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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Chickens on the Farm.

, A generation ago the chickens to be
seen around the average farm house
were ofa mixed and haphazard breed.
There are farmers still who keep such
poultry there are also farmers who
do not believe that the world is round
and revolves on its axis every twenty
four hours. But farmers SO careless
as to their poultry are almost as
scarce as the latter ignorant class.
You may meet farmer whose ideas
are little mixed about the rotation
of crops and the value of silage, but
you have to go far indeed to find one
who has not his preference as between
Plymouth Rocks, Leghorns, Langs-
hans, Cochins, and Brahmas. Chick
ems on farm are kind of savings
bank, and those which lay the most
eggs and fetch the highest prices as
broilers are very naturally more
highly esteemed. Now the fancy far
mers were the first to attempt to
breed better chickens in this country,
and they continue to lead in the ex-
periments looking towards the further
betterment OF domestic fowls. There
is one thing that has been insisted on
in vain, SO far as ordinary farmers are
concerned. That is the value of
cleanliness-cleanliness in the chicken |
houses and cleanliness in the food and |
water given to the fowls. Unclean
houses are productive of all kinds of
disease, and unclean food and water
also. There is an old fashioned notion
that chickens are good scavengers,
and that if allowed the freedom of the
barn-yard they will forage for them-
selves. This is true, but it is very un-
likely that any cock or hen from such
a range would ever take prize in a
poultry show. The way to get prize
chickens is TO mate the best with the
best, and rear the broods with care.
AS the reward, both in profit and sat-
isfaction, is well worth the trouble,
it seems strange that any country
people should be content with any but
the best.-Harper's Weekly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

The Hindu places clock in hi
show-rooms, not because he
sires to kaow what the hour il, bu
because clock is foreign curiosity
Instead, therefore, OF conteuting him,
self with one good clock, he will per.
hsps have dozen in one room. They
are signs of his wealth, but they dc
not add to his comfort, for he is sc
Indifferent to time that he measures
il by the number Of bamboo-lengths
the sun has travelled above the hori-
zon. In the country police stations,
where the European division of the
hours is observed, time is measured
by placing in tub of water copper
pot, in which small hole has been
bored. 1t is supposed that it will
take one hour for the water TO leak
into the pot, so as to fill ii and sink it.
When the policeman sees that the
pot has disappeared, he strikes the
hour on bell-like gong. If he is
smoking or dozing, the copper-pot
may have disappeared several minutes
before he discovers the fact, but the
hour is when he strikes the gong.
A writer in the Temple Bar" tells
an amusing story to illustrate the
Hindu's indifference in this regard.
When the railway was first opened In
a new part of India, it took a long
time and many bitter experiences to
convince the natives that train
always starts on time. Shortly after
the opening of the new line, deputy
commissioner sent his native servant
with his letter-bag to put on board
the mail car. Presently the man re-
turned with the bag, having missed
the train. "You had but half a
mile to go, and you knew that the
train left the station at 3 O'clock" said
The angry commissioner. "Yes,
truely," answered the native, in an
aggrieved tone; "but sahib, when it
strikes three here the train goes from
there!' Such sharp practice the ma
live had never known before, and he
did not think it creditable to the COM
Times.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Natural Foes of Anarchy.

Give man his own house, his own
little grassplot and doorstep, his own
bathtub and other home comforts, and
he is not likely to become a rioter OF
an anarchist. The best that can be
said ofany city is that the majority OF
its citizens live peacefully and COM
fortably in homes of their own. This
distinction is claimed by the city OF
William Penn and Benjamin Frank
in.--MinneapoIis Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Electricity In Kitchen Work.

The use of electricity in the kitchen
for cooking purposes will be a godsend
to housekeepers and their help if the
electrict fluid can really be made to
render as good and sure service there
as is rendered by coal, wood or gas.
1t is already used successfully and
satisfactorily in some establishments,
both in Boston and elsewhere, and
Edison is not the only person who can
tell of its serviceability as a broiler,
roaster, boiler and baker. Cheap, of
course; why not? The use of elec-
tricity in the kitchen may be disad-
vantageous to the coal-cart drivers, the
coal miners, coal dealers, coal trusts,
coal lords and gas companies; but we
can't help that. These people must be
willing to suffer their share eff the dis
advantages of progress, invention and
science. The electricians are bound
to prosper. We cannot surely run
short of electricity.-Chas. A. Dana in
N, Y. Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Tobacco Culture In Georgia.

Tobacco culture is in its infancy in
Georgia, and very few farmers have
yet erected the necessary buildings
for curing and housing the crop. II
is believed that very large portion OF
the State is wei! adapted to this crop
The Southern Cultivator says that in
Middle and North Georgia there are
good farming lands with a due pro-
portion of soil adapted to the culture
of bright" tobacco.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Johnny Davenport's Help to De-
moCracy.

Johnny Davenport'a bill against the
United States Treasury for interfering
with the election of 1892 foots up $780,
900. And he cost the Republican
party in this State more votes than he
cost the United States Treasury dol
lars.-Mew York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

Do nos let your fruit trees overbear
Trees set last year should have but
one or two specimens OF fruit perfect
themselves, and these more to prove
the kind than for any other reason.
Eastern farmers each year increase
,beir supply OF chemical fertilizers.
Some OF them claim that "grass SOD
and chemicals make a better and
cheaper dressing for their lands than
stable manure"
The Texas Farmer and Ranch pre-
diets great increase in rice produc-
ton in Texas, as good start has
already been made. and it is demon
strated that great deal of the south
eastern part of the State is adapted to
its production.
Ground should be broken deep and
well pulverized for all kinds of crops !;
but the cultivation should be shallow,
so as not to tear out the roots of the
growing crop. The object of culliva-
tion is to keep the surface clean and
loose.
If there is snow and ice mixed with
manure in the barnyard, it will pay to
fork it over and pile it up towards
spring. That will set it to fermenting
besides exposing the heap to the ac-
tion of sun and air as warm weather
comes on.
At the Vermont Station, where the
hot water treatment has been tested
for smut in oats, it is claimed a second
and important consideration in the
possible gain, aside from the destruc-
tion of smut, of decided increase in
yield from treated seed.
Do not plant flower seed when the
ground is wet. Make the surface as
fine and smooth as possible, cover
each kind of seed to the depth pro-
portionate to its size, but never more
than three or four times the diameter
of the seed. Press the soil firmly
over the seed.
The consolidation ofreturns of COM
parative crop TO the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington makes the
following State percentages for cotton
Virginia, 90 per cent; North Carolina
73; South Carolina, 75; Georgia, IA;
Florida, 60; Alabama, IS; Mississippi
60; Louisiana, 55; Texas, "a; Arkan-
sas, So; Tennessee, 63. General aver
age, 692.
AT the New York station, where
many new varieties of strawberries
have been tested, the twenty most
productive sorts in the order named
are Beder Wood, Greenville, Burts,
Enchance, New Dominion, Sow de
Bossuet, Lyons Seeding, Farnsworh,
Wayfield, Hurlburt,
Hamoden, Eureka, Phillip, Seeding.
Daisy, IIaverland, Crescent, Gov. l
Hoard, Great Pacific and Viola. i
No time now should be lost in Sc
curing CRAFTS, especially of those kind
Of fruit that bud early. After the
bud has started it is hard to make a =.
graft live. This is mainly the reason =,
why so much difficulty is found in
grating plums and cherries. Pack
he graft in sand in the cellar, and il {
will be all the more sure to grow if
he grating is delayed until the tree
o be grated is beginning to push its
buds. The sap then is flowing freely
md the union of new and old stalks is I
Don effected.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

Notwithstanding the efforts to
square Sam Clay's $7l65 steal from
the Shannon boys, of New York, an
officer has left Knoxville, Tenn, with
Clay, bound for New York.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

Castora is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant. It's guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers Castoria destroys Worms and aays
feverishness Castoria vomiting Sour Curd,
Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
tecthing troubles constipation and fatulency.
Castora assmlates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Cas-
toria is the Chdren's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Castoria.

"Castoria 10 SO we'll adapted TO children thse
recommend It as superior toany prescription
known to me-"
Fl. A. ARcHsn, NJ D.,
Ill So. Oxford st., Brooklyn. n. Z.
"our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
encc in their outside practice with castoria-
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we arc free TO confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon It,"
UNITED HosPrTAL AND DIsPESsAKY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
urray Street, New York City.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Republicans Responsible for All.

The Republican press is taking
great pleasure in the report that the
appropriations of the last Congress
amount to more than a billion of dol
lars. Possible they do but large
part of them were the direct result of
the Republican legislation of 1890 and
1891, and all of them were adopted by
a Republican Senate and signed by a
Republican President.--Indianapolis
Sentinel.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

The Republican National League
will meet in Louisville May 10, at 10
a. M, for two days session.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

The highest place, among an
a " blood medicines, belongs To DR..
W1 Pierce's Golden Medical Diecov-
M cry. Sec IL you don't think SO,
& when you consider how it's sold
&VM 10 you. It's guaranteed and no
other medicine of the kind Is. II
N II ever fails TO benefit or cure, you
4 WM have your money back. Wouldn't
MWI every medicine make the same
Hn terms II it could do as much good 7
VI EI But the Discovery acts diff
ferently, just as it's sold differ
emily. It's not like the sarsapa-
rillas, which claim to do good in
March, April, and May. All tho
year round, with equal benefit, it
cleanses, purifies and invigorates
- the whole system All Blood, Skin
and Scalp Diseases, from COM
mon blotch or eruption to the
worst Scrofula, are cured by IL.
- For Salt-rheum, letter, Eczema,
Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore
- Eyes, Goiter or Thick Neck, and
Enlarged Glands, Tumors, and
- Swellings, it's q remedy that moth
ing can equal
- It's the cheapest one, too. With
this, you pay only for the good you
] get. Refuse worthless substitutes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21
Castoria.

"Castoria Is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR. g. O. oseoop,
Io1ali Masz
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

Buy Landreths garden seeds of all
kinds, and onion sets at the lowest
prices at
3l-3t. A. Baum & sons.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use Castoris in
stead Of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves
DIR. J. +. KrSoHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-03-21

The Centaur Company, II Murray New York City
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-06

sctor uNdse ". 2. Hssdcrsons naa-
eesmeas. wes grsettaG bis iriesds II
the city today. Mr.. Yore's niecs,
Miss Leila wolstom. IL now Mr..
whiseside's lesdiag lady. Mr.. White
side appears at the Rurtis tonight In
the rule Of Hamlet"
The Coal Valley Mining company
has purchased 400 acres Of land north
Of the cvmpany's mines. near Cable.
on which Il has been prospecting un-
der m option for some time. and is
likely to acquire other land in the
same neiyhborhood. with a view TO
extending its mines. and also q
branch Of the Cable road to the new
~ purchased land.
Rev. John +. Vine. of New York
City. an evangelist. will preach in
the First Baptist church in this city
tomorrow evening at 7:So. Mr. Vine
ha- labcrcd in all our large churches
in New York City aud vicinity, and
Is mast warmly commended by the
ia ling men in those churches. He
{. Pas.ing through Rock Island, and
will only he here for one evening.
The much talked of chrysanthe-
mum sale. given by Trinity Inn
Provcmcnt guild, comes OF Thurs
day. November .. from = o6 o'clock,
ut Mrs. George F. Roth. residence.
1116 Second avenue. The plants
contain choice variety from Hen
dcrson's famous New York hot house.
Light refreshments will be served.
Coffee and oysters from s to 3. All
friends cordially iavifcd.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-06
Why lic Raced.

Nervous Passengcr-Why are you
stcaming along at such q fearful rate
In this fog?
Ocean Captain reassuringly-
Foys are very dangerous. maJsm. and
] am always in hurry to get out Of
them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-06

Fair today and Tuesday. yer,
Little change in temperature: south
erly winds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-06

Hoods Sarsaparilla. the king ef
medicines, conquers scrofula. catarrh.
rheumatism and all other blood dis
eeses. Hoods and only Aeod's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-06

nd your cough may end IN consisting ~
ogA MS pretty sure b, II your blood 4 pooe.
hat b 1T TIE tire and condition thst IN
vtes Ccnsumption: The sce<as are sown end
= - fastened lis hold upon you. before you
know that Il h near
II won't do to tribe and delay, ~hca he
remedy ; n hand. Every dis,rler that can
Be- reached through The biocd Yields to Or.
PerceS Golicn Medical Discovery. For
Diseases, Asthma. Scrcf,,la in every form,
and even the Scrcfulous affection Of the
lungs that's called Consumption, in an ID
earlier stages, II is positive and co0p1ete
cure.
II b the onls blood-cleanser, streugth ~
scorer, and 6eSA-milder 20 effective that e
can be guaranteed. II Il doesn't benellt o.
cure, In every CO, Won have your money
6ock. An m66iclne dealers have &.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
BOLD KANSAS ROBBERS.
They Clean Out q Bank Near Cof-
feyville in Broad Daylight.
FOUR THOUSAND DoII.ARs sEaURED.

The Job Accomplished by Two Men
Who Made No Attempt to Conceal Their
Identity-Tbe Robbers Escape Toward
the Indian Territory.
CoFFEYvILLE, Kan, March 2s.-A daring
bank robbery occurred at Caney, Kan, O
small town eight miles south of here. yes
terday afternoon. The bank robbed was
the Caney Valley, the only institution of
the kind in the place, and the robbers se-
cured "a COO
Shortly after 4 o'clock two men who
were recognized MS the notorious Henry
Starr and man named Newcomb, entered
the bank unmasked, aud covering the en-
ployes with their revolvers demanded all
the money on hand. The employees COM
Piled and handed over all of the banks
cash, about $4,000
Nobody but the banks employees were In
the place, and as no one on the outside had
noticed anything out of the way in their
conduct the bandits had nothing especially
to fear. Coolly placing the money in bags
with which they had provided themselves,
and warning tho bankers that they would
meet instant death should they give the
alarm, the men backed out of the bank,
mounted their horses and were soon on their
way toward the Indian Territory
When the alarm was finally given
posse of citizens was quickly organized and
started In pursuit. Before the start could
be made, however, the robbers had secured
an advantage of fully thirty minutes, and
1t now seems impossible that they can be
caught up with
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
No Further Petitions to be Received at
the Erenant Sassion

WASHINGTON, March ps.-The presenta-
tion of petitions at the present extraordi-
mary session of the senate was stopped yes
terday at the suggestion Of Mr.. German,
and those petitions that may be received
hereafter are to b0 filed with the secretary
Of the senate to be presented at the next
regular session. The question as to the
admission of the three men appointed as
senators from the states of Montana, Wy
eming and Washington, was submitted in
the shape of majority reports from the
committee ON privileges and elections In
favor Of their right to seats--the minority
seports against that right to be presented
this afternoon.
A very positive denial was made by Mr..
Cail Of a newspaper paragraph stating that
he bad teen critioising President Cleye-
land In the corridors and elevators of tho
Capitol, IN connection with appointments
to ONCE. Mr.. Call also made an argument
against the constitutionality of the pro-
vision In the last legislative bill for a com
spission to examine into the executive de-
partmenta
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
VETERAN OFFICIAL REMOVED
The Head Of the Consular Bureau Sup.
planted by His Assistant.

WASHINGTON, March 20. - Secretary
Gresham sent note to DIR. st. Clair, head
Of the consular bureau, notifying him that
he desirsd him to tender his resignation at
once, and that his assistant, Mr.. w. G..
Faison, of North Carolina, had alreadr
been appointed his successor.
DIR. st Clair sought an explanation from
the secretary, who is said to have told him
that he had been guilty of holding back
Official papers one score that they were
personal letters, and for this offense his
resignation was requested. These papers,
1t is said, contained charges against a GER
tain United States consul in Germany, and
instead of being treated as private by DIR.
st. Clair, they should have been sent in
their regular departmental round.
DIR. St Clair, SO 1t is said, produced the
letters in question, which he claimed to be
his private correspondence, but he did not
succeed In convincing the secretary that
: they were other than official papers or that
he had not been guilty of breach of of
fetal etiquette.
And the story is to the effect that st.
Clair has been made the scapegoat for the
mistake made in the appointment of d. N.
Curry as consular agent at Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, which appointment was sub
sequently revoked.
DIR. st. Clair had been the service twenty
seven years.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
NEW JERSEY Il VS.


TRENTON, March Ex-Governor werts
signed the following bills yesterday: Pro
viding that local boards Of health may
prescribe penalties for violations of ordi-
nances; appropriating $4,000 for improve
ments at the State Reform School; appro-
priating 5000 for a new family building
at the State Reform School, constituting
the mayor and six councilmen the covering
board of all boroughs Of over 5000 inhabi-
tants; authorizing the organization of dis
trict societies for the prevention of cruelty
to animals; authorizing the construction
OF loop in conjunction with the Hud IN
county boulevard and providing for the
issuing of quarter of million of bonds;
authorizing the issue of 81, O000 for the
construction of the Hudson boulevard;
permitting the fire commissioners of New
ark and Jersey City to increase the num-
Der of dremen in each company to eight;
providing for the retirement of disabled
firemen on a pension which shall not ex-
coed one-third the amount of salary
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28

TOLEDO, March 2s,-Yesterday afternoon
In the United States circuit court the in
junction case in which Chief Arthur, of
the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and Grandmaster Sargent, of the bother
hood Of Locomotive Fremen, were sued
for $500, 600 damages for conspring against
the Ann Arbor railroad, came up for hear
ing. Counsel for the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen moved to dismiss the
case as to Grandmaster Sargent, on the
ground that the court had no jurisdiction
over him, he being a resident of Indiana.
The court thereupon discharged Mr.. sar-
gent, and the case against Chief Arthur
nrncaedad
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Queen Victoria has consented to receive
Cardinal Bausa as representative of the
pope.
The senate yesterday confirmed all the
nominations previously sent in by the
president.
The Farmers and Merchants National
bank, of Mt Pleasant, Pa, is authorized to
begin business.
The Socialist Labor party of Massachu-
setts yesterday nominated full ticket for
state officers
The Chicago baseball club yesterday left
that city to play against the clubs of the
Southern league.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28

Fair; northeasterly winds; slightly
warmer

Fair; northeasterly winds; slightly
warmer.
The new ballet on the subject of the
Worlds fair, and called ''Chicago,n met
with Il complete and utter failure at the
Alhambra in London, Eng.
Senior Mendonca, the Brazilian minister
at Washington, ridicules the report that
there is to be a severance of diplomatic re-
lations between Paraguay and Brazil.
At BonhaIn, Tex, District Judge E. D.
Mcclellan sentenced Samuel Massey and
James burke, negroes convicted of crimi.
pal assault on white women, to be hanged
on April 26.
X. Irving Latimer, serving life imprisop-
ment for murder, escaped from the state
prison at Jackson, Mich. 1t is believed
that he drugged the guards one of whom
has since died.
While his wife was reading to him of the
death of Colonel Shepard yesterday Mr.. Fl,
0. Donoghue. a we'll known Chicago pub
Usher, committed suicide by cutting his
throat with razor
Lieutenant w. p Duvall, Fifth artillery,
will be appointed military aid to the score
tary of war to succeed Lieutenant J. A.
Dapray, ordered to duty in connection
with the war departments Worlds fair
exhibit
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
Discharginr union Telcrrnnhers.

Sioux CITY, March 2s.-The Chicago and
Northwestern, Sioux City and Pacific, and
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
railroads have begun war against the
Order of Railway Telegraphers. Men who
belonged to the order here are being systi-
matically dropped out of the service of the
road. The men are convinced that their
membership in the order is the reason and
the officials admit it. 1t is also said the
Western Union company. is pursuing tina
same tactics
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-28
Another nronarehist manifesto.

PARIS, March 2S.--The Count of Paris
has sent out circular letter to the mon
archist committees throughout France, in
which he says: 1.-The present moment is
most critical. The chamber has lost credit
throughout the country. The government
has no courage to act against the social
lists. 1t is powerless at home and devoid of
authority abroad. The time has come for
all right minded men to unite in supreme
effort to restore the honor of France. We
must let France understand that the mon
archy alone can give to Der strong and
stable government"