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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-07-21
THE FARMING WORLD.
FARMERS SEED TESTER.

The Appar atus Used By tiss 2. 3. Depart
ment Of AgficuIture-
The accompanying engraving repre-
sents the seed-testing apparatus which
has been in constant use IN the seed di-
vision of the United States department
of agriculture since September. 1885
1t consists of heavy block-tin pan
II inches in length by ~ inches in
width and ~ inches in depth. II IL
painted inside and out Two and one
eighth inches from the bottom Is q
ledge, half an inch in width, soldered
to the sides. 1t is upon these that the
ends of the brass rods rest and support
the v-shaped pockets in which the seed
is placed to determine its vitality. The
pockets reach nearly to the bottom OF
the pan. They are held in position by
No. . brass wires tx inches in length.
They are passed through the hemmed
edges of the! pockets and project half
an inch beyond the ends. To make a
pocket, take two strips Of unblcached
thin muslin, each 10k by ~ inches,
and turn hem on each piece seven-six-
teenth of an inch in width, through
which the supporting wires are to be
passed, and then stitch the two pieces
together " inches from the Undermined
edges. About twenty pockets win be
sufficient for one pan. After slipping
in the wires and lnoistening the pock-
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GAN PLANTS sEEq
Their Actions Would Seem TO Indicate
Power of Vision.

Their Actions Would Seem TO Indicate
Power of Vision.
The candid observer cannot help adj
hitting, II he wishes to be fair in the
least degree, that a great many plants
and creeping vines act as II they had
the faculty7of sight. This may sound
queer to botanists and scientists who
have made the study of plant structure
specially, but to aye Notes for the
Curious Man. whose time-and taste
limit his studies to odd, peculiar things
only, there is nothing homogeneous in
the question used as headline to this
mote" Even the botanist, as web as
the other scientific feller," must ac-
knowledge that they manage to find
food and support this latter remark re-
fers to vines only by aid of some spe-
cial sense, which to the unscientifc
mind is sight and nothing less. find
support of this somewhat novel theory
in several works at hand, most notably
in the writings of Mrs. l.. T. King, who
has resided several years in India, 1.-THE
land of plants and serpents." In de-
scribing very curious instance of a
vine looking out for support, she says:
my husband has preached aremarls-
able theory, one ! cannot remember
having met with before. namely: That
creeping plants can see! He may not
have described their curious faculty as
real sight; at any rate, he says that
they have sense that no other term
but sense of sight will fit. One morn
ing he was sitting on the veranda with
one foot against large pillar, near to
which grows a species OF creeping vine,
a convolvulus Its tendrils were leaning
over into the yeranda, and to Roberts
surprise he presently noticed that they
were evisibly turning toward his leg,
and in a very short time they had actual
ly entwined it. At breakfa st he told me
of his interesting discovery, and we de-
termined to make further experiments.
When we went out to the vcranda
the tendrils had turned back to the rail
ing in disgust. Then we commenced
our experiments. First, we got pole
and leaned it up against the pillar, a
full twelve inches from the nearest
spray of the vine. In few moments
they had begun to curve towards the
pole, acting exactly as You might fancy
very slow snake would, do Soon the
upper tendrils had bent down and the
side ones had curved themselves until
they had touched the pole, and within
few hours they had entirely entwined
it. The supper we had put up was on
the side away from the light, ana, ex-
cepting the faculty of sight we can
think of no Other means by which the
tendrils Gould be aware that the pole
had beep placed there. They had to
turn away from the light to reach it,
and they set themselves>ip motion Wis
IDLY within few seconds after the OBJ
ject was put in sight. st Louis Re-
public.
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BE SIMPLE.


A WOrd oil caution To the La0leS VINO En-
terrain.
The next time you give dinner, give
a good one. Do not feel that because
you can afford it your dinner must con,
sist of complex, mysterious, rich, indi-
gestible dishes. No one wants them.
All men hate them. When man goes
to restaurant he never orders such a
them on his table. Few women care for
them and not one person in fifty can di
gest them with comfort. Although
such dinners are very common in New
York, they are not given because we de-,
sire or respect them, but because we
are a rich and vulgar people without
the ability to realize our vulgarity.
There are many people in this city,
and happily the class is growing, who
have the good taste and the courage T.,
offer simpler dinner to their guests.
Such dinners can be as long and a.
dainty as the most fastidious may de.
sire, and they are infinitely more sat,a.
flying.
Try to bear in mind that dinner
consisting of complex and mysterious
dishes is only development of Amer
lean vulgarity. When woman gives
such dinner you are correct in sup
posing that either her own taste "a
vitiated and false or that she does it Ia
cause she thinks it "the proper thiue :"
In either case 1t indicates the presea y
of more money THAI iatelligense, LIN
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cts, the seeds to be tested, numbering
rs, so or 100 of each sort, are placed
within the muslin trough and the bot
tom of the pan covered to the depth of
half an inch with water slightly
warmed. The lower edges of the pock-
cts coming in contact with water keeps
the seed sufficiently moist by means of
capillary attraction. The pan is then
covered with thick pane Of glass and
set close to window. The date that the
test is begun and closed is carefully
noted, as we'll as the per cent OF the
seeds that have terminated. In this
way the number Of seeds required to
produce good stand can be deter
mined.
For use on the farm for determining
the vitality of corn, grass, clover and
other seeds, any comparatively shallow
pan or an ordinary bread pan will an
swer the purpose. When. using pan
of this kind the ends of the galvanized
Or painted iron wires can rest on the
upper edges of the sides. An ordinary
pane of glass will answer for the cover.
The necessary ventilation will then be
secured and the proper degree Of heat
and moisture retained.
If the pan is supplied with tepid
water occasionally the plants will con.
tinue to grow, and the pockets through
which the roots will have penetrated
before the season for planting has ar
rived can, after the wires are with
drawn, be subdivided with pair OF
scissors and be transplanted with
pieces of cloth, and their growth will
| thereafter be continuous, II the season
and other necessary conditions are at
all favorable. BY this method the pur-
chase of worthless and inferior seeds
can be obviated and the proper amount
of grass and other seeds to SOW to the
acre may be determined definitely, al
though one-quarter or one third the
seed possesses no vitality whatever. A
simple seed-testing apparatus of this
character would in many instances
save the replanting of a field of corn,
when the germ in the seed had been de-
.stroyed by the sudden and Sextreme
changes from mild damp weather to
that of extremely dry and intensely
cold.
The failure to obtain good catch
or "stand" is almost invariably attrib-
uted to the season or other causes than
the real one, which in many cases is
that of injured or worthless seed
Farm and Fireside.
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The two robbers curAsd ana swore-
Bill took the miniature on the peg II
occupied IN the safe and Tut II In his
pocket. Stein shouldn't haze the por-
trait. he said, till he fulfilled his prom
Use about the diamonds.
II am quite ready 70 keep my prom
ise,'' said Mr.. Stein. "Follov me, and
will show you where the dia. nnnds are. "
Holding candle before hum. he led
the way to the cellar. The cellar door
was unlocked and they all entered-
sDon't see any diamonds here, com
planned the chief villain Ont with
them, stein, and look smart about IT,"
The merchant reached his hand out
to the back Of bin and drew forth APP
parently, magnum OF Moet & Cham
dons imperial sec.
..Here you are, gentlemen he said,
unscrcwing the neck Of the false bottle,
and disclosing to their astonished gaze
the packet OF diamonds within. ''Did /
not promisee"
Good business-eh. Bill? Stein, my
boy. you're trump. Are all the other
magnums here champagne, or only dia-
monds?''
| The merchant laughed There are
no more III amonds, he said. You can
see for yourselves. But if you will
bring lip n magnum of champagne with
you, we'll breach 1t to your good
health"
The men agreed, and they took
| glasses ont of the pantry on their way
up.
Haven't you1a friend in the garden
outside?" inq.,ired Mr.. Stein. with a
| laugh all him in: we may as well
all drink together" And he opened the
Moet and began pouring it out.
Bill went 10 the front door, and passed
signal to the accomplish watching
without, who promptly joined the party
and took his glass, AS invited AL
the three wore masks; they were safe
from the chance of recognition. The
magnum of champagne was soon dis
posed of, and Mr.. Stein generously Of
lfered to stand another" The offer
however, was refused.
mo, Stein, my boy, That little game
won't do, We like Your fz, but we like
your diamonds BETTER"
BESIDES, We We got to tie you up,
interposed Bill.
ss'rie me up. What for?"
Just little precaution, Stein, only
bit o. rope round Your wrists, ! and an
other bit round your ankles, and {
handkerchief over your mouth. We're
sorry to Inconvenience you, but bust
ness is business. And they proceeded
accordingly.
Having tied and gagged the unfor
tunate diamond merchant, they bad,
! him good night. and wished him lucl
in future. They were on the point o.
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raised and receiving pan out) by an up
ward sliding door. Here a Stat shelf is
made to receive meats, etc. The space
below the slat shelf and receiving pan
is for jars of butter, etc. The door for
filling the icehouse is above the brick
work. On each side of the ice door are
brackets for holding table-shelf, hinged
to left-hand bracket, and easily turned
up out of the way. In building the up
per part If possible have the icehouse
proper built of brick. cemented; the top
ceiled, painted and cracks puttied. Then
build an outer space around leaving an
air chamber.
The roof goes on, leaving an air cham
Der over the ceiled top. A double wall
of boards filed with sawdust does very
well in place of brick and cement, bat
the air chamber is alwaysneeded. The
receiving pan keeps our great American
frnit, the pie, finer than any place ever
tried, and is SO handy for the hungry
milk boy.-Prairie Farmer.
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AS soon as the skin is removed from
the carcass spread 1t out smoothly on
the ground, hair side down; rub in a
mixture of powdered alum and table
salt This mixture should consist of
one-third alum and two-thirds salt.
After thorough rubbing sprinkle
mixture over the skin to the depth of q
quarter of an inch, then fold the akin
MP carefully and put in cellar or some
toierably dampplace, where it should re-
main for ten or twelve days. CAT the end
Of this time take it out, and while moist
stretch it tightly to an old door or q
table Of boards, being careful to tack it
at every point and corner; now give it
a hard rubbing with corn meal for half
an hour daily for four or five days. If
corn meal cannot be procured use per-
fectly dry sand, but be very careful to
sift it SO that only the finest may be
used on the skim BY this rubbing the
skin is made as soft as wished; the
more it is rubbed the softer II will be-
come. -Colman's Rural World
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Can Be counted on
to cure Catarrh - DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. It's nothing new. For
rs years it has been doing that very
thing. 1t gives prompt and COM
plete relief but you want more
than that. And you get it, with
this Remedy - there's q cure that
is d perfect and permanent. The
worst chronic cases, no matter of
how long standing, yield to its
mild, soothing, cleansing and heal
ing properties. "Cold in the Head .
needs but few applications. Ca
tarrhal Headache, and all the
troubles that come from Catarrh,
are at once relieved and cured.
You can count on something else,
too - $500 in cash.
You can count on it, but it's
more than doubtful whether you
earn it.
The proprietors Of DR.. Sage's
Remedy, in good faith, offer that
amount for an incurable case Of
Catarrh. Don't think that you
have one, though.
They'll pay you, if they can't
cure you. That's certain.
But they can cure you. That's
Just about as certain, too.
Can YOU ask more !?
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departing when they observed that
their victim was greatly distressed
about something.
why, hang it all! X we weren't GO
ing to take off his grandmother, after
ALL Bill, you thief, put it baels!"
bill did SO, and Mr.. STEMS distress
came to an end.
"Good-by, Steinr They waved to him
and went out.
The diamond merchant lay quietly on
the floor of his study and strained his
ears. lie heard the thieves open the
hall door gently and pass out. In an
other moment there was cry and a
scuffie.
Before minute had elapsed the three
thieves were led back into the room,
handcuffed, and in charge Of q strong
body of police.
The miniature Of Mr. STEMS grand
mother had hung on the switch Of an
electric bell. When removed it released
the switch and the alarm was instantly
given in the police station, half a mile
distant. Mr.. Stein had successfully
humored the thieves till the police sur
rounded the house. That was all!-The
ArpOsy
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CROSSING THE FERRIES.


Crossing the dos p-fown ferries,
challenge b-ayer sight
Than the throneA 81 wording people
Homcward fartng At night
Never drum before them,
Never banner above,
but they march 10 soundlcss music
Under the nag Of love
There arc men with grny faces
And coats thns are ont of date,
Women wbosc psflid hps and checks
Te1l the dreary struggle win fate.
But OH tho chttYf erursgc
And me- eyes with light agiov
AZ oser fhe downtown ferries
These te5lers come and co.
They are working for wife and babies,
For mothor bent and gray,
Or q sister bound 10 weary couch.
With only the strength 70 pray
Working for honest wages
To pay for the bread they eat,
Or to bur the chiIdrcn's schoolbooks, s
And shoes for the childrens feet
Crossing the downtown ferries
Daily at set OF the sun.
You may meet the crowds OF toilors
Whose long days work Is done.
You know what a shout Of greeting
They'll hear when they lift the latch
A shout the angels listen for,
And pause In their songs to catch.
Who docs not thrill with pleasure
Is tho brave procession comes,
Needing no rally Of buglcs,
Nor beat OF strenuous drums?
Though lost may press ancar thom
Who never toll nor spin,
Not theirs 10 wear the laurcls
The lowlier laborers win.
-Mnrgaret r.. Sangster, in Hnrpcr's Weekly.
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A Wealthy Thief.

Not half lifetime ago wealthy
New Yorker, who died recently, missed
from his picture gallery two small but
very valuable canvases. He suspected
everybody in the house. 1t was said at
the time that he accused one of his sons,
who was little wild, of having stolen
the pictures in order to raise on them
money which his father had refused him
for his extravagances. However, the
facts remained mystery for some
years. Then an expressman delivered
package at the bankers door. In 1t
were the missing pictures, intact, as
they had been taken from their frames
There was no mark or sign upon them
or the package to denote the source
from which their restoration proceeded.
The owner was as curious now as he
had been furious before. lie set de-
tective on the matter. The pictures
were tracked backward, through the
express Office, to the widow of one of
the owners most intimate and trusted
friends This man, himself million
aire, orazed by cupidity, for he was a
collector of pictures himself, had stolen
them one night after he had dined with
their owner.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; 1t is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable 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 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA RE syrup co.
SAW FRANCISCO. oAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW Y0RK. M
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by local applications, q they cannot roach
the diseased portion Of The ear. Ihsfe -
only one way to cure Deafness, ana tnAs y
caused BIZ an inflAmod condition Of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tuba When
this tube eets inflamed you have rumbling
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It y
entirely closed Deafness IL tho result, and
unless tho Inflammation can be taken ont
and this tube restored to It's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused BY catArrh,
which Is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will givo One Hundred Dollars Tor
any case OF Deafness caused BY casarrnl
That cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, froe.
FL. CHExNEr n Co. Toledo, O.
kE-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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DAIRY MILK HOUSE.
It Has Many Advantages Over Plans Hit
erto Published.

It Has Many Advantages Over Plans Hith-
erto Published.
The model tor ice and milk house is
6x9 feet, giving room for nine cans.
The lines outlining the icehouse proper
and trough for the ice part is 6x4 feet,
trough 3x5; the walls are built up two
feet with brick, the floor and sides are
cemented, the floor draining toward the
trough, which. has an emptying spout
nine inches above the floor, which gives
depth of water when full.
The trough is divided, a top door
raising up, showing receiving pan OF
galvanized iron twelve inches deep,
cost 81. The lines show plank par
tition, height of brick work; solid top
with small grooves in bottom Of plank.
This part is reached latter top door
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49, - -.~-,,cssse,o
49,
A Ide. Of whst This Fsrsisn Instis.'
ti6n II
Few people in the United States have
An idea Of what state" or uniform
mourning means beyond the fact that
on the occasion Of some great national
sorrow, such as the tragic death OF
president, It has been customary to
adopt general means Of demonstrating
the public grief. leaving individuals e
express their regret in the most natu.
raj way, by talking of the event until
the impression wore of. Here, though
It is by express command Of the queen
says London letter to the New York
Clothicr and FurHishSf, command moi
Of course enforced against civilians a.
In the army, navy and civil service by
headquarters regulations, but com
mand which every good Briton is sup
posed to heed just as he lifts his hat
whenever he hears GOD Save the
Queen" played, which in the life OF the
average, son of Albion is close on tc
three or four times week. To the
court, of course, such an order is per
functory.
So 1t happened the other day, while
orders were given right and left foI
proper honoring Of the obsequies Of the
late prince, that after the three great
branches of the public service had beer
properly notified of their duties the
public itself was informed: And 1t Il
furthermore expected that all persons
do put on mourning for the space o,
three weeks" By twelve o'clock on ths
following day the only bits OF bright
color to be seen in all London appeared
to be in the few theater posters remain
ing about town. Two million hat band.
were undoubtedly sold within forty
eight hours Of the notification, for, as
afterward learned, London hat shopl
were stripped absolutely bare of them
and extra forces of hands were every
where put to work cutting and sewing
black cloth to meet the emergency
Every hosier's window in London wa
dismantled for the moment, and ther
refilled with a bewildering array O.
specialties in black and white, the-only
relieving color permitted being hello
trope, which. now, in connection Will
the two former hues, is a recognized
component Of fashionable mourning
and will probably hold its own fol
many day, inasmuch as it renders les
grewsome the always necessarily som
Der trappings Of woe.
The fact has, therefore, been estab
lished that mourning be made quite Al
tasteful in male attire as it has Away,
been in the apparel of the gentler sex
1t has been also put upon record tina
pattern of as elaborate nature asdesiret
is admissible in mourning SO long q
confined to the threeeolers have dwell
upon. Black silk squares worked witt
a running vine pattern of heliotrope in
terspcrsed with small white figures D.
stripings Of black and heliotrope OF
white have played a liberal role in tn,
various orders for court mourning givel
by high personages By far the favorit,
neck dress has, however, been heav,
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FrIendship.

Friendship is one of the greatest Blooms
that life can have. As Bacon says, at
redoubleth joys and cutteth grief in
halves" But where brotherhood Is
united with it it attains a still richer
result; for then 1t has world OF
memories and early associations in com
mon-the mutual love of the same
h0nored parents, the recollections oil
the same beloved home and past scenes
wildly impressed on the minds of both,
in which no other friend, however dear,
can possibly share.-Farm and Fireside.
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August.
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. / could not
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. / had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor I got one of your books.
I procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. / am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
savedmy life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah ] Cox, Defiance, o. .
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wrecked Amid the Breaker..

Many q good ship by bad seamanship
strong constitution and fine physique are
wrecked and become total loss through
neglect Of the premonitiuns Of kidney
trouble easily remediable at the outset with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The impetus
given to inactive kidneys and bladder by
the Bitters, never produces irritation as un-
medicated stimuiants do, and prevents dis
ease Take the Bitters In rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, constipation, malaria, IL grippe
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One popularity in the library of DIR
Edward Everett Hale, the clergyman
and author, is series Of market bas-
kets filed with pamphlets, and sus-
pended from the ceiling in such way
that they can be raised or lowered by
means of pulley and clothes-line.
He is man of notable absence OF mind,
and is reputed to have left prospective
bride and groom waiting at the altar
while he went on q fishing trip