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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15

Lucy Stone, the advocate Of female
suffrage, says that the women of
America ought to do something gem
.erous for the relief of unfortunate
Anua L. Dickinson while she lives,
aud not wait to expend their money
on n monument to her memory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Gallantry Wins.

81 do not ask you for much" h.
said.
"You ask my hand" she replied.
"Yes, but II is so small, It seems
like asking nothing"
With q pretty blush, she placed It II
hls.-(New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15
Philosophers believe the frying pan
has been responsible for more suicidef
than despair.

II is estimated that there are less
tl,an 10, 900 paupcrs in the Japanese
Empire. with its population of 81
900. 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-02-15

Two hundred ami eighty nine bull
dyh.s took place In Spain during the
past year
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16

and scattered the same in the corners
of the floor. The result was a perfect
stampede of rats and mice. Since
that time not q foot fall
of either rat or mouse has
been heard about the building,
and we treated our residence, barn
etc, with same, and like results en-.
sued. Every spring the cellar as we'll
as the entire interior of out-houses
receive coating of yellow whitewash,
and mice and rats, and the like have
so far given us wide berth.
In addition to the power of driving
away these vermin possessed by the
copper solution, it is al excellent dis.
infectant, and we have often prescrib.
ed it for buildings, tenement houses
and blocks infected with malaria and
typhoid fever with the best results,
and we advise our querist to proceed
at once to thoroughly wash all por-
tions OF his buildings where they have
runways, with this solution. 1t ia
much better than poison as they are
apt to crawl between the walls to die,
and what smells worse than de-.
funct rat?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
TOO PRUDENT,
One Time When the Bird and Bush
PrcVerb Didn't Work.

One Time When the Bird and Bush
Prcverb Didn't Work.
just after Jay Gould's death a
wealthy Wall street broker made a
proposition to ayoung man, who had
been able to do the broker Il favor.
The proposition was couched in Ian
guage something like this:
"Dick, you have rendered me val
liable service, and want to do some
thing for you. I will tell you what I
will do. I will carry 100 shares OF
Manhattan stock for you for q month,
or l will buy you the best suit Of
clothes that you can pick out. Which
will you take?"
The young man considered the pro-
position for few minutes and re-
piled:
II believe that Manhattan railroad
stock will eventually go up, but if l
should be the holder OF 100 shares it
would be certain to go down. Such is
my luck invariably. l will take the
suit of Clothes"
On Friday last this young man
figured up how much he had lost by
making the choice that he did. When
Mr.. Gould died, Manhattan was SELL
ing at 1872. On Friday it sold at a
fraction above 174. Had the young
man chosen the 100 shares and sold
them last Friday he would haye been
about 1900 richer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
CornS and CaIlOSitieS.

Der Pharmaceut recommends the
following treatment for corns and
callosities: Moisten the excrescence
with an antiseptic solution, and cover
it with layer OF pure, crystalized
silicic acid. Upon this place q disc OF
cottonwood, soaked in boracic acid
solution, and cover it with a leaf Of
gutta-perch. Attach the whole with q
bandage. Ii the callosity is not very
thick, the dressing may be left for
five days, when the indura-
ton will be found detached from the
adjacent tissues. When the callosity
is exceedingly thick, as on the sole OF
the foot, the dressing may be left for
ten days or renewed after five days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
DISCRIMINATING Rats.

A subscriber wishes to know OF a
remedy for driving away rats, as his
mills are almost in possession of these
"varmints" exclusively. At one time
when he had storehouse, we were
bothered very much with rats, as
samples OF fertilizers, fabrics, sugars,
and all such truck were thrown care
lessly in there, which furnished them
good food and plenty material out OF
which to make nests, ETC., and we
cleared the entire premises, perman-
emily, of these vermin by making q
whitewash yellow with copperas, and
covering every exposed surface with
it. In all crevices where they could
get we placed some copperas crystals,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
An Official Ruse.

A Russian nobleman in St. PETERS,.
burg, suspected OF conspiracy, receiv-
ed midnight visit from some officers.
He was blindfolded, whirled into a
closed carriage, and for seven DAVIS
and nights the vehicle was travelling,
the only stoppage being when he and
his guardians took food. He thought
he had reached the border of Siberia
when the carriage halted, and he was
led forth. The bandage was removed
from his eyes, and he saw he was at
his own door. The whole affair was
trick to cure him Of his desire to aid
the Governments enemies. 1t was q
success.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Frozen Eggs.

In the winter season quantities q
eggs are frozen, and it is generally con-
sidered that such eggs are worth but
little, or to say the least are much in
jured for cookingpurposes This, how.
ever, is not strictly true, for if proper.
ly treated are but little injured. In.
stead of las was the custom) putting
them into cold water to take the frost
out and waiting several hours for the
thawing to take place, and then find.
ing the yolks in such a solid state
that they can be used with no salts
faction in cooking, try the following
method: Place them in boiling water
and leave them there from five to
twenty minutes, according to the
amount OF frost in them, when upon
being opened, the yolks will be found
in such a state that they can be used
for almost any culinary purpose
P Poultry World.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
OLD LONDON. CHURCHES.
The Presidential Airs With Which
They Are Filled.

The Presidential Airs With Which
They Are Filled.
The Church OF st. Mary Woolnoth,
which stands out conspicuously at
the King William-street corner Of
Lombard street, London, was closed
ten months ago, and it is clear, from
the statement OF the rector, that the
step was not premature. 1t has been
his unhappy lot to be often startled
in the course OF his services by loud
yet muflied sound, evidently issuing
from the vaults under the church.
AS these vaults are now Theoretically
sealed" the phenomenon May we'll
have excited the imaginations OF timid
members of the congregation. Mr..
Brooke, however, recognized the noise
only too well.
They were caused by the falling Of
leaden collins, sometimes from
height OF ten or twelve feet, in conse-
quence of the moldering away OF the
collins OF oak and elm on which they
had been piled. 1t would be we'll if the
evils of this relic of our bar5ar.
GUS system of intramural interment
had ended here. Unfortunately the
process OF Theoretically sealing"
according to Mr.. Brooke's evidence
before the Consistory Court of St.
Paul's Cathedral, has been ANYTHING
but "hermetical." MIR. Brooke de.
clares that for years nearly every
official had died from the effects, direct
or indirect, of the uncomfortable smell,
Arthur Statham, the counsel repre-
senting the parish, stated tha,t 1851
adults and 422 children had been de-
posted in this horrible receptacle
between TOO and 1882. In the lat.
ter year, according to Mr.. Statham,
the vault was closed for burials; but
these burials in st. Mary Woolmoth,
if burials they can be called, were
continued for at least twelve years
after the latter date. The question
appears now to resolve itself into
that of apportioning for the cost OF
removing these human remains.
Clearly decision should be come to
without q moments unnecessary de-.
lay.-Londop News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Make the Land Richer.

There seems to be no occupation in
life wherein men are so generally
averse to paying out money Tor its
ovuivalent) for benefits to be received
snttle later on, as in farming and
especially in relation to feeding the
land in order that it may produce
more abundantly. Take green ma
nuring, for instance. If man sows q
crop for this purpose, half the time he
changes his mind when it has grown
and harvests and sells it, and this
notwithstanding the fact unless stock
feeding enters largely into his system
OF operations green manuring must be
his main dependence for continued or
increasing prosperity.
We do not begin to make use of this
means for supplying fertility as we
would if we could bring ourselves to
pursue q more open-handed policy
with our lands. We might often
put in q catch crop OF oats: rye
or clover where land is left bare
for months, and by turning them un-
der put solid capital in our bank that
will pay good dividends in future
years. This general farmer is always
on the safe side in green manuring,
although he may be q stock keeper al
so, for, if he grows harvests and crops
with the purpose of feeding them out
and returning the manureto the land,
the chances are that his appliance for
saving the product are so inadequate
that not half OF it gets where it is
needed. In turning under a green
crop says writer in Farmers Guide
there is no opportunity for the escape
OF the valuable elements. The crop
decomposes completely in the ground
which it is intended to enrich, and
enters then and there upon it's work.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Heating Houses by Natural Hot
Water.

About mile from the city of Boise,
Idaho, great volumes OF hot water
gush out of several deep artesian
wells. The water possesses no medi-
email value, and heretofore has been
used only tor bathing Now a six
inch pipe will be laid from the springs
into the city and the hot water will
be conducted into nearly every bust
ness block and residence. The cost
of heating with hot water, it is esti-
mated, will be fifty per cent. less than
coal, besides Boise will enjoy the rep
utation OF being the only city in the
world utilizing water heated by ma
ture herself, for heating purposes
Northwestern Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
you are Uncle Tompkins?" exclaimed

you are Uncle Tompkins?" exclaimed
Mr.. Grumble.
pardon me, Henry" said Tom,
smiling, "but l saw that you had un.
consciously become an habitual grum-
bier, and l judged that the best
antidote was a faithful representation
of your own failings. Was I right"
His brother-in-law was half-inclined
to be angry, but thought better OF it.
''Shake hands, Tom," said he.
you're an irreverent young scamp
bur l forgive you. At all events, thA
cure is complete"
And so Bessie found it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
EQUAL.

you men are so lucky" fair maiden
said.
Discussing the question Of dress:
you're never burdcned with petticoats,
corscts or ShawlS
Which TO US are q source Of Distress"
eyes, know" said the youth, who wait
ing has been
An argument ready to seize;
"What you've sa d is all true yet there's
one point you miss
Your pants never bag at the knees"
Exchange
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16

Avriter saws that to cure mango IN
hogs wash clean with soap and wa.
+er and then rub all over with iaro
with a little coal oil added, taxing
pains to keep dry atterward'
It. has been estimated that tocollece
a single pound OF honey, the bees must
deprive $4,000 clover blossoms So o.
their nectar. To do this the o2'ooo
flowers must be visited by an aggre'
gate OF 8, 100000 bees.
Official figures give the area planted
to wheat in France, for the 1s92crop'
at II, 100000 acres, and the crop at
3OO,477,OOO bushels. To rye there
were 1901 900 acres planted ana 1ne
crop was 72,O76, 900 bushels.
Wet Sheet Pack for Bee-stings.
Ayoupg man in the neighborhood
of Peoria, Illinois was stung by
bee. 1t made him so deathly sick that
a physician was called. He did not
recover for q week. Such results
from a bee-sting are rare, yet they 90
sometimes happen, and persons al
f.cted in this way should be kept
away from bees.
When uerson that has been stuna
is very s,ck because OF it, and breaks
out in large blotches all over, good
thing to administer is a wet sheet
packwitncp, delay. 1t is done thus:
Spread TWO comforta5les upon
lounge, and tnen wiring a blanket or
sheet out OF hot water, lay the patient
upon the center OF it, and tuck the
bebclothes snugly about him 80 that
no air can enter. Finish with a warm
brick at the feet, and cool cloth up
on the head. The room must be dark,
airy, and very quiet, and the patient
will be usually relieved at once, and
drop off to sleep. When he awakes,
which will usually be in half an
hour to an hour, he should be washed
in tub oftepid water, showered With
water a trihe cooler, and put to bed
Immediately. This is also an excellent
treatment for breaking up a cold or
fever.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
His Correction Made Her Weep.

He was a good fellow, but his Ian
guage panied his Boston wife severely
and she was constantly correcting
him. A few days ago she told him of
the departure OF a friend.
"Yes," said he, II knew he was
going but 1 did not know he had
gone"
She looked at him, so he thought he
had slipped again:
EXCUSE me-" he apologized hur-
riedly. II knowed he was going, but
l didn't know he had vent
Then it WAS she broke down and
Wept-BOstOn Globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16

Twenty-Five bushels OF wheat per
acre, fifty bushels OF corn and one
hundred and fifty of potatoes should
be the minimum yield for any man
who processes to be good farmer.
These figures are easily attainable if
proper methods are followed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Bow and Dog Nature.

Little Dick-What did yourun away
from that dog for?
Little Johnnie-'Cause I was 'fraid
he'd bite me.
Don't you know if yon run away
from a dog he'll run after you, an if
you run at him he'll scoot!"
"No."
"Well, it's so. Dogs is just like
boys."- Street < Smiths Good News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
In Big Luck.

Lady. in butcher shop. You can
put aside half dozen OF your plump
partridges.
Butcher-Yes ma am. \ Shall send
them right away?
Lady-No, my husband is out
shooting partridges to-day, and he
will call for them this evening.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16

New Zealand exports produce every
year to the value OF $75 for each head
OF the population. The net increase
IN such exports has been from $685.
go. 900, in 1881 to almost $5O.OOO,-
600 in 1890.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Every Day Is Sunday.

The Greeks observe Monday, says
the Baltimore American, the Persians
Tuesday, the Assyrians, Wednesday,
the Egyptians Thursday, the Turks
Friday, the Jews Saturday and the
Christians Sunday, thus there is per-
peuual Sabbath being celebrated on
earth,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Items of Interest.

For poor lands and thin pastures,
sheep are better adapted than cattle
and can often be made profitable.
The tendency OF hog feeders and
breeders is toward better proper
tion OF lean meats rather than an ex-
cess OF fat.
There are a few worthless sheep in
almost every flock and the sooner
they are got rid of the better. If
there is no other way sell their pelts.
The department OF agriculture in
South Australia is encouraging the
growth of raisin grapes and has i'm
ported 10000 cuttings for distribu-
ton among farmers.
The cost OF building creamery in
New South Wales is given at S9,15O
which includes the land, buildings
and machinery with complete
outfit ready to begin operations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-16
Sunflower Seed for Poultry.

SunflOWer seed TOR Poultry.
A correspondent for American Pouj.
try Yard speaking of the sunfowel
seed as a poultry feed says it is the
grandest poultry food on earth, being
valuable for producing and flesh
forming, as well asfor adding a beauti-
full luster to the fowls. AS an egg-food,
we believeit is fully equal, if not super
Tor, to wheat. buckwheat or oats, and
greatly superior to corn, as it is Meth
Ell SO heating nor so fattening as the
latter grain. He says:
Sunflowers viii: grow on any kind OF
soil or in fence corners, but yield bet
ter when cultivated upon good land.
They should be planted about the
same rs corn, two or three seeds in a
hill; if they are planted two thick,
they grow slim and tall, without MAX
ing good heads. We prefer the short,
thick stalks to the tall ones, as we
think they yield better and are easier
to gather. Care should be taken in Gull
tivat1ng them, as the stalks are very
brittle and break easily: Though
they will grow up again, ii broken off,
they will branch out and not make
good heads. The heads vary in size
from two to Is inches in diameter,
sometimes to even % inches with
good cultivation; but - inches is a
good average, n good head of this last
diameter yielding about a quart OF
seed.
Sunfowers may be planted any
time from the moment the frost leaves
the ground until the middle of july.
We believe when they are planted
early enough say in March, that two
crops could be raised from the same
ground in a year, by planting the
second crop between the rows of the
first after they have matured, and
cutting down the stalks as they get
ripe. We planted two acres about
June 20, of this year and though the
season was an exceptionally dry one,
we raised about six bushels to the
acre, and we think would have raised
four or five times as much, if it had
not been so dry.
This grain can usually be had at
seed-houses at about 81 per bushel.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-24
Color Protection From Intense Heat,

With reference to the protective effect
of certain colors against the SUMS rays,
years ago on my way to India the second
time, having already been invaided
home once from the effects of the sun,
it occurred to me to try the photogra-
piers plan. reasoned to myself that
since no one ever got sunstroke or sun
fever from exposure to a dark source of
heat or even to one which, though lumi-
nous, possessed no great degree of chem
ical energy-the furnaces in the arsenal,
for example-it could not be the heat
rays, therefore, which injured one. but
must be the chemical ones only.
If therefore one treats ones own body
as the photographer treats his plates
and envelops ones self in yellow or
dark red, one ought to be practically Sc
cure, and since the photographer lined
the inside of his tents and belongings
with yellow it was obviously immaterial
whether one wore yellow inside or out.
1 had my hats and coats lined with yell
low, and with most satisfactory results,
for during five years and even extreme
exposure never once did the yellow lin
ing fail me, but every time that either
through carelessness or overconfdence
l forgot the precaution very short ex-
posure suficed to send me down with
the usual sun fever. Many friends tried
the plan and all with the same satisfac-
tory results. Lahore Qndia) Civil
and Military Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-24
FEMALE, WOMAN, LADY.
The Distinction Between Several wor

The Distinction Between Several Words
and How They May Be Used.
An interesting discussion is going on in
the columns of some newspapers over
the use of the words lady" and ''wom-
an" There is no real difference as to
the occasions upon which each word is
to be used, but there is frank acknowl-
edgment upon the part of some that they
do not use the word woman" where
their good sense tells them that they
should, for fear that it might give Of
fense to the person to whom it was di-
rected ''as not sufficiently polite"
There are certainly no words so abused
as woman" ''lady" and female"
Among certain people the use of the sec
ond of these terms is like the wearing of
fine clothes or jewelry. Originally be-
longing to superior class they insist on
appropriating it to themselves as proof
that they are the equals of any other So
cial body. Now, while all that may be
true enough and while class distinctions
have no place in this country this use of
the word has led to some strange and
amusing confusions. The humorist who
depicted the servant as addressing her
mistress, MAN, the laundry lady is
a-wanting to speak to the woman of the
house." did not have to depend upon his
imagination for his facts
As absurd things as that may be heard
in any one of the large dry goods stores
in town any day, and almost any news
a1l ,o1,
Bishop Warren, referring to this same
point, says that he glanced at the wall
opposite him at the moment and saw
diploma from the g. Female acade-
N.Y." and then turned to bookcase and
read as the title of one of the volumes
there, Female Holiness" In the report
of a southern woman's Christian tenn
perance union convention appears the
fact that Mrs. Blank was chairlady."
Now the proper word in all this is
woman" That is always and ever
right. Than it there is no nobler or
stronger word in the English language.
Man" is a general word as well as a
particular one, and as such includes both
sexes, so that the term chairman" sig
nifies no subservience of one sex to the
domination of the other. If called upon
TO address a stranger, woman, then the
proper word is madam" and not LADY,
this way" and lady, that way" as so
many ushers appear to think to be the
only solution to the problem of address.
Female" is never to be used as syno-
nym of woman" 1t is term common
to one-half Of the animal creation, and to
apply it to woman as the substantive of
designation is an insult. Lady" is ap-
plicable to every well bred and educated
woman, but it is something that is re-
served rather for social usage and has
not the sturdy strength and nobility of
woman. Boston Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-24
September Lippincott's-

The complete novel in the September
Lippincotts is "A Bachelors Bridal" by
Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron. The seventh
in the series of Notable Stories is the
Crossroads Chest" by Matt Grimm. 1t
is illustrated. Capt. Charles King, in
"Uncle Sam at the Fair" describes the
government exhibit at Chicago. "In the
Plaza de Toros," by Marion Wilcox, is an
illustrated article, describing an Easter
bull-fight at Seville. Mis-. Elizabeth
Wormeley Latimer gives "A Girls
Recollections of Dickens" OIL his first
visit to America in 1S41 A short study
of Forest Fires" by Felix l.. Oswald, is
accompanied by his portrait. Judson
Daland, NJ. d., writes of Hypnotism"
Commander G. H. Rockwell of the L. 5.
Navy, narrates "a Sea Episode" on a
fever-stricken ship. Under the heading
Don't" F. NJ. B. offers some advice to
young contributors. NJ Crofton, under
Men of the Day." discusses Kossuth,
James WhitcOmb Riley, and the Earl of
Aberdeen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-24
Sleeping Under Feathers.

Years ago we used to smile with con-
scious superiority at the idea of the
Dutch sleeping under feather bed in
stead of over it. The idea of sleeping
upon hard mattress and climbing IN
der a soft one seemed rather an ana
chronism and a singular perversion of
common sense, but the introduction of
down or feather comfortables is simply
the utilization of that knowledge of
things which some of the older countries
had long ago known. Feathers are ex-
ceedingly warm, and a covering made of
them superinduces and retains the heat
in the human body.
A curious claim is now made for new
comfortable of down. The makers as
sert that their product retains all the
natural warmth, but allows the impure
air to escape from the bed, how or
wherefore we are not informed.-Up-
holsterer.