have been capable of raising 74e grains, or about 25o times its own weight of 8 grains, and to have been much admired in consequence. A magnet, formerly belonging to Sir John Leslie, and now in the physical collec- tion at Edinburg, has still greater pow CT, however, weighing 311 grains and being able to support 1,5eo grains
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
OUR ADVERTISERS.

Clothing, Furnishings, EWo> Waterbury Oae Price Go, D. Hawley, Cooperative Tailoring Go, J. B. Mullings, M. Kaiser & Co. Boston Clothing Go. Benjamin Sedgwick. John Semrow.
 Dry Goods, Millinery, Et~. B. T. Turner, Miller & Peck, I. Chase, Reid & Hughes, Conlon Bros.
 Boots, shoes, Rubber Gooas. E. J. Finn, Damon & shippy. W. L. Douglas, G. R. Dodge,
 Furniture, Euo. Waterbury Furniture Go, J. M. Burrall, Elkins & Wake,
 Groceries. Feed. EtO. John B. Vallee, w. N. Ladd, Comeau, Blanchette & %.
 Teas, Cofrees,:EoS. Great A. & P. Tea Co, Union Tea Go, J.F. Phelan,
 Butter, Eggs, Cheese. Boston Butter House,
 Drugs and Medicines. Brooklyn Drug store, James E. Rowe, J. P. Nugent, West End Drug store, Peoples Drug store, c. K. Kilbride & Go, B. Bossidy.
 Tobacco and Cigars. Paul Asheim,
 Dentistry. Dr Ryder, New York Dental Parlors.
 Watches and JewelHY. Lake Strobel & Go, H. G. Chatfeld,
 Hardware, Etc. D. B. Wilson, F. B. Field, P. J. Bolan, Kelly, the Baker. Trott, Lawton & Go. Brennan, the Baker.
 Penmanship. P. E. Holly,
 Laundries. E. R. Davis & Go,
 Wall Paper, Painting. L. E. Haase, Valentine Bros, Pianos, Musical Merchandise. Driggs & Smith Go, Shoninger 6 Go. HEM. Kelly,
 Insurance, Etc. F. A. Granniss, T. J. Moran. New and Second Hand House. M. Ehrlich,
 Railroads: ", N. H. & H. N. Y. 6 N. E. M. w. & 0. R.
 Restaurants. Kingsley & Burke,
 Anusements. Jean Jacques, s.iBohl,
 Undertaking. John Moriarty, J. M. Burrall & Co, w. F. York. Mrs w. F. Dillon. James Mulville.
 Physicians and surseoAS.~ Dr c. w. S. Frost, Dr Gill,
 Real Estate. D. H. TierneY, T. J. Moran. Sample Roo1Ae. James E. Watts, T. H. Hayes, James W. Hodson, Harvey Brothers, w. H. Casey. "The Windsor" J. c. S1ahah. Collins & Magner. w. l.. Fruin.. Coal and Wood. Miller & Strickland G Go, City Lumber and Coal Go, M. Kennedy, A. Dallas, W. J. Snow, Brewers. Hellmann &..Kipp, | Paper. R. E. Hitchcock & Go, Carpets and Upholsterlng. Elkins 6 Wake, E. w. Unholtz, l.. .Schulke, l ProprietarysMed1c Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound \ Noyelty.Store. | I. H. Kamak, Shorthand..andITyp MissIH. L. Mattoop,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01

TOR sALE-Placards of "To Rent
 "Furnished Room To Rent" "FoI Sale," and many other designs, loo each. At the DEMOCRAT oface.d
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
PENMANSHIP.
 Prof. HOIleV

Teaches every pupil to write fine rapid business hand in a course of 16 private lessons and NO FAILURES.
 All kin of pen work executed in the hi ;hest degree of the art 167 Bank St,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-01
THE EVENING DEMOCRAT

Is for sale every day at the followin places: Martin Bergin, South Main street. W. F. Dillon, East Main street. E. W. Ensign, North Main street. G. N. Els, Bank street.
 Baumgartner Bros., Bank street. Partree's Drug Store, Bank street. Winchell's News Room, Bank street. Mrs. Casey, Bank street.
 P. J. Bossidy, Bank street.
 James E. Roe, Baldwin street. Peoples Drug Store, Baldwin stresA. Thomas Costello, Bank St.
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Premiums.
Descriptive circular will be sent free.

Over $4,000 in Cash Prize
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Best of Republican Newspaper
The Tribune for 1892.
Roswell G Horr on the Tariff.

The Republican party, triumphant in
1891, wherever national issues were at
stake, renews, aggressively and bravely,
the fight for 1892. The New York Trib-
une, the ablest, most reliable, and best
Republican papers, leads the way.
During 1892, Roswell G. Horr, Of
Michigan, the witty orator, will continue
in The Tribune his remarkable articles on
the Tariff, Reciprocity, Coinage, and the
Currency. These topics are all under
standable; the Republican policy with
regard to all of them is right, patriotic
and impregnable; but dust has been
thrown Ia the peoples eyes, and the air
has been filled with fog, by lying and
tricky Tariff Reformers. The Tribune
prints from one to five exceedingly enter
tanning articles every week explaining
these questions.
Mr.. Horn begins at the beginning of
every subject, and makes it so clear that
everyone can understand and no one can
answer him. Ask any neighbor what he
thinks of Mr.. Horr's writings. lie will
tell you that they are genial, clear, enter
tanning and perfectly unanswerable. A
specially is made of answering all ques-
lions, asked in good faith, on the Tariff,
Reciprocity, Coinage, the Currency, and
the projects of the Farmers Alliance.
The Tribune is the best national Repub-
lican paper to supplement your local
paper during 1892.
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Notice for Publication.
Homestead $685.
LAND OFFICE AT SANTA FE, N. NJ. |
Dacamhar 7 1891 {

LAND OFFICE AT SANTA FE, N. M.
December Z, 1917
Notice is hereby given that the follow.
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the register and receiver at
Santa Fe, N. NJ, on January 16, 1891,
viz: Jose Leon Madrid for the II. Q. ~,
sec. 7, t. p. IA n, Toe
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of, said land, viz:
Jesus Lobato, Feliciano Lobato, San
tiago Madrid, Jose Rafael Analla. all of
Lamy, N. M.
ANY person who desires to protest
against the allowance of such proof, or
who knows of any substantial reason, I'M
der the law and The regulations of the
interior department, why such proof
should not be allowed, will be given an
opportunity at the above mentioned time
and place to cross examine the witness OF
said claimant, and to offer evidence in
rsbuttal OF that submitted by claimant.
A. L. MsRRIssN, Register
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Left His Address.

Street & Smiths Good News: Bank
Teller-WelI, sir.
Tramp lat the window: Saay, | picked
up part of paper called The Banker
Buge to-day. Saw queer thing in it.
TIL paper is reliable, eh?
Teller--perfectly. It's financial news
may always be relied on.
Tramp--Jiminy Pm glad O. that. Say
that paper says money is so easy that the
bank will soon be seeking borrowers and
l merely wish to remark that when the
hunt begins you will find me on seat No.
236, Washinton square.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-24
A Herald of the Infant Year.

Clip the last thirty years or more from the
century, and the segment will repr sent the
term of the unbounded popularity of Hostel
ters stomach Bitters. The opening OF the eal
1892 will be signalizad by the appearance of 6
fresh Almanac OF the Bitte's, in which the uses
derivation and action OF this world famous
medicine will be lucidly set forth. Everybody
shoul read 1t. The calendar and asst economical
calculations to be found i'll this brochur are
always a'tonshingly accurate and the statistics,
illustrations, humOr aud other reading matter
rich in interest and full of profit The Hostel
ter company of Pttsburg, Pa, publish it them
selye'. They employ more than sixty hands In
the mechanical work, and more than eleven
mouths III the year are consumed in its prepare
ton. 1t can be obtained without cost of all
druggists and country dealers, and is printed in
E glish, German, French, Welsh, Norwegian,
Swedish, Holland, Bohemian and Spanish.
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Ths Daily New Mexican
READABLE PARAGRAPHS.
A Lucid Description.

Wife--It was nice party you say,
John. am sorry couldn't go, but am
really glad that you enjoyed yourself
How was Mrs. Gadabout dressed?
Husband-Well, she had on one OF
those dresses made of what-do.you-call-it
stuff, of kind OF mixed shade and
trimmed with what ,his-names. don't
remember now whether it was cut low or
not, or whether it had sleeves, but l
know it was one or the other. Her hair
was done up in the style like you see in
pictures-you know what | mean. do
not know whether she had any orna.
ments or not, but guess she had. That
Is about all, l think, that l noticed about
her, but you can tell from that how she
looked
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-24
Vital Topics OF the Day.

Many special contributions will be
printed from men and women of distin-
guished reputation. Among the topics
are: "Silver Coinage, the latest views"
proper Function OF the Minority in Legis-
lation," to include one paper each from
Democrat and Republican, prominent
in public life; "Harmful Tendencies of
Trusts" "Arid Lands of the United
States; )" "Milllonares of the United
States )" Gree Postal Delivery in Rural
Communities )" "Better Pay for Fourth
Glass Postmasters )" Importance of the
Nicaragua Canal;', "Vilage Improve
ment;" "Our German Fellow Citizen in
America" and many others.