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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-16
Fire in Columbus Dry Goods House

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 15-The whole
sale dry goods house OF Jones Witter &
Co., on East Spring street, and several
small buildings adjoining were de-
stroyed by fire this morning. The total
loss is placed at $4,000. The fire
originated in tho basement, probably
from the furnace, and is thought
smouldered from last evening. Three
fremen were severely, but not fatally
injured.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-16
ROANOKE, VA. FEBRUARY 1e. 1894

HARRY SMYTHE has nailed the lie
upon the story that he had heen giving
pointers to the president OF Haiti as to
the proper way to manage his govern
ment, and newspaper courtesy alone
makes it obligatory upon us to believe
that he is now telling the truth.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
CALIFORNIA; Rich Cold Fields.

Expert miners predict that the new
South African gold fields viii provo
richer even than Caiifornia's. This
seems hard TO believe when the i'm.
meme amount Cf the precious metal
yielded by California l. n~idcfcd.
The gold produce Ia that state since
lSjO exceeds sl.2iUu 5000. uni tho
yield at prs, ca' am ug'. tb alb but Sl3.-
Jh,O)Jayca",or p rhaps 900. .pumore
than that Of any other state. The out-
pat has d craa ed 80 newha' in recent
Years, bat the decline is due not g
any general exhaustion of the tcrri-
tory, out 30 the suspcn ion of the by
lrau,ic mines, which uf ia ,msclvss
tnrncd out something like 5000, 900
annually.
Thee figures sot high mark fo",
boomers of the South African gold
fields. They represent aCsntrib ,ion
to tho wealth OF the wu Id never
rqualed 10y any similar area Of terri
tory on the face Of the earth. Ana
California. notwithstanding the diver
sion OF vast sum of lCr un'rgy and
apital TO profitable mining operations
for other minerals. i, still turning out
moro tHan oLo-ihird OF al the gold
produced in the Unitcl States.
TIE chicf objection We have 10 the
"man who knows IL air is that he in
sist1 that every one else shall know IL
all. too. Gunkers Statesman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Iowa is overrun with tramps.

Iowa IL overrun with tramps.
MARYLAND ships coketo Mexico.
The cinnamon crop is 16, 900 tons.
ABorro vhalers report q big season.
PoPocArArErL is now in a state OF eruption.
THE female tramp is becoming numerous.
CHOLERA Is raging In 81. Petersburg, Rus
sia.
FLORIDA shipped q, ,2oo, 600 worth of moss
last year.
ALDEN IN. W farmers are feeding cows
with wheat.
CnIcAoo's ell 500 900 Y. NJ. G. A. building
has been dedicated.
New YoBK's death rate last year was %. 40,
the lowest since 1877.
GERMANS from Kansas are establishing
colonies in Maryland.
NEW YonK CRY budget for 1894 is placed
at something over s35, ,000, 900.
ISDiA's wheat area for 1894 shows an in
crease over 1898 OF six per cent
DURING the year 1898 7s, ,s39. .293 pieces OF
money wers coined at Philadelphia.
IT cost $4,000 n year TO pay the gas bills
OF New York grammar and night schools.
FRANCE and Spain signed n commercial
convention which will be in force for one
year.
The splen III vintage in Franco has made
wine a drug in the market at ono penny
quart.
THE National Wholesale Druggists Asso-
citation will wage war on 'cut rate drug
dealers
SicILIAS unrest Il spreading TO the main
land OF Italy and Naples Is threatened with
street riots.
Dus's TRADE REVIEW says the record OF
1898 in the business world is the worst in
tity years
TESTS made in the army out West show the
Indian TO be far inferior TO tho white man IA
q marksman.
Is boring for water Farmer Johnson. OF
Linn County. Kansas, struck hot air now
which he will utilize.
REFoRMERs from every State will meet at
Philadelphia in February 10 discuss good
government of cities.
MEXICAN soldiers massacred nine.y-four
women and children and n hundred men In
the chihuahua revolution.
RussfAs revenue fell of about $40 O0O, 900
In the last nine months OF 1898, compared
with the similar period OF 1892.
Two Harvard professors aud four instruc-
tors have been dismissed the reason alleged
Is the necessity OF retrenchment.
THE year 1898 saw n shrinkage In value OF
stocks traded in on the Chicago Stock Ex-
change OF more than sl3, 200, 900.
THE State OF Connecticut is swarming with
bunco men who have been driven out Of New
York, and IL Ia said that many of them are in
o destitute condition.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Two Senates in Jersey

New Jersey has two senates now in ses-
sion both clamoring to be the legal one The
governor has recognized the nine hold over
Democrats in preference to the four hold
over and seven newly elected Republicans,
and has cent his message TO the former
body after notifying the Republicans that
he would have TO consult counsel before
finally deciding either TO recognize or ig-
more them. The Democrats organized
senate in the regular chamber and the Re-
depends greatly upon the advice of the gov
ernor's counsel. The governor in his mes
sage advised the enactment of additional
legslati on to abolish gambling race,racks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Found Herds of Reindeer.

]. Il. Tyrrell, geologist, and J. " TyrrelI,
Dominion Government Land Surveyor,
have Just returned TO Toronto, Csaada, from
q visit 10 the far North. They went as Tar
as Chesterfield Inlet on the west side of
HudsonBay. traversing $50 miles of entirely
new country which white man had never
before crossed. Reindeer were found in
enormous herds, one lot which contained
several thousand and covered q stretch of
country over three miles across. The men
suffered great hardships on their return
trip, having to walk The greater part Of the
way. owing TO the lakes and rivers being
frozen.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
som cbody's Coed.

To make our own troubles the means o,
helping the troubles of others Is a noble Of.
fort for good. A well illustrated instance oil
this kindly sympathy 1. shown in q letter
from Mr. Enoch l.. llanscom, School Agent,
MarshaelJ. Ne. an old Union soldier. IL,
says 1T may do somebody some gooi to
state. am man OF sixty and when forty
had bal knee ami rhcumatlsm set in.
was lame three years ami very bal most o.
the time. got 81. Jacobs OIL AMI put 1t or
three times AMI It made a cure. an now ir
good health"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
THE LABOR WORLD.
TnAiSnES pay a 1920 death benefit.

TRAiEMES pay a 1920 death benefit.
TOLEDO (0hio) painters run a paper.
MicnicAs copper mine are prosperous.
"0ur or WORK suicides are Increasing.
GREAT BR,rAis's colleries employ ,000, 900
men.
DETROIT, Mich, has q, 900 in enforced idle
ness.
WORKERS in fax and white lead don't live
long.
CoPESHAoES's cooperative bakery is worth
sl37, 900.
OAKLAND (cal.) white men have colored
foreman.
woxzS in Western Andalusia, Spain, earn
sixty cents n week.
CrScrSSATI bosses have agreed to employ
union men exclusively.
LABoR debates are held weekly In an Oak
land (Cal.) Presbyterian church.
UsEMpLorED workingnen in England are
appealing to Mr. Gladstone for aid
CrScrSSArI unions have established place
In which the unemployed may sleep.
DENVER knights OF Labor have indorsed
magistrate who refused TO convict vagrants
EVANSVILLE providence. II. IL worsted
mills have resumed after two months idle
ness.
THE textile Congress OF France has decided
70 adopt standard list Of prices, as in Eng
land.
SANTA FE railroad switchmen struck fot
two hours when their pay checks did not
turn up on time.
In the past year 202 trades unions in Eng.
land have distributed 81, i,ll0, 400 In 'unem.
ployed benefits"
MARRIED men have the preference at Bat.
falo, y. Y, in the places created for those In
enforced idleness.
wHES Madrid (Spain) bakers threatened
to strike the Government established bakeries
TO supply the people.
IT is saidthat coolies from India are rapid,
suppIanung the African labor ON the planta,
tions OF the West indies.
LABOR COMMISSIONER JONI II. SOVEREIGN
Grand Master Workman OF the knights oI
Labor, has been served with an Injunction
which prevents him from interfering In cas,
any labor difficulty occurs on tho Northern
Pacific Railroad.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
August
Flower

| al Post Master here and keep
a Store. lhave kept August Flower
for sale for Some time. link il is
a splendid iAeiicinc." l.. "A. Bond,
p. NJ, Pavilion Centre, n. y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
II it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidncys, the lungs, the
heart, the head the blood, Tie nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach trst. Put that
right at once Jy using August
Flower. II assures good appetite
and good digestion. =
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A Calling gun fires COCO shots 0
minute.
A Philadelphia in ventor hos mipis-
nre trolley road on the roof OF his
house.
Three hundred and sixty mountains
in the United States are over 10, 900
feet high.
A fever thermometer il now made
in chatelsine form for the use Of
trained nurses.
The proposed photograph will en-.
able ships to communicate with one
another At long distances.
In France sixty.seven per cent. OF
the people live on rye bread, only
thirty.three per cent. on wheat bread.
Two sexton beetles will bury a mole
in an hour. feat equivalent to two
men interring whale in the same
length OF time.
NJ. de lIsle discovered an animalcale
that could run six inches in g second,
and calculated that il must move its
legs no less than 1900 times in that
brief period.
A French Doctor has inventol new
word. "onchyophasy." He applies it
to young girls who bite their nails,
claiming that the habit arises from u
deranged condition of the nervous
system.
Ninety eight AMI . half per cent. Of
the locomotives on railways in the
United Kingdom are fttod with auto
matte brakes; and ninety-aine per
cent. of the carriages and Other
vehicles attached to passenger trains
are similarly equipped.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Human Sacrifices IN Russia.

A Siberian paper gives the following
account Of the human sacrifices, which
are still practised in remote parts OF
Russia, aud which the orthodox church
and the Government have long tried
to suppress in vain. The victims OF
these sacrifices are always voluntary
people who for old age, or ill-health,
or poverty, or some other reason, are
tired of life and resolve 80 quit 1t.
The Tchuktchi who has made up his
mind to die Immediately notifies his
ncighbors and nearest relatives. The
news spreads in the circle OF his friends,
and all of them soon visit the unhappy
person to influence him to change his
mind. Prayers. rerroaches, com.
plants and tears have no effect on the
fanatic, who explains his reasons,
speaks Of the future life. OF the dead
who appear TO him in his sleep, and
even when he II awake, calling him 10
them. His friends, seeing him thus
resolved, GO away to make the Gus.
tomary preparations. At the end ol
from ten to fifteen days they return &c
the hut OF the Tchubtchi, with whit,
mortuary garments and some weapons
Which will be used Ivy the man in Tin,
otl er world TO light evil spirits and
hu, the reindeer. After making his
toile, the Tchuktchi withjraws into
the corner Of the hut. His neares; re-.
lative stands by his side, holding in
his hand the instrument OF sacrifice, n
knife, n pike or rope. After the sac.
riice the assistants place the body on
a sledse drawn by reindeer, which
draw it to the place Of the funcral.
Arrived ss their destiaatiou, the
Tchuktchis cut the throat of the rein
deer, take from the dead body It's
clothing, which is torn to pieces, and
place the corpse ON lighted funeral
pile. Durins the incineration the as
sistants offer up prayer to the happy
in the other world, and euppiica,o
these to watch over them and therl.
These horrible practices are followed
to-day with the same exaetuess ~ .n
ancient times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
EXPRESS AND MAIL ROBBED.

Masked Men Successfully Hold UP A
Train Near St. Joseph, Mo.
MASKED men held up the Hannibal and
ST. Joseph railways fast train, the "Eli,"
four miles east Of st. Joseph. and TO bbed
the express and mail cars, The men pl aced
torpedoes on the track and swung a red
lantern 10 stop the train. and as il slowed
up three men climbed into the engine cab
and revolvers were thrust into the faces OF
the engineer and fremen, who
were forced to walk back in
front Of the robbers to the door of the ex.
press car and ordered to tell the messenger
TO open the door and as he did so two of the
robbers leaped in. They secured the KEYS
to the safe and went through 1t. As II was
through one TO Chicago, it is believed
pouches were also rified, but the passengers
were not molested. The robbery ,p'o
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Golden Rule OF Success.

The Golden Rule notes that whereas
man used to be held an exceedingly
daring advertiser ii in the course OF q
year he bought $50, 900 worth of space
in the journals of the country, now a
man is not held to be a large adver-
tiser unless he spends from $500, 900
to 5000, 900 year for Advertising
space. Advertise literally" is re-
cognized now as the golden rule Of
business success. Boston Globe.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
The Treasury Balance.

The net treasury balance at the close of
business Saturday was s92, 06s,l7 less s6,-
736, $50 paid on account OF interest and
bonds. This leaves clear balance of
slightly over ss5 600, 600 The gold in the
Treasury Is stated at s7i, 100. l49 and tho
currency at $l7. 960,02S
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Three children Cremated.

Fire destroyed the house OF Thomas
Johnson, an Indian. at Walpole island, near
Sarnia, Ont. Three Of Johnson's children
were cremated and another fatally injured.
The rest Of the family barely escaped being
burned 10 death.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
DEATH IN THE SMOKE.
Three Men on Hand Car Run Down
and Killed.

At Woodward. Ala, an engine of the
Woodward iron company collided with a
hand car with the following result; J, V.
Neal, Louis Fhzzle and James Ow-
ems killed: Jim Jackson ia
tally injured. The men were on hand car
Just leaving with an iron train. Thick
smoke blown on the track by heavy wind
prevented the crews from seeing each
other.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Murdered sitting at a Window.

ing eight miles north of Princeton, ky,,
was assassinated the other night He was
sitting near a window where the light from
a lamp shone on him, and some one on the
outside, without warming emptied two
loads of buckshot into his breaat, killing
hiin instantly,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
murder over a Game of Cards.

Hugh Higgins and Eugene Finch quar-
relied over game OF pedro in Almena. Mich;
awaiting trial for murder. He stabbed Finch
three times.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
40 paya Without Food.

Mrs. Catharine Blackerby, aged 70 years.
died at her home eight miles from Danville,
Ky, after existing twenty eight days W ith-
out nouri shment Of any kind.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
Marr.rl Ills NnrsP.

Lieutenant s,altos, Spanish officer,
who was severely wounded while
lighting beside his chief, General Mar
gallo, who was killed during ;he re-
cent hostilties between tn. Spanish
troops and the Ria rebels, ut Mclille,
was carried 10 the residence OF the
General and nursed by the latter's
daughter. The tragedy has rounded
of with romance, IN the marriage OF
the Lieutenant and Miss Margallo. -
Picayunc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18

RAILROAD pass has no value when
two trains violently meet on L single
track.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
4 200 Ratb killed in TWO pnys.

All records were broken in u two days
rabbit hunt at Lamar. Col. The total number
killed was 1, 700 and the highest individual
score 100. The game was shipped To Den.
yer and Pueblo to be distributed among the
needy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18

6t. Louis Flooded With Counterfeits.
The Federal officers say that never before
has there been so much spurious coin ahoat
tin and antimony.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18

NOTHING TO BUILD ON
1.-TWO years ago was taken sick win ca
iarrhal neuralgia and complication of dl-,
tusc~, including nervous prOst ration. | hAd
tour doctors here and then went 10 Boston,
whore was treated by two physicians They
all said there was no help for me. WAS run
down 50 low there was nothing to build on.
fney said | had catarrh Of the b'ad-
der. " hen begun taking
HOOPS SAR-kPARILLA
weighed o, pounds; now weigh lSa pounds
Guild not stand on my feet long enough TO
wash my dish >; now can do all my work,
washing included, for five IN the family. Mrs.
r. Il. BROWN, Easton, y. ii. .
Hoods p!IIs cure all liver lila, bliousness.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18

There is moro Ca arrh IN this section O tho
rouutry ttnn all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years WIS supposed t. bo
tnCuralle. For great many years doctors pro-
uounCed II a local d iscaS", and prescribed local
RENE lies. and 10y constantly failing to cure
With local treatment, pronounced II inCurable.
Science has proven cttorrh q b, a cpnsiitu-
tiunal disease and therefore require. cunstitu-
tionat treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure. man
ufncti ired bv +. J. Cheney a Co, Toledo, Ohio,
T. tho only con-titutiunat rnr, on the market.
IL IL taken internally In doses from ldrops to
q teaspoontui. IL acts directly On the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
one undrrd dollars r any case IL fails to
cur, send tor circulars and testimonials
free. Address
L. j. CnENrY & CO., Toledo, o.
81 old by Druggists, 7jc.
Ntanti. Georgia, celebrated her centen-
nal on saturday
Fop Tnro.r DisrIsEs AND Cou0Us use
HunwS'S BVpNCuIAL TRoCHEs. l.ike Rll 'tdHy
go1f thing.th,v srs initiated. Ihs gshLhn Ws
sold OH!y ~ GyIts.
AneNpo.inu al the AbercOrn coliery IN
1875 killed 4uJ persons.
Brcchsmr P,us are better than mineral Wa
The cinnamon crop is II, 1000 tons.
For Pncumon a no other cough syrup equals
Ua,ch's Universal. - 'ntS at druggists,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18
MARKETS.

riTnBCRG.
THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-18

For Pncumon "a. NO other cough syrup equals
llatch's Universal. - c 'nts at druggists,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-29
KANSAS CHURCHES.

DR.. Dennison and DR.. Bowman of To.
peka are the only living charter men,
bers of the Kansas conference, organized
in 1856.
The Fort Scott district of the M. e.
church has a membership of $500.
There have been 500 conversions during
the past year.
From Parsons: A convention of the
Churches of Christ of the Third Con-
gressional district is being held in this
city with $50 delegates present. Re-
ports show that the membership of the
organization has been largely increased
within the past year.
From Abilene: The tobacco resolu-
tions adopted by the NJ. E. conference
expressed determination not to allow
any minister to use tobacco, and request
ed the bishop not to transfer such min
lister to this conference. The temper
ance resolutions were lengthy. After re-
joicing at the progress made by prohi-
bition they urged renewed ardor, eau
toned members Of the conference and
church not to sign petitions for drug
gists' permits, and urged strict enforce
ment of the discipline against eny mem
Der who used Intoxicating liquor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-29
Glover on New Land.

Prof Thomas Shaw of Minnesota,
writes in Live Stock Report about
the difficulties in getting clover
catches on new land in the North
west He attributes the fact to po-
rositY of new soil, which causes dry
ing winds to penetrate it and take
away its moisture. In the dry re-
gions beyond the great lakes this
may possibly be the effect but else
where we have found that a soil
which is porous at the surface furn-
niShed the clover catch. Loose soil
on the surface acts as a mulch, and
keeps the soil below moister than it
would otherwise be. We have usu-
ally had better catches of clover on
land newly cleared than on that long
cultivated. On the latter sowing on
a surface that has been repeatedly
frozen and thawed during the winter
gave the best results. But on new
ciearedland we have had just as good
clover catches with oats, which are
generally poor crop to seed with.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-29
Feeding Clenr Cornmsnl.

DO all farmers know that feeding
clear cornmeal To dairy cows in win
ter Is a dangerous practice? | knew
1T fifty years ago, because my father
told me So but / did not know for
certain that l did know it until l
spoiled seven different cows trying to
find out the truth. So writes con-
tributor to an exchange 1t is such
u heating food that COWS about to
come in fresh milk should never be
fed clear Cornmeal.
1t will cause garget in the old cows
udder, and small kernels in the teats,
and you always have a deuce OF a
time getting them all right after
calving, and generally lose one teat
the first year, another the next sea-
son, and there is nothing left to do
with such an animal but make beef
Of 1t.
Since l came to my senses on this
important subject 1 have used over
a hundred different cows in my dairy
business, and have never had single
case of garget since l quit feeding
clear cormeal to cows. 1 sometimes
feed one-fourth ration of meal with
a three-fourthS ration of bran or oats
safely, but | do hope other farmers
are not so stubborn as am naturally,
and will not lose so much money get
ting this information rubbed into
them,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-29
Roadside Dirt as Manure.

1t often pays to plow low places
on the side of roads where there is
much travel, and opening the fence
scrape the rich soil into the adjoin-
ing fields. Perhaps it would not pay
to load and unload dirt and carry it
much distance, but a man with &C
tive team and scraper can dispose of a
large amount of soil by few hours
work, Not only will the field be en-
riched, but the road will be i'm
proved, the removal of the earth
from the sides making the road bed
comparatively more elevated. 1t is
a far better plan than the practice
which used 10 be common of scrap
ing rich dirt from the roadside into
the center Of the track to be cut by
travel into almost fathomless ruts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-29

turned at night in summer, whether
kept in the stable or the pasture
during the day. for sudden storms
and showers frequently arise In the
night and thoroughly drench the
stock that has 70 shelter it can seek.
For sheep cows, weanling calves, and
other stock such an open shed has
pronounced advantages both in sum-
mer and winter. The one told OF in
the Country Gentleman is combined
with corn and grain chamber, which
Is entered from the midway landing
OF the stairs leading from the first 10
the second floor of the stable to which
the smaller building is attached. The
grain Is thus constantly at hand
when needed for the use of the ami
mails, and is easily and conveniently
housed after being thrashed from the
straw or husked from the stalk.