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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18
Golden Gross Notes.

visit to National Commandery tomorrow even
ing.
At the regular meeting of Columbia Comman-
dery on Tuesday evening last applications for
membership were received from Miss Virginia
r.. White and Edwin j. Hopkins and the de-
grees were conferred on William J. Hoffman,
Mrs. Pauline Floyd, and Mrs. Emma A.
Brown. The newly-elected officers were in
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18
Independent Order of Rechabites
IF. e. DeYoe, II. @. r.

#. 70. De1oe, II. 2. K.)
Union Tent No. 81 (Junior) initiated Master 6
Roy Caller, Everett Pennifeld, John Bieber, AL
bert Tennyson, and Henry Gottenkieng We'd
nesday.
Chief Ruler w. w. Cordell has appointed the
following committees: Committee on Organic
ford, and T. L. Salkeld; Committee on Organ
izing Ladies' Tent-E. A. Atchison, f. A.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18
The Works of Washington Artists

The executive committee of the newly organ
lied Artists Association have concluded to
hold their first exhibit in Woodward &
Lothrop's gallery from February l6 to March 4
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18

throughout the jurisdiction. The five meetings
Of this week will make things very lively and
interesting in Capitular circles.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18
Change in Leaving Time of Trains
on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

On and after January 10 the New York ex-
press, now leaving Washington at 11:40 A. M,
senger train row leaving at 1905 P. M. win
leave at 1850 A. NJ.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18
NEWS OF THE LODGES.
ITEMS THAT WILL INTEREST MEM
BERs OF THE EFRATERNITIES.

Masonic Presentation-Co1umbi Com
mandery Drill Corps Entertained
Golden Cross, Rechabite, and I. o. M.
Notes.
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SEEN AND HEARD or LATE

ALErrER carrier ut Wheeling, w. Va,
successfully delivered q letter to q man
with the name of George Schwiferwitx.
ernontherheim.
A DETERMINED fisherman of Grver-
vile, Ga, catches alligators with hook
mot IN ordinary hook. however.
but an iron affair attached to q strong
pole.
A CONNECTICUT hunter shot up into .
tree at what he thought to be an empty
crows nest, and was very much sur
prised when q twenty-five pound coon
came crashing through the branches.
A WEST PoINr cadet in full uniform
and vassar college girl wearing the
regulation square college cap arc two
noticeable people on the Asbury park
promenade and seem to enjoy the curl
oaiV they excite.
JOHN PrTTs, cripple, his wife, and
their seven-weeks'-old baby are living
in q dry-goods box in an open field near
Worcester, Mass. There is brick fire.
place outside the box, where the woman
does the cooking.
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WASTE ON THE FARM.


A Prolific Source Of Debt and Mortgages
Discussed.
We would like to indulge in little
plain talk with farmers upon the above
subject. Riding through the country
on the cars or IN carriage, every
thoughtful. observing man must be i'm
pressed by the fact that considerable
proportion of the land in sight is rum
ming to waste, producing much less
than its capacity. We will see large
tracts of wet land, swamps or swales,
producing but little else than coarse,
wild weeds neither palatable nor
nutritious. The land is making little or
no return for the capital invested in it
or the taxes paid upon it. 1t is but a
drag, a dead weight upon the remain
der of the farm, and its loss must be
made mp from the profits of the land
under good cultivation.
Then the observing will see that pas
ture fields are not yielding as much
feed as they ought to, because the seed
ing is thin, run out, as the saying is, or
perhaps killed out in spots by water or
freezing. How many old pasture
fields on average farms are yielding
anything like q good burden of tame
grass Whatever it may fall short OF
its maximum capacity under good man
agement, is lost, waste. No farmer can
afford such waste No manufacturer
or merchant could remain solvent a
year who permitted such waste.
Then We rec that meadows ore often
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OF hay to the acre, but the average
of the field would be so reduced by the
thin and bare spots that the hay wouId
not pay legal interest on the invest
ment.
Put, observe the grain fields; those
fields upon which labor has been ex-
pended in cultivation. How seldom
you see an even growth all over the
field. There may be portions where the
luxuriance of the grain is truly gratify-
ing, impressing us with the munifcent
liberality of nature. but how often on
other portions the stand of grain is thin
and the growth short and weak. The
fertility over the field Is not uniform,
and water has settled in low spots and
killed out the plants or checked their
development Proper underdrains in
such places would convey off the water
and prevent the loss of plants
But there is another great waste,
everywhere apparent even upon the
best cultivated farms, namely, the
waste from the growth of noxious
weeds. These rob the useful plants of
necessary water and food, crowd them
out of their places, overshadow,
smother, suppress them. They are en-
phatically robbers, and should be out
lawed, ostracized, suppressed, extermi-
mated, annihilated. Why, the waste
upon the farm caused by robber weeds
is enough to account for all this depres-
sion in agriculture of which we hear SO
much. Why, it is enough to account
for all this increase of farm mortgages
of which we read SO mush and which
artful politicians are SO ready to at
tribute to the measures of their adj
versaries. No other business in the
country could endure such a waste; it
would bankrupt all engaged in it.
names of some of the most aggressive,
most impudent of these robbers. There
is quack, thistles of several species,
notably Canada, dock of species, plan
tain of two kinds--narrow-leayed the
worse daisy of species, Ox-eyed the
worst at present, charlock or wild
mustard, wild carrot and numerous
others. Is it surprising that after all
these robbers have had their chances at
the plantrfood and moisture, the plants
from which the farmer expects to reap
his profit should fare SO poorly?
Now. will farmers consider this prob
lem: Could You by proper cultivation
bring up the yield of every square rod
and square foot of your fields to that
of the best square rod or square
foot, how much larger would be
the acreage yield of your crops?
After you have given that problem
sufficient consideration. take this: If
you should bring up the yield of the
best square rod of every field to its
highest possible capacity and the yield
of every other rod equally, how would
your yields of crops then compare with
your present yields?
The truth is, and may as well be acs
knowledged, the farmers of this coun-
try possess too much land. They are
everywhere applying the fertilizers, the
cultivation, the working capital required
for the cultivation of one acre to two,
three, four acres. They are wasting
their capital and their energies on too
much land. In the new era of agricul-
| ture, soon to dawn. our farmers, taught
by sad experience, are going to concen.
trate their efforts.-Southern Farm
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HERE AND THERE.

by sowing salt freely on the walk
ways of the flower garden it will great
ly assist in preventing grass and weeds
from appearing.
Men that know say that an ex-
perienced orchardist buys but few va
rieties of trees and vines, but that the
novice buys everything of which he ever
heard.
There is as much as eighteen hum
dred pounds of water in ton of tur-
nips. but water taken in that shape
seems to be capable of assisting diges-
ton more than the same amount of wa
ter drank from the trough.
1t is question if the pasture is al
ways benefited by the close cropping
given it by q too numerous flock of
sheep. The grass roots are left bare
and exposed to fully to the heat of the
midsummer sun.
"A farmer should first find out
whether or not his COW is capable of
producing a profit before beginning to
feed her on scientific principles. There
are thousands of cows that could not
produce a cents worth of profit on the
best feed on earth.
The cost of keeping COW has been
shown to be about ten cents per day,
or $50 per year. Any variation from
this is probably Offset by the difference
in value of profits. If COW will not
pay this per year she is worse than no
COW.
- oo,r1oxo \s.~t;l;.o
wolves waste in all cases where the
soil already contains an abundance of
one or two of the chief elements Of
plant food, and requires only the sup
Elementary addition of the missing one
or two elements.-T. Greiner.
lin Florida, where crickets often
seriously damage choice plants just set
out, the plan has been adopted of cut
ting of the top and bottom of three
pound fruit cans and placing the re-
sulting cylinder over the very small
rose bushes. cuttings and other small
choice plants liable to attack.
1T is better to pass all food through
desired, than to attempt to make ma
nure by adding all kinds of materials
to the manure heap. Bulk indicates
nothing. A ton of concentrated ma
nure is easier handled, and entails less
labor in every way, than to build mp a
pile of materials that will require much
hauling and handling, and which will
possess but little value.
Poultry does best in small focks
and in new places The henhouse
ought never to be the large, immense
affair capable of accommodating sew
eral hundred hens. If disease or YER
min get in such . house it is almost
| impossible to entirely eradicate either.
The large building may afford cheaper
accommodation for each individual
fowl, but in the end will not prove
so profitable as = number Of smaller
houses that can be moved from place to
place and secure perfect isolation for
! flocl<s during u least tie summer sea-
con-
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10
German
Syrup

For children a medi-
a Cough cine should be abso-
.ra crc,,r lutely reliable. A
~ mother must be able to
Medicine. pin her faith to it as to
her Bible. It must
contain nothing violent, uncertain,
or dangerous. It must be standard
in material aud manufacture. It
must be plain and simple to admin
ister; easy and pleasant to take.
The child must like it. It must be
prompt in action, giving immedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
time. 1t must not only relieve quick
but bring them around quick, as
children chafe and fret and spoil
their constitutions under long con-
finement. It must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
of medicine in q child is not desira-
bic. It must not interfere with the
chi1d's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
well as young folks, and make Bo-
schee's German Syrup the favorite
family medicine. o
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs Is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to tho taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers aud cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs i the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt In
its action and truly beneficial in ita
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and akreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 300
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gista Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand win pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to Try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SXRUP CO.
ear HASoisoo. cAi.
ioNokIlE. N. new v0hx. ~.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

A FUR buyer of Lewiston says that on
an average fve hundred bears are killed
yearly in Maine.
business of propagating sewer rats. He
sells their skins to kid" glove manu-
lecturers.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10
SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.

A Wedding and n Funeral ut the Same
Moment In the tame Block.
aust little sunshine, just little rain,
just o little happiness and just iittl, pain.
A young man was humming it softly
ms he turned into Sixth avenue from
one of the side streets above Twenty
third. A glance down the street he had
Just left was all that was necessary to
show what. had brought the words of
that pathetic little song into his mind.
Before the door of one of the houses
on the block stood little white hearse,
and in its train were several carriages
drawn up close to the sidewalk in q
silent, somber line. A bit of white rib
bon on the door bell fiuttered in the
breeze, blowing ont now and again in q
straight line like an index finger, and
thus pointing in the direction of gay
ly-colored awning that was stretched
across the sidewalk in front of another
house further up the block on the oppo-
site side of the way. A carriage stood
before the awning-covered stoop, and
every impatient movement of the horses
set the silver chains on their harness
into merry jingle. Other carriages
rumbled about to the accompaniment
of swapping whips waiting their turn
at the end of the awning, which turns
came when the leading coach with q
brides pretty face at the window rolled
away followed by shower of rice and
peals of merry laughter.
Almost at the same moment two men
were carrying from the steps of the
house opposite a little white caslket,
literally strewn with flowers This
they put into the hearse in waiting, and
sorrowing young mother, who walked
behind, hid her face in the folds of her
heavy veil with deeper sob as she
caught sight of the gay awning up the
street Then the black line of carriages
moved slowly away, while the sunlight
smiled and threw glistening kisses over
the little white hearse just as it had
danced and sparkled upon the polished
top Of the bridal coach moment be
forc.--N. Y. Advertiser.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

Il Il to feel that you are recovering vitality
and flesh, improving In appetite and the
ability to sleep. These are the invariable
results Of using Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters,
most reliable Of fnvigorants. So also are .
departure Of indigestion, the disappearance
OF malarious symptoms and those which
mark tbs presence OF bilious, rheumatic and
kidney complaints.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

s'THERB never was a remedy made with
more care than Dr. John Bulls Sarsaparilla-
Each one of the several herbs and roots
used is closely examined, and all foreign
substances excluded, before their various
largely advertised, but people who use IL
will talk about itand praise IL, and It adyer-
uses itself. 1t will cure you of blood dis
sase Try itwhen these largely advertised
watery compounds fail
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

TuB fellow who lives on his wits must
frequently put up with poor ''wittleA ~
Binghamton Republican.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

MALB f]irts are to be dealt with At water
Ing places this summer. Let no jilty man
escape.-N. o. Picayune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

MUST not be confounded with common cath
artic or purgative pills. Cartcr's Little Liv.
en- Pills are entirely unlike them in every re
spect. One triaiwill prove their superiority
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

TEAcuER-"Johnny, does a hen lie IN
eggP Johnny-"No, ma'am; the grocery
man lies; tho hen lays. One is fresh and
the other isn't'-W ashington Star
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

ToREeULArE the stomach. liver and bowels,
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

REVOLUTION gives a chance for changes
When streets are turned upside down the
mud gets on top IN. o. Picayune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

II is strange, but II II while . woman 1
still young that she Is most truly In her de
clining years.-N. Y. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

IT Is very rare man who can tell the dif.
ference between woman who wants to be
friendly with him and woman who wants
TO f1irt with him.-Atchison Globe.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

IT II all very well TO offer your sympathy
to man who has followed your advice and
failed, but II is hard sometimes to get him
to accept ik-9omeryille Journal
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

IL the small boy who runs away to 20
swimming doesn't make clean breast OF it
whilc he's IN the water he won't when he
gets out-Buffalo Express.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

TnE diplomat who said that tale bearers
could not occupy high places never saw .
monkey 60 for acocoanut tree. Elmira Ga
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

MISS PRIM never goes into the water -
ANo; she Is too modest to surrender herself
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

A wELLrRoUNDED sentcuce-roundr rugged
rocks ragged rascals ran riotously Mai
and Express.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

II positively hurtful to use ointment for
skin diseases Use Gienn's Sulphur Soap
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

An alligator is an animal which leads q
lazy, indolent life, has nothing to do but eat
and sleep, yet cannot be said to have . soft
.sgnap.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

FoRGIvE and forget is all very well, but
IL your enemy forgets, il docs not matter
very much whether hc fnrgives or not
6omerville Journal
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

GIRLS should bear In mind that hauling
young men over the Goals does not tcnd "a
make them pop-Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

TEE farmers wife who trades COOS
feathers pays down for what she gets.- 3
mira Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

A NATTER of ''no'' consequence-refusa
Of IN offer Of marriage
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

No Opimm in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail Csc.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

IT IL the unloaded guns that always 60 Of
ct unexpected moments and wreck things
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

Jusr rolls over the grass-the Iawa
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

TAKEs am The degrees-the temperature.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-10-10

Nor periodical--the powder magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23
History Of a Well Known Song.

How many of the myriads who in
hildhood have sung "There is q happy
and, far, far, away" knew anything
f the writer? His name is Andrew
.Ioung, and he is now eighty years of
ge, still mentally and physically vigor-
us, and retaining in all its early fresh
less his sympathy with children. The
ymn was composed in 1888. The
une to which it is married is an old
indian air, which blended with the
ausic in the woods in the primeval
crest long before Sunday schools were
bought of. The hymn vas composed
or the melody. Its bright and strong
unmarked phrases struck Mr.. Young's
nusical ear the first time he heard it
usually played in the drawing-room.
lie asked for it again and again. 1t
launted him. Being accustomed to
elieye the clamor of his thoughts and
ceilings in rhyme, words naturally fol-
owed, and SO the hymn was naturally
reated. 1t got into print. It had
leen translated into nineteen different
languages. And yet the author has
never received, and, indeed, has never
,een offered. a penny in remuneration.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

FARM AND GARDEN koyea.
Close All unused dated:
pa,,., go ~. .h.n ..t
es
BE sure yos dry tne yea corn. Do
II now.
There Is q wealth Of feeding mate.
rial IN an acre Of fodder grown on good
land with reasonable care.
Milk should BE- strained INN .diately
sttcr being drawn, and II intended 10,
butter making, not be distributed until
creamed.
The function Of milk giving il ma.
ternity, aud the mother the world over
needs shelter, warmth, comfort aad kind
treatment.
Cows sho.,d have an ,hund.nc. =,
suitable food and nurc r,s,cr .nd al,
kept wbere they can have re.dy scces,
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

BshdnAlng 10 coming Into smaro
practices Ia The West. Wheever - -
dehorncd castle rouGned ia . email ysrd
and eating IKE shesp out Of ON tsrk.
or gathered together ID groups Tor nu.
tnal protectioo from aies or coil. capuo,
but admit that dehornipg b succsusui.
There 10 no pushing the weaker enes 70
the outside nor sashing them With shssp
horns. The fact that . Gov does nct
shrink sny 10 her milk and goss riehs "a
eating as soon % let Ioosc, sesms prstty
good evidsncssthat II b not such / psir.
full or cruel practice - msuy imagine.
The largest horns can be cut Cd 10 thin
seconds with . sharp saw aud many Of
them 70 ave secouds. Another method
is TO prevent the growth Of the ksfpe,
Take young calves when they ere one q
three weeks old, wet the horn . With
water and with q stick OF caustic potush
rub tho spots ustil the hair begins "a
loosen aud como on Of the horn spots.
The peculiar action ofthe potash stoia ali
growth Of tho horn Aud 10 not a very
painful operation. Protect the 6neers
by wrapping the stick In paper.
The practice Of dehorning cattle ~
believe to be beneficial a well q. hu.
name to the cattle. When the horus are
taken "a, cattle lose all desire to drht
aud drive each other around. They will
10 better Ia droves and can be confined
with far greater safety In small yards and
sheds. aud will eat and herd togethes
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

A Leipsic has scientist demonstrated
" facts and figures, which most people
lave always believed, that colds are
ftener caught by those who wrap them
elves up and avoid the severity OF the
Weather than by those who dare TO
rave the elements.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

Professor Mendcleff has succeeded In
iistilling petroleum from mineral sub
stances which cannot be distinguished
rom the natural product. This Ievives
,aith IN the belief that petroleum 10 Of
mineral origin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

Gus De SMITH SEQ by the papers
that the Gar has been enjoying the
pleasure Of the chase In the Jabonski
forest, near Warsaw.
Gnhooly-What I, ok did he havee
Gus De Smith-Splendid. He came
back alive.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

George-Msude. do you love me for
myself aloneY
Maude-Of course l do; brit how
many Of you are there, anyhow
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

The smallest tree that grows in Great
Britain may be seen on the very top OF
Ben Lomond. IL is the DART willow,
which, at maturity, reaches a height
VI only two inches.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

aWhat are you always following me
iround for?" demanded the earth Inn
patiently of the moon.
"Ob, l get a few quarters and halves
~ doing so" replied the moon nonchal-
unity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

7. c. Kennelley of Lebanon, South
Dakota, sold his eight-legged calf to q
hicago museum for $1,000. The
nonst osity is the proud owner Of two
reads, two tails and eight legs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

The Doge Is the chief magistrate Of
Venice and corresponds to our Mayor.
The Doge's palace, therefore, may be
called . Mayors nest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

"Do you know how to cookf" he
asked.
.:No.n slie replied, sweetly, 'sbut pa
has money enough to hire . woman to
do the cooking for u.s."
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

..You bore me-" said the stick Of tim.
Der, YEARLY.
swell, I'm nearly through" an
swered the anger.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

Poet Tin newspaper ofice)-Have you
an efficient staff?
Editor > Perhaps not; but / havea very
effective club.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

Maud wonder why they call 1t the
angry scar
Webb-perhaps because 90 many peo-
pie persist In crossing 1t.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

"You must not cry, Tommy; bal
players never cry"
swell. they can bawl. can't theyf'
walled Tommy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

"Tlme Is money" but unlike none!
1t is wasted when least used.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

"Tbis is a regular skin game" re.
marked the banana peel to the sprawl,
ing pedestrian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

The fact that srevity Is the soul Of
wit may explain why some OF our
brightest people N 30 unremittingly
short
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

Man finds genuine diamonds In ma
ture. The false mi he makes him
self.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-10-23

ROBERTS fell Of a thirty-foot ladder
and wasn't hurt q bit"
ssNot hurt? Idon't believe 1t"
"Yes, it's 20. He fell of the bottom
round.