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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03
SELECT STRINGS.

The Crusaders stormed% Jerusalem with
the aid Of wooden towers.
Over seventeen thousand styles of silk
goods are known to dealers.
Every available foot of the field OF
Waterloo is now under cultivation,
mostly devoted to wheat, oats and
rye.
-. General R. E. Lees signature is worth
$40 IN the autograph market; General
McClellan's, 50, and General Sherman's,
SO.
He VINO thinks he can do anything.
and never have it known, must fancy
that the all seeing Eye has winked itself
out.
Tcnder-heartc1 residents Of Helens.
burgh, Scotland, mercifully killed a cen
tenarian last month"; donkey said to be
102 years old.
A Birmingham (England) steel worker
committed suicide in a simple way. He
put his head under a trip hammer and
had it smashed.
The ~Episcopalians have eighty-ive o.
the 375 Sunday-schools in New York
City, and the Pr%esbyterians come second
with seventy-two.
Never forget that the esteem of a
single friend who truly kuoys aud loves
you should outweigh toe applause Of u1-
discerning crowds.
More than $40, 900 has beensuoscribe
for the memorial of Adam Smith, the
political economist, to be Sc. up in his
native town of Kirkcaldy.
Four brothers who are priests in Gin.
%cinnati, Ohio, lately assisted a younger
brother who had just been ordained, 10
celebrating his first mass.
William Felhage, of Hartford, Conn.
attempted to open q bottle of ginger ale
when the cork few out and entirely de
stroyed the sight of his right eye.
A ten-pound cannon ball was recently
dug up at Lakeside, Ind. 1t has beer
identified as a relic of the times whel
Mad Anthony Wayne was in command
thereabouts.
IVY iouO SAoutSS SatA " OeAE III
signatures of John Adams and Marti
Van Buren,, were recently found in a 10
of waste paper at the paper mill i
Palmyra, Mich.
A year ago Planter Wolf, of Knox
Vile. Ark, had an arm pulled off Will
showing o colored man how to operat
cotton gin. The other week he was i,
structing another %colorel man and los
his other arm.
The sea water originally put in tn
great aquariums at the Crystal Palace
Sydenha;n, England, in 1854, is still
used there, having been used over an
over since that time, a record withou
parallel in the history of similar institu
tons.
Whisks or wis1s, q word originall
applied to q light dust brush made O
feathers Or very light twigs, is of yer
ancient date, bein, derived from tn
Anglo-Ssxon wisch, q word used t
designate a similar contrivance.
feather whisk made Of a dried roos
wing was called in those DAYS a tieda
Wisch.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03
.IOu Want n Cook Book"

Send ten cents in stamps to +. o. Mccormick,
g: PA I. Agt. G., II. & ID. r. R., Cincinnati.
have issuai a Special edition Of the Martha
Washington Cook Book, $40 pages and fully H.
lustrated. This Cook Book is in use on the
dining-cars on the CT .. between Cincin-
unequalled for Their perfect cooking. TIL Book
will be sent prepaid to any address on receipt
Of the ten cents in stamps. The c., IL. Il D.. In
t>nnection with the Monon, is the I" Worlds
Fair Route - to Chicago.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND THE WORD?

These is a 3 inch display adyerti sement in
this paper, this week. which 6hs no two wOrdG
alike except one word. The same is true or
each new one appearing each week. from The
DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a
"Crescent' on everything they make and pub
fish. Look for it, send them the name of The
word and they will return you BOOK, BEAUTI-
FUL L~l-HOGRAPHS Or SAMPLES FREE.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

04A4E OhIo. CITY OF 1OLIDO, m
Lucas COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he q the
senior partner Of the firm OF F J. Cheney s
Co.. doing business in the City o. Toledo,
County and State aforesaid. and that said firm
will pay the sum OF $lL for each and every
case OF cafarrh that cannot te cured py the
use of Halls Catarrk Cure.
FRANZ J. CHENEY
Sworn TO before me and subscribed n my
presence, this 9th day OF December. A. D. SD
49, A w. GLEASON.
t-- Notdrn Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally and
acts directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
CT the system Send for testimonials, free.
FL CHENEY IL Co, Toledo, q.
t Sold by Druggists, &c. .
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

The moose in Penobscot County,
Maine, are getting SO accustomed to the
Canadian Pacifc's trains that they gaze
calmly at the locomotive and are not dis
turbed in the least by whistles or Kissing
stoc,, iatc-
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

Boise City, Idaho, will use the boiling
water from a~rtesian wells near the city
to heat its houses.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

Water cress contains much sulphur
aud is one of the best remedies for
scurvy known. 1t should be eaten raw
with salt.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

Complexion cleared with Small Bile Beans.
One of the most beautiful sights on
earth is a happy child.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

BEECHAM's PILLS enjoy the largest sale OF
any proprieta' me icine in the world
Made only in -. Helens, England.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

False worship will kin the soul as
quick as no worship.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

The only heavy burdens are those we
try to carry ourselves.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

The pine tree IS said to attain an age oil
from 500 to 700 years.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

4 man is called a confirmed liar when
nothing that he says is confirmed.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03
Have You q

DR.. r.. Schifmann, st. Paul, Mimi, will mali
a trial package Of Schiffmann's Asthma Cure
rre to any sufferer. Gives instant relief in
worst case, and cures where others fail.
Name this paper and send address.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

II You want a positive cure for Bilious A
tacks and colds use Bile Beans Small.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03

VIII do good Ii in almost every case of sickness
-Smul Bile Beans.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-12-03
German
Syrup"

Ny acquaintance with Boschee's
German Syrupwas made about four
teen years ago. I contracted 4 cold
which resulted in a hoarscness and
cough which disabled ne from fill
ing my pulpit for a number Of Sab
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief I saw the
advertisement of your remedy and
obtained 4 bottle. Ireceivcd quick
and permanent help. never hest
tate to tell my experience. Rev. ".
II. IIaggerty, Martinsville, NJ. G
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

an object lesson and tell you it is
@easy enough"
1t does seem tobe easy enough, but
IL you are not a boy you can try till
the crack OF doom and never once
succeed. You may throw it with all
your might, and away 1T will go,
Keeling and scurrying of into some
snug, inaccessible corner and bid you
pursue it. The hoy who spins a top
well has a curious little trick of
wedging the end OF his tongue be-
tween his teeth and holding his head
bit on the side while he winds the
top. But this really has nothing to
do with the success of spinning top,
because you may hold the end Of your
tongue between your teeth till you
bite it off and it will not help you at
all.
The top business is booming just at
present. The most popular top Is a
small one painted green and suggests
the color of the glass and the leaves
which will soon appear. This top
only costs a penny and the string also
costs penny. The string should
have wooden button on one end of
It to facilitate matters. This little
green top has a wooden knob on the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
SURE SIGNS OF SPRING.
FACTS ABOUT TOPS KNOWN
TO BOYS.
Toptime Is ms Welcome 10 the Youngsters
as tho Flowers That Bloom In thc spring
Peculiar Traits of Popular Toys.
Tops and Tops.


Tops are signs OF springtime. In
every home where there is boy there
are from one to a dozen tops. Some
have pegs and some have not, and
some are badly battered and Others
in the collection show signs Of new
ness. There Is Il reason for every
symptom observable in tops, and a
boy can explain everything.
All boys can spin tops. No one
knows where or when or how they
learned, or who taught them, but
they know how just the same. There
Is popular impression to the effect
that a boy is horn knowing about it,.
He knows how To spin IA top the same
as girl knows how to put her doll
baby to sleep, or the same as Il boy
knows how to whistle. No one says
anything about it, or thinks anything
about it, when 10, one day he winds a
top up and throws it, and it spins.
He doesn't even know how it hap
pened, and il you are ambitious and
inquire into it yourself, he will smile
a quiet smile while he winds 1t up,
and then he will throw it Us sort OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

top of 1t. This knob, as an adjunct
to the spinning powers OF a top Is n
mooted question. Some boys take
the knob out and FIJI the hole with
lead. They claim it makes 1t spin
better. The next boy you meet Will
deny this assertion and spin the
top as well with the knob on as the
other boy did with the lead filling.
Another very popular top Is the
whip top. This one spins by being
vigorously, persistently and skillfully
dashed with whip so full of lashes
that IL looks like cat o. nine tails.
The whip top is wholly unlike the
usual string top. Its upper surface
is fat and the peg is very bluni- In
some shops a stick and small leather
string attached Is presented to each
customer who purchases penny top,
but az usual thing the whip Is home
made. Whip tops make great inroads
upon the household linen by the de-
maud they create for lashes.
A particularly fascinating top Is
the Chinese top. 1t spins with q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
Keep the sow by Herself

For week or TWO before farrowlng
a SOW should be kept by herself, else
others will root her around when she
Is so heavy, and it may result in some
injury to herself or her pigs. Give
her a clean, dry and warm pen, where
the pigs will not get chilled through,
or frozen if they come in the night,
or while no one Is near. For bed
nothing is equal to cut straw, hay or
stalks. Leaves are also excellent, but
uncut straw or stalks should be
avoided, as the young pigs are quite
liable to become entangled In 1t and
not to find the dam. The sow must
be kept quiet, with nothing to annoy
her, especially while she is farrowing.
When she has come through all right
give her two or three quarts OF warm
milk or water, in which is a little
feed. Avoid giving cold water or
feed, and do not expose her in any
way to the cold air. If the pigs are
found chilled, they may often be re-
vived by putting them in a tub OF
water as warm us person can bear
his hand in it. See that they all have
enough to eat, and keep the sow aud
pigs by themselves so that they may
be fed extra. 1t will not pay to let
either get thin and poor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

A great deal OF trouble Is expert
enced with cows when calying be-
cause OF sheer carclessness. This Is a
process OF nature. and there should
be no trouble; but II we antagonize
nature in other directions, we Grip
pie her all around. Many cow has
no special attention paid to her,
either while she Is carrying her calf.
or at calving time. She Is permitted
to get along the best way she can; and
not unfrequently the system is In
such weakened condition that TO
expect her to calve with safety is
foolish. But she should not be killed
with kindness. She should not be
fattened, for instance. She should
simply be keep in good condition, and
every ones judgment will suggest
what that is. Milk secretion should
not be greatly encouraged before calv-
ing. The animals food should consist
principally OF the bone and muscle
forming varieties. And after calving
great care should be taken that she
does not get cold, and her food for q
few days should be Of nOn-stimulat-
ing character. The system for time
needs opportunity to recuperate, and
until it has had a chance to do that
no additional strain should be put
upon it; for a time the machinery
should be run at low speed. Farm
ing World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

other. As one wheel spins horizon
tally from pivot in which it rests
the other wheel spins in perpen.
dicular position.
The Huntington sings solo as it
spins, and the music is as mysterious
as the sound of the ocean which ev-
cry boy and girl has heard in sea
shell. But the hole in the side OF
the top, which is sometimes OF tin
and sometimes OF wood, has all to dc
with the music.
A top which is often used for in.
door games is heXagon in shape. Any
boy will tell you that every opposite
pair of figures sums up 30 make seven.
Thus, If you observe 8 on one side OF
the top, you may know its opposite
number is 2.
The careful, thrifty boy has a pet
top which he cherishes from one yeaI
to the next. This top is well trained
1t will walk a tight rope or ii will
spin on his hand, and, under any and
all circumstances, it may be relied
on for good behavior, and always re-
feet credit upon the skill of the
owner.
The top is standard toy. 1t is a:
necessary to a boys happiness as 9
knife, and the tulips and crocuses are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

In this is cut the seat over the center
of the larger compartment. The up
per cover is hinged to the lower one,
and may be raised independently. 1t
is made the side Of the larger COM
partment only, both covers having a
little overhang to facilitate lifting
them. The material in and work on
such "a box will cost anywhere from 81
to SO, according to the amount of
finish put on it by the carpenter. The
receiving vessel is galvanized iron
coal-hod, as large as will stand in the
larger compartment with the covers
down. The smaller compartment is
filled with dryearth, ashes, peat-dust,
or whatever else is used as deodorizer,
and little hand-shoyel or scoop is
laid in. The closet is then ready for
use, which should he preceded by
throwing into the coal4hod. as much
of the dry material as is needed To
cover its bottom an inch deep"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

For women. children, ana inyalids,
IL Is important during Indictment
weather. that some form OF closet
convenience be possessed within the
house. 1t is possible to have closet
within doors, for use OF invalids, wo-
men, and children, which with ordi-
nary care will be inoffensive and
harmless. 1t is suggested by Mr.. j.
@. Bayles and described by him In the
Chicago Sanitary News. as follows:
sThe body Is a plain pine box Its
sides are not over foufteep inches
high; its depth is eighteen inches
measuring from front to back, and
its length about thirty inches. 1t Is
divided into two compartments, one
lSxl8 inches, and the other 1Sxl2
inches. The larger of these compart-
ments has no bottom; the smaller has
tight bottom. On top are two COW
ers. The lower cover, hinged to the
upper edge of the back extends all
the way across both compartments.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
STATUE OF JOHN PLANKINToN.

Soon to BE Placed I'm the Rotunda of the
Plankinton House.
The Plankinton House at Milwau-
kec Is soon to receive valuable
memorial in the way OF bronze
statue of the late John Plankinton.
The figure is to be placed in the ro-
tunda of the hotel, where it will
stand as a true likeness of Mr.. Plank
inton to greet the guests of the
house.
The statue was ordered by the fam
lily OF Mr.. Plankinton and has been
executed with truthfulness and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
HOE. PITCHFORK.

oLD-TIME Pillow. HOE. PITCHFoRK.
sawed entire from the end of an enor-
nous log. The stone drags were per-
fectlv fiat on the bottom, not turned
up in front, as at present. In gen.
eral, it may be said that nearly all
tools OF those carly days were rude
and unwieldly, but labor was cheap
anG the soil fertile. Will the ''im-
proved" implements with which we
now conduct the business of hus-
bandry appear as clumsy and incon-
venient to our grandchildren as these
old relics do to us? 1t is hardly rea-
sonable to suppose that our inventors
have yet attained perfection In agri-
cultural appliances, and that the pro-
gressive spirit of the future will be
less productive OF inventive genius.
Cotton will not be handpicked much
longer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Spraying wake. MONEY.

During the past few years myapples
have been so wormy that l resolved to
do something to prevent it and so last
spring looked around for suitable
force pump that l might try spraying.
/ found one and just after the bloom
had fallen prepared a solution Of
london purple Of one pound to 100
gallons of water. | mixed only one
fourth Of this at time, as my cask
would not hold mole. The purple
was mixed with little water as a
paste and then added to the water,
stirring well before using. sawed
off two old cider barrels, little
shorter than the pump, and made a
lid to fit tight with crate hasp on
on each side to keep it in place.
put a little burlap on the slaves I'M
der the lid and then bored holes in
the lid for the pump and placed the
barrels on IA low truck / had and then
was ready for business. With man
to drive the team and man at each
barrel with pump sprayed seventy
five good trees in about an hour. AS
Il result the trees sprayed yielded q
fair crop OF good, sound apples, al
though last season was an exception
ally poor one for fruit. Trees in an
other orchard with only road dIvid-
ing them were left unsprayed and the
fruit on them was nearly worthless.
From this result feel much en-
couraged. This year is my apple
year. l have 400 trees and shall give
spraying a better trial, leaving about
one in ten not sprayed to see the re-
suit. / think trees should be sprayed
just after the bloom leaves the trees
and again In about ten days or before
the fruit is large enough to bend
down, as the moth lays the egg in the
bloom and it soon matches and be-
gins to eat its way into the apple, re-
naming there a time and then eating
its way out. ] wish Others would
give their experience to add to this. /
also think good cultivation with
plenty of potash helps greatly in ap.
pie culture. G. Rushman, in
Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY.
Chsmioa, 3 orn Rulers.

Caustic potash for checking horn
growth on calves seems to be fully as
effectual as any Of the fluids put up
for that purpose, and is cheaper and
more readily applied. The potash
may be obtained at any drug store; IT
comes in sticks about the size of a
lead pencil. and five cents worth will
suffice for fifteen or twenty calves.
The work, to be the most effectual
and satisfactory, should be done az
soon as the little buttons can be
definitely located on the calf's head,
say, from three days to two weeks
of age. Clip the hair away from the
embryo horn with pair OF scissors,
then with the tip of the finger moist.
en- with water the horn that is TO be
operated on first. Care must be ex.
ercised not to let any drops of water
run down the calfs head from the
horn, for IL 1t does, the dissolved pot
ash will follow the same channel and
cause unnecessary suffering. After
moistening the little horn button,
take stick OF the potash and wraJ
a piece OF paper around IL, leaving ;
half inch Of the lower end exposed
The purpose of the paper is to pre-
vent the fingers coming in contact
with the potash. Told the stick in
the hand as one wouiG pencil, ant
rub it all over and around the base o
the embryo horn; keep the horn m DIST
ened while the potash is being used
AS soon as the skin begins to softer
up and peel of the horn, and it com
mences to look red, as though TIN
blood was starting through, IL
enough, and the other horn may thel
be treated in like manner. hav
never. in my experience, found sec
ond application necessary. Whateve
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

RAISE no more spirits than you can
conjure down. ,rt!
ONE who teaches great truths should
live up to the doctrine he processes.
CRIMES succeed by sudden dispatch;
honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
COOP manners Is the art Of making
those people easy with whom we con.
verse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14

OLD APPLE PARER. CHEESE PRESS.
mower crouched under the blade,
which rested with its edge upon his
shoulder and in this position sharp
ened his implement for the next
bout When the cradle replaced the
sickle, it was regarded as wonderful
Improvement but glance at the
illustration will show how far the
improved implement was behind the
binders Of the present.. The
snath, like that of the scythe, was
made from the stem OF sapling.
An old apple-paring machine, was
made with bench upon which the
operator sat. The apple was placed
upon the fork and a movable piece OF
wood. with knife blade fitted in
the end, was held upon the apple.
being moved along the surface as the
fruit was revolved. The old hand
cheese press eds no explanation.
Some of IT,. early cart wheels were
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
PRIMITIVE GRAIN
CnAnVE
wHETTINa THE

WHETIlN0 TILE PRIMITIVE GRAIN
sCYTHE. CRADLE.
they worried" the ground. These
illustrations have been drawn with
an especial attempt at fidelity from
implements which are, for the most
part, peacefully reposing in out-of-
the-way places on one OF the oldest
New England farms, says the Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
The plow has wooden mold-board
which does not extend forward to the
cutter. by some four inches. IL Is
nearly covered by two thin sheets OF
iron. A broad, fiat shoe, terminating
IN point" in front, forms the base
of the plow. The hoe is clumsy af-
fair, with round socket, into which
the heavy handle was thrust. The
pitchfork was similarly handled. For
a scythe-snath vigorous young sap
ling used to be chosen, and by proper
arrangement OF cords and poles was
bent into the desired shape while
still growing. The young tree re-
NAMED standing until this form be-
came fixed, when it was cut and fash
toned. The heel OF the scythe was
fastened to the wood by stout iron
ring, or band, made firm by driving
In several iron wedges, besides which
pieces OF wood and leather were COM
monty fitted into the interStices.
This fastening was frightened occa.
casionally when the mower APP
preached a stone wall, where he could
use a loose stone as a hammer with
which to drive in loosened wedges.
The manner of whetting the scythe,
or ''wheeting," as some Of the old
residents called it. is shown. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14
Civ. Plainly OF Salt.

Salt makes animals more lively,
strong and capable of resisting dis
ease. Their flesh is harder, and the
functions of the organism are more
regular Their digestion is better,
and they can exist on fodder that
otherwise might be injurious to
health. Moreover, with the assist
ance Of salt, they can extract more
nourishment from given quantity
of fodder, since the flow of the diges-
tive liquids is more copious. Hence
it is of special Importance with foods
difficult to digest, since the latter
may readi y produce disturbances in
the digestive process and be cause
of sickness.