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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16

Nobody but gump neglects cough.
Take some Hale's Honey of Horehound
and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16

An organ will be built by John Brown
of this city for the directors of the Will
mington Fair Association. It will be
will be given daily.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16

NEW York. July l0.-Frenchy, the Now
York Jack the Ripper" was sentenced to
life imprisonment to-day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16

PARIS, July l0.--A hamlet near Bang
dOysans, IS miles from Grenoble, was des-
troyed by fire last night and so families
were rendered homeless.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16

Company n Murray Street, New York City.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

Men do not pay sufficient attention to
their hair, afiirms the New York Barber.
They dress well, buy nobby foot and
head gear, but often ignore the proper
cut Of their hair. In nine cases out Of
ten look at a mans head when he re-
moves his hat and You can readily dis
tinguish his quality. A gentleman
never shayes his head close unless the
condition of his hair requires it. Let
the hair grow TO q proper length, ordi-
narily from one and half to two and a
half inches. The length should con-
form to the skull and serve to conceal
defects Of contour and glaring de-
ficieneies A big man with thick.
fleshy neck usually takes delight in
shaving his head with q convict-like
closeness until he bears a resemblance
to prize fighter. He should let his
hair grow long in the back without
reaching down over his neck; that is, II
should be Topped of gradually at the
bottom. Grover Cleveland wears his
that way, whereas if it we're cut close
it would look abominable. A still
greater aid in such cases is to part the
hair slightly in the back. A person
with the slim neck is not SO easily adj
vised II be has q big bump At the
base Of the skull he should wear hair
cut IS short as possible without becoming
vulgar. A low forehead sn0uid have
the hair pushed upward Persons with
narrow temples should comb the hair
on each side forward instead Of brush
ing i hack, IS i generally the case.
Instruct the barber 10 cut that which
grows closest 70 the temple extremely
close, and By overlapping Abe thicker
portions IN front and cutting them Of
precisely where the forehead ends. the
eaect Is Of vide temples merely Gov
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06


How nranhood'a Duties afe I'm
pressed Upon Toftes 1ralte ~
anders.
Among The western ISLANDERS ut Tore.
Stfaito. bows. as soon "a the approach Of
maturity Is indicated by che appearances
OF hair On thcir faces, are taken by their
fathers TO sacred spot aud there in
structed In the duties aud dignity OF
manhood. A number OF procopts which
are taught during this probation have
been collected AMI are published BY
Prof. Alfred Q. haddon. Among them
arc these:
'You no steal. T"
III you SEQ food belong another man,
you no take Il, or you dead.
''lou no take thing belong another
man without leave; II you see a hsh.
spear aud take Il, s'pose you break Il
and you no got spear, how you pay
man,
"S'pose you see a dugong hsrpoon Ia
canoe and take 1t, he no savyy, then
you lose il or break Il, how YOU pay
himl You no got dugong harpoou.f
"You no play with boy anu girl now
you man now, aud no boy"
"You no play with small play canoe,
or with toy'spear; that all finish now"
"You no like girl first, ii you do, tho
girl laugh at you and call you awomau.
CHAT Is, the young man must not pro-
pose marriage TO girl, but must wall
Tor her TO ask iirst)
"You no marry the sister Of your mate,
or 10y and by you will be ashamed mates
all same ms brothers. (But mates
may marry two sisters.)
"You no marry your cousin she az
same as sister"
III any one asks for food, or water, o.
anything, you give something II YOU
have little, give little, If you have
plenty give half
Look after your mother and father;
never mind II you and your wife 80 with
OUT
Don't speak bad word to mother"
"Give half Of all your fish to youi
parents; don't be mean
Father and mother all along same as
food; when they die you fcelhungry ana
empty
"Mind your unclcs. too, and cousins;
III woman walk along, you no fol-,
low; by and by man look, he call you
bad name"
III canoe Is going to another place,
YOU 20 ID canoe; no stop behind to steal
woman
III your brother Is going out TO fight,
YOU help him; don'tlet him 20 first, but
20 together. - Popular Science month";
10
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06
somethiuc About Dreams.

It seems that sleep soon after meals
does not cause worse dreams than the
simple and very prevalent habit of seek
ing to court the sleepy god with arms
against the headboard. The worry
which may be caused by the habit Of
lying with the arms resting above the
head, according to this experimenter,
could not be induced by an after-dinner
nap after freely partaking Of sauerkraut
and pickles. Mr.. Lewis seeks to ex-
plode the old theory that somnabulism
is caused by weighty trouble on the
mind Of the sleeper, and he combats the
idea that any great proportion Of dreams
are the of trouble, woIfy,
many dreams we dream" are but the re-
suits of waves Of thought across the
brain, be thus aptly illustrates from an
experiment: While one watched the
sleeper and the other the clock, the
third loudly slammed the door about
ten feet away. The effect was almost
instantaneous; the man sprung up at
the sound, looked around in alarm. and
then exclaimed: Thank God that it was
only dreamp" 1t seems that he had
dreamed Of being on crowded street
in front Of building which the people
about him pronounced unsafe, but that
he still fingered near the topping
wreck. Then he tried to elbow his way
through the crowd to q place OF safety.
But the people ieered and laughed and
held him fast He begged, coaxed,
threatened, and entreatcd, still they
held him, till the building fell and the
shock broke the spell. He must have
dreamed the entire dream in q second,
yet it seemed to him that he was in dan
ger as long as half an hour before the
final awakening scene was enacted. To
put the thought-hash theory beyond
dispute, many experiments were in
dulged in. Sometimes a weight was let
drop, q chair struck. or the blinds
slammed. In every instance the sleeper
had dreamed Of some startling adyen-
fura
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06
A Preserved Pig.

A curious old story tells Of house
which stood under tho cliffs near Dover,
England. During terrible storm a por.
tion Of the rock fell, wreckIng the
house. In the ruins wcr0 buried the
father, mother, five children and one
other child, the son Of a neighbor. Tho
father only was rescued alive; the others
were smOthercd.
At the back OF the house stood the
pig-sty. inhabited at the time Of tie ac-
cident by one very large aud fat hog.
The animal was neglected, and no one
took the trouble to attempt TO release
him. Six months after some workmen
passing the spot heard faint noise. At
first they were frightened, but, as the
sound was several times repeated, they
they began to dig to discover the cause.
Far down among the timbers and
rocks they excavated the pig, mere
skeleton, with pale eyes and long shaggy
hair What had preserved its life 90
long was a mystery, but live il did, and
for several years aftcrward. The own1t
exhibited the animal throughout Eng
land, and made a good sum OF money
out Of his long-buried pig. II Harper'1
Young People.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

Japsn'a FaVorite Medic o. rsansportatiou
Quite q Recent Invocation


A two-wheeled vehicle called the jim.
rikisha. now seen on every road and IN
every village Of Japan, says a writer in
STibner'S MagariRe, Is q new inyen'
tion. not yet quite q quarter Of CEN
fury old. No one positively knows who
introduced It, but il struck such root
that in Toxic alone there arc at present
between 1000 and 10, 600 OF these two
wheeled chairs, and they have spread to
China and Malay. employing Numbers
OF the working population, and adding
an immense convenience 10 public life.
Jinrsksha signifies -man-power vehicle, :
and II you have two men to pull you the
phrase for that is ~ni-nim biki,' the
letters being li.tle altered by what
Japanese grammar calls "Nigori." The
Toxic citizens call their little cab
kuruma, which means "A wheel. and
the cody who pulls il is termed a
kurumaya. lie must bring to his busi-
ness lungs OF leather and sinews Of
steel; nor does one cease to wonder at
the daily endurance OF these men. In
hot and cold weather alike, streaming
perspiration or pelted with snow and
sleet, they trundle you along, appar-
emily incapable Of fatigue ;always cheer
full, always, in nv experience, honest
and easily satisfied; sufficiently re-
warded for running q league with O.
sum equivalent to three Of your dimes.
The natives, who make bargains with
them before starting. 60 immense dis
tances for incredibly small fares, and
constantly ride two together in the same
conveyance. / have seen q kurumaya
cheerfully wheeling along father and
mother with three children. to say
nothing Of the flower-pots, bird-cages,
and lunches Of daikon--the great and
dreadful radish Of the country carried
in the family laps.
At the end Of long run cup Of
pale tea. a Whit at the little brass pipe,
and, perhaps, a slice of bread dipped
in treacle, start them of again, fresh
and lively, for another stiff stretch.
The men who took us TO Mike from
Utsunomiya ran the entire twenty-hye|
miles in four hours with ease, thoughl
much of it was uphill. and would have
returned, had we desired it. the same
day. A iinrikisha man ia good case and
fairly paid is not at all afraid OF forty
or fifty miles day after day; nor is i'll
true that their work makes them
specially short-lived, so far as my in-
quiries have gone. / am persuaded
that very advantageous use could be
made Of this kind OF transport in a CAM
paigu. A kuruma can 60 wherever
there is path, and to draw munitions,
provisions, stores, or to convey the sick
and wounded, acorpse Of jinrikisha men
would be invaluable to an army.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06
rAnM ANp oARpEN Norns.

Fowls need a good shade during tho
summer.
The demand for good poultry is on
the increase.
Use gravel on AL the walks and lxear
out of the mud.
Poultry must have plenty Of green
food if they thrive well.
Guineas like stale bread moistened
with sweet skim milk and curd.
Geese should be picked regularly three
or four times during the summer.
Small hens may be active layers, but
deliver us from small eggs by the dozen.
The value Of poultry manure, like all
other animal manure, depends on the
feed.
The sooner you begin war on weeds
and insects, the easier it is to overcome
them.
Ducks are enormous eaters. They not
only cat all day, but often feed by moon
light.
Old pastures give the greatest variety,
and are best where they can be main
tanned.
Don't get the hens too fat, and, on
the other hand, do not starve them in
summer.
Inteilectualize farm labor and the boys
and girls will like it. Routinism is re-
pulsive.
Be sure to apply the bags to your
grapes as soon as they are as big as SPUR
rel shot.
Aim at good quality rather than a
large crop. Then you are surer of a
good price.
A hen with brood of turkeys should
be housed every night until they are
month old.
Whey aud bran Is an excellent mess
for hogs in summer as an adjunct to the
clover ration
Cows in milk need plenty Of sweet
water, as they put eighty-seVen per cent.
into their milk.
Sulphur in the poultry food Is good
remedy for lice because it tends 70 make
the skin moist and oily.
Fleas do not hatch out on the animals
but in filth. Keep the quarters clean
and the feas viii become scarce.
Stir the. soil about young trees. It
should not bake nor should weeds and
-
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06


II the farm is at all tillabIe, writes ,
thoughtful agriculturist, / should divide
the sixteen acres into four sections Of
four acres each; but il IS not necessary Il
fence it, except the four acres where the
house and barn stand. THIS plat / should
divide up in the following way Two
acres for house, small lawn, kitchen gar.
den, barnyard, etc. This Is rather large,
| think, and less would do il the house
and barn are in the right position; but
call it two acres. Then one acre for
acknowledgements, raspberries, currants,
and strawberries. One acre for poultry;
this acre should be set TO pear, ounce
and peach trees, and plum can be added
II thought best; this affords good shade
for the fowls; / find that the trees do
much better where the poultry run than
those where they do not. On this acre
/ would have four poultry houses, with
yards for runs Of one-fourth acre each,
and should keep twenty five in each yard
One yard Of either buff, white or par
fridge Cochins for sitters, one yard OF
Plymouth rocks or Wyandottes and two
Of Leghorns- the Cochins for sitters. the
Plymouth rocks for early broilers and the
Leghorns for eggs.
The remaining twelve acres I should
use as followssi Four acres for clover,
four acres for soiling crops and the re-
naming four acres for corn and potatoes.
On so small place wheat and oats do
not pay. The twelve acres should be 70.
tated with clover, roots, millet. fodder
corn and anything that viii do for feed.
On the place four cows land they must
be good ones, not necessarily of long
pedigrees, but for individual merit) can
be kept for the first two or three years;
after that more can be added. The ma
nure from the four cows, one horse and
100 hens will 60 far toward enriching
the land. Apply the hen manure, well
saved, to the hill, as the best results are
obtained in this way; utilize every corner
with something that will either sell,
make fodder for the cows or food for the
hens, and my word for it the young man
with sixteen acres will have profitable
business enough at home; with 'shis little
farm we'll filed and his little wife well
willed, F" he win be as contented as those
who roam their hundred acres over.
One thing ! will mention, and that is
this. Put in a patch of early potatoes.
/ found that .,earlY every season half an
acre or more Of early potatoes are as pro-
fitable as any patch Of ground on the
place. Study the wants of your nearest
village and town, and supply the people
with the choicest and earliest of fruits
and vegetables. - Ohio Farmer.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

Taverner, Of the Boston Post, makes
a suggestion which may be commended.
with some grains Of allowance, to all
contributors 70 The Companion Il
doubt" he says. If Shakespeare him
self would have furnished good copy If
he had attempted to put down bis plays
with q pencil and pad, and he con-
Times:
The late Philip Welch, who flooded
all the comic papers and some Of the
serious ones, with the most original. the
most concise and pointed paragraphs,
wrote each one-they were always
short-in the middle OF a sheet Of good,
thick note paper.
Thus be secured two advantages.
Having q sheet OF paper for each joke,
be was under no temptation to lengthen
biz witticism 10 suit the page; and the
nature Of his material, such as one
would use for an invitation TO an even.
ing patty. naturally led him to be con.
ciee and finished-io have q beautiful
bon not IN the middle Of . beautiful
expanse Of white
/ vii only add that 7 make these OBJ
servafions chiefly for The benefit Of ny
friend PenlopeT, whose comparative
failure as 3 humorisf I attribute 10 his
use Of cheap yellow paper, and az Ill
sharpened pencil.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

article, and copied after an illumina-
ton in Latin manuscript Of the thir-
teenth century, was constructed TO
throw barrel Of the combustiblo COM
pound. The beam was drawn back by
means Of a rope wound round the cap
stan. It's elasticity, after being brought
into a state OF great tension. was then
suddenly released, when the end Of the
beam, carrying the barrel Of combus.
tibles previously set on tiro, was thrown
violently forward and the barrel hurled
from the sling, all in flames, into tho
works of the enemy. A battering en-
gine is represented standing by the
side Of the sling.
In naval warfare species OF vessel
was used covered with roof sufficient
to protect the navigators from spears
and arrows, and provided with q point
ed prov TO act as ram, and projecting
beams bearing barrels charged with
materials for producing Greek fire.
The fire was also used by fort soldiers
in armor or by men on horseback or in
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06
care Of Milk and Cream.


In milk and cream exposed to the air,
bacteria readily collect and multiply rap
idly. They cause the souring and curd-
ling Of milk and induce other changes
in ". while their effect on cream Is 70
aid is "ripcningn Dairymen let their
cream ripen before churning, because
their experience shows that from such
cream butter .'coincs more readily,
keeps better, and Is Of better flavor than
from sweet cream. In a recent paper on
this subject, DR.. Ii. w Conn states TINT
milk will become contaminated with
bacteria II put into vessels in which paf-
ticlcs OF curd aud grease arc left stick
ing Iii joints and on the sides. Boiling
III water win kill the bacteria, but their
spores or seeds can not be killed without
4. higher heat. Hence, ID prevent the
souring Of milk, cans and pans should
be set on stove or In the oven few
minutes after washing. As cold checks
the development Of bacteria, the milk
should be cooled Immediately after II is
drawn from the COW, aud kept as cool as
possible. Cream for butter, on the con-
trary, should be kept in warm place,
so as to favor the growth Of bacteria.
Dairymcn sometimes add q little old
cream to fresh lot as leaycn. Acid
Is also added for the same purpose, but
this is OF doubtful use. Fl Popular Science
Monthly.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

chariots in war. The torch borne by
the foot soldier, or by the horsemnn,
was used often for the purpose Of set
ting fire to the wooden works Of the
enemy, or to heaps OF combustibles
previously piled up before q gate or
other point assaulted There are no.
counts, also, Of large bodies Of men
being thus armed 10 operate against q
hostile force in array upon the open
field. But this method Of warfare
could not be employed with advantage
except when there was a strong wind
blowing from the position Of the assail
ant toward that Of the assailod. In this
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06
FEEDrNe HORSES.

A great many farm horses are injured,
and some Of them are utterly spoiled, by
improper feeding. In many cases the
material used is not especially adapted to
the needs of the animals, while in others
it is actually injurious. Many cases Of
the "heaves" are caused by feeding musty
hay, and even more serious ailments may
be traced to the use of damaged grain.
There are also many cases of disease re-
sulting from the improper use of good
materials. While few farmers feed too
little hay, there are many who give their
horses altogether too large quantity.
They fill the managers or racks and when
the animals have disposed Of what they
received new supply is given. In this
way, when the horses are in the barn
most of the time they are, as far as
quantity is concerned, greatly overfed.
When these horses are required for work
and really need food more than when
they arc comparatively idle they receive
a much smaller quantity. The safe way
to do in the matter is to feed the horse
regularly, giving him an abundant
Quantity, not ovcrfeeding him. When
work is required, grain should be added
to the hay in proportion to the work re-
ouired. Even when the horse is idle,
small quantities of grain fed with his hay
will be better for him and viii be more
profitable for the owner than the use Of
hay alone. But, even if the grain is
omitted, regular feeding with proper
limitations as to quantity Of hay supplied
viii be a great deal better than the con-
slant stuffing to which SO many farm
horses are subjected.-Colmala's Rural
World.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

Bulletin No. 80, from the kentucky
Station. gives a continuation of expert
ments begun two years ago with fertili-
zers on corn with the results that in
those plots where potash was one Of the
ingredients Of the fertilizer used, there
was a marked increased yield in both
corn and fodder. Where a fertilizer
was used without potash, there was
scarcelr any increase over those contain
inc no fertilizer. The greatest increased
Weld was made BY a combination Of pot
ash and nitrogen. There was a profit in
the use Of fertilizers in every instance
when potash was one Of the ingredients.
There was loss when potash was not
one Of the Ingredients. So far potash
fertilizers have shown their effect the
third season after their application
The soil Of The Kentucky Experiment
Station Farm IS what is termed blue
orass soa. and = derived from the lower
silurian limestone, rich IN phosphoric
acid. and 50 far as known. 10 stable ma
uurs OF other fertilizers were applied be-
fore the farm was purchased By the
rtufioa. ne sane results therefore,
might not be found IN other geological
formations IN he Stats.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06

case the advancing line would be pre-.
ceded by cloud Of smoke consisting Of
the most poisonous and suffocating
yapors, before which no human being
could stand. The lances used in these
cases were formed with an iron recep-
tacIe for the fire at the end. This re-
ceptacle terminated in points at the
extremity, which formed a very eff
cient weapon after the fire was ex-
hausted or even perhaps while II con-
tinued to burn. In the case Of the
horseman the shank Of the lance was
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-06
a SUBSTITUTE YoR HAY.

A crop which will grow in dry
season is what farmers want to help out
a light hay crop. sA6hgarian grass,
German or golden milEet will grow well
in quite dry soil and yield good crop.
Do not expect, though, to get something
for nothing, for while millet will grow
in dry season, it viii not do well on a
poor soil. 1t requires a light, dry,
warm soil, but must have plenty of fer
tility. If the land is not in good heart
give it good dressing of stable manure
or commercial fertilizer. BIillet will do
on either sod or plowcd land, and may
be sowed quite late. Sod should be
plowed now and well cultivated and har-
rowed. From the middle to the last Of
June sow bushel of the seed to the acre,
or little less if drilled in. Do not
cover too deeply. In six or seven weeks
1t will be fit to cut. II the seed is sowed
too thinly the stalks will be large and
coarse and stock will not relish it so
well. When the heads begin to appear
pretty thickly over the field it is time
to cut it. If left to get ripe the seeds are
said to cause kidney trouble with horses,
and it gets tough and wiry. Millet may
be cut and handled the same as hay.
When cut it parts with its moisture
slowly and does not make hay rapidly.
On good soil millet grows from two to
four feet tall and will yield from three
to six tons Of fodder per acre. Millet
is worth about as much as clover hay to
feed, but is fat-forming and should be
fed with linseed or cottonseed meal to
make good ration. --Nclo England
Homestead.