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Nicotine ana robacco.


Many people regard toba co and
Q cotine as s. nonymous terms. though
1t is known that there are varities Of
tobacco which conta practically no
nj otine whatever A venetian doc.
tor, Sig. G. b. de Toni, has been
making some exhaustive researches
on "Nicotiana Tobacumn-- the va
.ulEiety-594 tobac o generally used by
smokers and has just published the
results OF his Investigations. He
finds that nieotine, which is an aka.
loid, located CHI ,efy in the ep.
dermal tissues, but is entirely abs Mt
from the seed and young plant In
the Toov OF mature plant it occurs in
the cort1cal tissue, and especially in
the layer OF cells immediately be-
meath the epidermis. In the branches,
Leaf stalk, lamina of the leaf, pc
duncle, calyx and corollo it is con-
fined almost entirely TO the epidermal
cells and occurs chiefly 10 those at
the base of the hairs In smaller
quantit es 1t is found in the anthers
and b Still, but the mesopnyl and as.
stimulation tissue of the leaf were en-
tlrely devoid Of nicotine in all the
samples examined
DR. Toni believes the function of
nicotine to be simply excretory, being
a product Of t1e reduction of oxygen
Gus substances. BY some 1T has been
assumed that nicotine exercises a
protective influence on the TOBACCO
plant to keep marauding insects at
bay; but this assumption is not borne
out BY observation, as both the fresh
and dried leaves are eaten ~ many
insects
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It will pay to have rotation Of
crops, if only corn, oats and grass are
used.
A young and growing animal re-
quires different ration from mature,
fat one.
No success succeeds like success. A
soil IS best for the crop that grows the
best upon it.
Fine peach tree seedlings may be
rais ed by sowing the stones in the fall
OF spring, and are often superior to
selected kinds.
One has said that storage rooms ont
of doors for farm tools are cheap in
the first instance, but mostly costly in
the final reckoning,
One decided advantage with the
raspberry.is the certainty of its fruit
ing under anything like fair condi-
tons. 1t can nearly always be relied
upon.
The Sutton Beauty is winter apple
which is being used by many to sup
plant the Baldwin, the latter having
failed to produce good fruit in some
localities of late.
1t is generally considered labor lost
attempting to mend half-worn out
orchard by filling in the vacant places
with young trees. The more econom-
ical plan is to commence new or
chard in new situation.
woman makes the best poultry
keeper, because she has more pa
thence and better knack for the de-
tails of the business. But if You
leave it to your wife. let us advise you
to give her a hand on the hard work,
for there is some hard work in it.
A farmer said before an Iowa insti-
tute: It has been proven that clover
sod is as good to produce corn as the
virgin soil. Farmers are just awaken-
ing to the importance of sowing all
small grain fields to cloyer. 1t is the
only wholesale fertilizer yet discoy-
cred.
Guard against w/4aeip the young
pigs by giving ~ sqt access to
plenty Of salt andzesn 81, ,hes. A lit
tie asafetida in thessGfop twice a week
will act as good tonic. Plenty Of
grass or vegetables are also good.
This is the advice given by an old
swine grower.
Properly conducted pear culture is
most profitable branch of fruit.
growing. Aside from the chances Of
blight, pear orchard once in bearing
will pay profit for many years. One
acre viii yield as much OF crop as is
ordinarily obtained from two acres Of
apples.
German millet has been grown to O
large extent in Middle Tennessee fol
the seed. Some seasons it pays $50
to the acre. 1t will make as much
seed and as heavy crops of hay on the
river bottoms as anywhere else in the
world. Some of it ought to be sown
on every farm.
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Railway fares, unless one travels in
slow trains and miserably in third-class
cars, arc moro expensive in Europa
than In the United States, and the ac-
commoda ion is inferior. For 9 sleep
ing-car berth from Paris to Nice one
rays SIS; in America one may travel
from New York to Chicago, p greater
distance, in sleeping car fos -. Life
in good European hotels costs as much
as It does in good hotels in America.
Servants wages are lower here, but
experience a)roves that one good
American servant does the work OF
two Europeans, and does it more sim
ply and neatly. The real difference in
favor of Europe is Tat one NAV. II one
chooses, ADJUST the standard of living
to ones income. Economy is respected
in Europe and is considered respect
able, whereas in America this Is not
always the case. In Europe, even
people of considerable means may live
simply and economic in a way that
at home would excite unpleasant com
ment. Here it is accepted as matter
OF course.
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pEand goes to bed rly IN the even
rIhg. That hen may be put down as
very poor layer. The eggs of some of
the other hens go to help pay her
keep. Here comes another. She
walks briskly and there is an elasticity
in her movements which shows she has
something in view. She is neat and
natty in appearance, small head,
with a thin neck, nicely arched
and curved She forages or
scratches all day long and may be
too busy to come for her evening
meal. She is at the door in the morn
ing waitingto be let out. She snatches
a few mouthfuls of feed and is off to
the meadow, looking for insects. Be
fore she gets out in the morning she
generally deposits her daily egg in the
nest, or returns after short forage.
She is neat, clean and tidy, with a
brightness and freshness pleasant to
the eye. That is the hen that pays
for her feed and gives good profit
all the year round. The writer has
noticed these traits since hoyhood and
knows that they are infallible. BY
studying these traits any man may. in
a few years, have fine flock of hens.
Northwest Farmer.
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Past Help.

Bouvard, one of the most learned
as well as brusque physicians of his
times, was one day called to attend
the Archbi hop of Rheims, who was
suffering from violent collie. Il am
coming said Bouvard, who, how
ever, did not stir. "For the love Of
God, sir said the messenger, dc
not wait any longer. Monseigneur is
suffering the tortures of the damned
-" What" exclaimed Bouvard,
"alreadYln
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supERsrIrIous TRAVELLERS
Veteran Passenger Conductor Talks
the Whims OF Tourists.

Veteran Passenger Conductor Talks Of
the whIms OF Tourists.
No one but the experienced pasI
senger conductor knows just howl
whimsical and cranky the travelling
public really is, says the pittsburg
Post. A traveller may have some
peculiar fad or notion when be is on
the road, but he never dreams that
there are thousands of others Just like
him, or perhaps worse. In years OF
experience the conductor rubs elbows
with all sorts Of people, and In spite
Of himself becomes a mind and face
reader, who takes back seat from
no one except the professional.
ayes, travellers are superstitious
and cranky" said veteran knight
of the punch yesterday In response to
query. Il think the average pas
senger conductor deals with more
oddities daily than the curio collec-
tor Of freak show. AS TO supersti-
tion, l think there is more OF it crops
out on trains than anywhere else.
Last week, just as the train was
ready to pull out for Chicago, a we'll
dressed man came out Of the coach
on the platform and in an agitated
manner asked me what day it was.
II told him it was Friday, and
without another word he re-entered
the coach, and in moment returned
with his luggage, and by way OF OK.
PLANTATION stated that he never began
journey Friday and would wait un-
til the next morning That Is only
a sample. The much-mo0ted I'M
lucky thirteen is perhaps the cause
of more worry and incouyeniece to
tourists than any other sign which
they deem Of Ill omen. have known
passengers to begin at the head of.
the train to see If they could find No.
l3 anywhere.
IF the engine happened to be
thirteen they would resignedly wait
for the next train, and if they sue.
ceeded in finding number thirteen on
any Of the coaches they would hold
up their hands in holy horror.
have seen pa sengers refuse to ride
In coach that held thirteen passen.
gers, and If you will ask any ticket
man he will tell you that of all Sec
tions III a sleeper thirteen is the most
to dispose Of.
"Then aside from the superstition
which prevails among the travelling
public there are countless passengers
who are cranky, and if theS lose
chance to kick are in bad htimor for
a week afterward They kick for a |
seat in the center of the coach; kick |
because the train goes too slow or tee |
last; kick because they are in a
iraught or because it is too hot. And |
'he worst of it all is that when they
lick am the individual who is
'alled up TO hear them, as If l were
'esponsible for the whole business.
About the only time when some
'ellows don't kick is when they are
N their honeymoon. Everything
'oes on as smoothly as If it had been
'rdered so, but let tie same men ride
m the same train five years later
nd the chances are they'll kick
into exhaustion. .
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ing the whole series Of thirty-seven
years there has not been one year in
which the seasons make has been bad.
But the decided declension from fine
to very good and good is, in my iudg-
menb distinctly owing to the inau-
ence of food on milk, such influence
having been gradually brought about
by high farming"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-08-24

In the breeding of horses Il is
necessary to look at least two or three
years into the future for our results,
and to every one who looks at the
matter candidly and without prejudice
the prospects for about that time. and
until another depression, which is not
likely to come for at least the next ten
years, looks unusually bright for many
alnerent classes of horses, providing
they are of superior quality. The
street-car lines, which have until very
recently used enormously large num-
oers of class that as rule had
neither beauty nor speed. and were
not large enough for heavy draught,
VIII require comparatively few in the
future; consequently every breeder
should now so breed as to avoid pro-
ducing that class if possible,
Either discard the poor individuals.
no matter how well bred they may be,
or 50 breed them that the defects will
be very certain to be corrected. To
do this it is necessary to look, beyond
the individual selected, to the inheri-
lance. A stallion may have perfect
hooks and yet belong to family SO
VIGOROUSLY bad in that respect that if
mare at all defective in this particular
were bred to him, there would natur-
ally be an intensifying of the defect
rather than a correction of it, SAYS tie
American Horse Breeder. Another
very Objectionable defect, which is
much more common in the South than
In New England, is blindness. If one
has blind mare or one whose sight
IS at all defective, selecting horse
With absolutely perfect eyes and sight
IS not enough, as, in addition to that,
one should be very careful to make
choice where there is not single an
Jester with the same kind of defect
In breeding for profit, the prospects
ook better for continuing with we'll
'red and individually good horses
han for any other kind of stock, and
is not necessary to confne ones
breeding to the speediest classes. 1t
at least an open question whether
t the present time the hard
st to obtain is not really
lrst-class, handsome, stylish family
T road horse Of good sire pleasant
disposition and so trained as to be
safe. In such, while the
abulous prices that have been paid
or the fastest of trotters and tho
oughbreds never can be expected,
here Is as much more certain profit
han in any other class. The heaviest
draught horses are in just as good
emand as ever, as neither electricity
or anything else has taken or is like
! t, take their -nlaea bpt.~e, hstta.,. (.
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The way / like to hear it," he
continued to calculate, to the sur,
prise Of all and the delight of the
small boys.
People in the streets recognized the
famous pianist and joined the process
sion, so that the band had one of The
largest audiences TO which it had
ever played. Won Bulow listened at.
tentiyely to the end of the piece, aud
then made a deep bow before the
drummer and his instrument.
@Thank you, he SAID; shat wa:
refreshing! That rut my nerves in
good condition again"
When the drummer learned who
his strange admirer was, he was the
proudest man in the regiment.
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t5fte7afNa0 htHk. 1uotCud Va AoiA 3
a SUPER as is customary, to lie upon
the bier, Mr. Min insisted that Mr..
Tannehill should lie there in his robes.
AS the funeral pageant crossed the
stage, this lady, not being a great
frequelter Of the thcater, regarded
this as the most fitting time to pre-
sent the bouquet.
AS the cortege reached the center
Of the stage, the well-meaning wom-
an arose from her seat in the box,
and with ali her strength hurled a
bouquet to the stage, 1t struck Mr..
Tannehill in the face with such force
that he decided it was a cabbage,
and regarded the situation as too
hazardous to permit his longer pos
ing on the bier. He sprang to the
stage and quickly made his exit.
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History of Gotham

At one of the annual dinners of the
New England society of New York,
at which Mr.. Blaine and the late
Governor Van Zandt, Of Rhode Isl.
and, were both guests, little good
natured chaff was INDUCED in as to
the relative influence of the Holland.
ers and Yankees In the settlement
and development of New York. 81
can give you the history of New York
in sentence, said Kan ZanCt. in
whose veins coursed Ne iSDutch and
Yankee blood. @Tf clutch settled
New York, aud the Yankees settled
the Dutch. !"
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that sciende has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical FIR iternity. Catarrh being aeon,
stituuonal disease, requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying tile foundation of the disease, and
giving the Tlatient strength by building up the
constitutions and assisting nature in doing its
work. The lproprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer Ono Hun
dred Dollart for any case that 1t fails to cure
Send for Ii IL of testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
~ Sold Ry Druggists, 75c.
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How many poultrymen can pick out
q good laying hen from strange
flock2 Not many can do it; yet it can
easily be done after a short study Of
makeup and characteristics. There
goes hen with a thick neck, large
head, ill-shaped, walks listlessly about,
seemingly with no intention or pur-
pose in view. She does not care to
scratch, but hangs around the hen
kouse, evidently waiting for her next
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Followed the Band.

Hans Won Bulow, the famous leader
and composer, who died short time
ago, was an eccentric member Of a
profession in which eccentricity is
common. While walking the streets
Of Vienna one day he came aaross a
reSimental band on its way to the
castle.
Vpn Bulow ran to the middle Of
the street and joined the small boys
about the drummer. Following the
band, he kept bowling to the surprised;
drummer, applauding him at almost
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The light from the sun reaches tho
earth in seven and one-half minutes,
though the distance is such that a
cannon ball fred from the sun and
continuing its ye'ocity undated
would require more than seventeen
years to reach the earth.
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Ereeon's Terrible Mistake.

ASf9w years ago." said Charles J.
"a n lon, of Philadelphia, Il learned
Patter{ ret Of the life of a man who
,he secgksed more than quarter OF
lad pal with scarcely smile. He
'enturp In physician and surgeon.
rad bel one occasion had to remove
Ind oil lIred eve in order to save the
In mid I've. and prevent total blind
,ther 1 The night before the opera
less. b had been drinking heavily
ion b bmc friends, and, although the
With Sd Ing morning he was sober, his
ollowiI WAS unsteady and his nerves
land Ing.
lnstruf Ter administering chloroform he
@AftA Ia fatal ard horrible blunder,
made Ing the well eye by mistake,
emoyA hs consigning his patient to
nd thf hal blindness. The moment
erpetk lowered his error he turned the
e disd liver to a competent surgeon,
nan d everything he possessed to
eeded hid hurried from the ne ghbo--
i'm, Ike a convicted thief The Ie-
God Ii br of his life was one constant
lainds iof remorse, and he rapidly
Dund bed into a confirmed misaa-
eveloH The secret Of his life was
lropeA to a number of people, but
nownk 1t was finally revealed to me it
hen ed mystery, and made me
splai# the man, for hoHcy grave
spec lis original blunder, which in
as ID Eespects was, OF course, worse
)me crime, his repentance was Of
nan q lost genuine character. New
ne n Recorder.
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! re the eccentric George G.
became a tragedian he was a
clergyman in Iowa, and was
4 t of the women of his circuit.
The appeared as a star over the
Brircuit his feminine admirers
{ith each other as to which
present him with the largest
andsomest bouquet, writes
Adair, in the Chicago Inter
wa City he appeared as Rich
A lady sat In box with the
Fmonstrcus bouquet the florist
furnish. Frank Tannehill, Sr.,
ID the parts of Buckingham
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Laughs. Like Love. at Locks.

John Willis, a Washington Grim.
inal, has won the title of 1.-THE Wiz
ard of the Cells" among the police
officials of that city. He is said to
be able to unlock the door OF almost
any cell in some mysterious manner
without the use of instruments.
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Pare and WHOLESOME Quality

Fufef anu Wb0Iesoie VuulIty
Comments t51public approval the California
liquid laxatit 70 remedy. Syrup of Figs. 1t Is
pleasant to Il be taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels to cleanse the
system effect mlly, II promotes the health and
comfort Of al who use it, and with millions it
is the best an only remedy.
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Money i'm Chickens.

q man who devoted o. yean
of his life to CONDUCTING
A POULTRY YARD AS A
BUSINESS. not a. q PAS
time. As the living Of him.
self and family dependes
on it, he gave the subject
sueh attention as only q
heed OF bread viii com
mand. and the result was =
grand success. after he had
spent much money and lost
hundreds CT valuable chick.
ems in experimenting. What
he learned in al, these Ycarl
is embodied in this book.
which We send postpaid fos
25 cents in stamps. Il
teaches yol how to Detect
Hsl Cur@ Diseases. how 70
Feed for Eggs and also fos
Patching. which Fowls 10
Save for breeding Purposes
and everything. indeed, you
should know on this subject
BOOK PUB. ROUSE.
is4 Leonard Stu n. Y. GLE
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Dr.. Kiimfr's SWAMP Roor cures
all Kiddkey and Bladder troubles
Pamphi lit and Consultation Tree
Laborlk tory Binghamton, n. I.
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In 1862 II is said that a book, name not
given, was printed from vuleanized rubber
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Peabody hok ases for the poor were opened
IN London in h1S64.
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The oldest university in South America is
that Of ChileS founded in 1T45.
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A Iocomotisle lasts fifteen years and earns
about $300,OO@t.
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This Company acts as Executor, AZ a,
u Pm PMS interest on deposits Of money s.
10 check. II has Special nas.nsd isct
ment, and receives deposits u laol W,,,itst
ward' The finest Safe Depos@ E1"''s
and skill can produce: a.,,r,, y
Non-residents will find ~ mos as ~ nv n
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pd ILHA Charles Baum, ia YES 1.
z 1S bp M. eiapp II. s. Cumin ngs. I, : +,
Iinston. John:Joy E.lson, Albert Idsa 1 r e
+ h N ri Larner, John Rifout, ~,
S.h IN % n II. Shea, Thomas Sex
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FAnM AND GARDEN NOTES.

quality IS demanded here than few
years ago.
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The highest peak OF the Rocky Mountai ls
is Mount Brown, British America, Is, 800 feet
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INN ticixers. your name and address. My We.
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mRAMA in money; besides other valua lie
AN3HaAFk rsem ums TO good gnessers. Base
w. - ~ - ball Hooters. catch see
offer in HOME AND COUNTRY HAGA-
ZINE Price, 25 ce its. SAMPLE Magazine eal be
see and full p4rticu obi in At Tn Office. All
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II a11icted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons rs e-water Druggists sell at 25c per bottle,
full bloom. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-14
EIsetioa Expenses.

ALBANY, Nov. l3.-The following certificates
OF election expenses were fled to-day with the
Secretary Of State by candidates for Congress-;
Franklin Bartlett. Seventh district, expended
sl.5l2. of which 1880 went to Tammany Hall.
Charles A. Chickering, Twenty fourth district.
gave $500 each To the Oswego, Jefferson, and
Lewis Republican County committees, and spent
sos otherwise. George Henry Roberts, Che
mung district, expended 500 for printing and
travelling expenses.
Warren Is. Hooker, Thirty-fourth district.
gave 5000 eaall to the Allegany and Cattarau-
gus County Republican committees, $500 TO
the Chautauqua County Republican Committee,
and $50 to a focal Republican club.
James Wadsworth. Thirtieth district, contrib
uted 81 900 10 County Committees and appended
sire Tor travelling expenses and for other pur-
w. X. Cessau, Twenty-siIth district, expend-
William Ketcham, Eighteenth district, con
tributed $1,000 TO County Committees and
Benjamin h. Odell, Jr, Of the Republican
state Committee. who Was a candidate in the
Seventeenth Congressional DISTRICT, spent s4,lOj
re- AID d % hls s asS&ftts 81 sslhsiSoh 70 sli iRe s SHHI .o
County COMMITTEES, $500 Ia the ROckland Com
mittee, $3.50 for postage, and S6O3 for printing.
Charles T.. SaxtOn, the successful candidate
which 1919 was for printing, S6lb for pasters,
and Sll9 for postagr.
William f. Werner. candidate for supreme
Court Justice In the Seventh Judicial district,
thing In aid Of his election.
Waiter IL. NOTthrup. who was the Democratic
Congressional candidate ia the Twenty seventh
FIJI Mcdonnell. the Democratic candidate for
Congrrssi In the Twenty-eighth district, swears
that he expended nothing In aid Of his election.