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The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21
COUNTY NEWS.

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-'
a Popuhte candldateoi Winston
says he thinks MS couh'y"lii marc
~ SO Popullte.
Nessrs Sam Iamison, Geo San
doris and Henry and Ebb Hollings-
worth attended commencement ex-
ercises at Plattsburg.
ea.ao,
IL was "a'liin6 i'''" ''i
east Oh LoOu'0ii''
There is humorist who does
not intend to practice mendaclty,
even in fun; but somehow or other
or some how else, he will tell his
auditors something amusing about
his travels in the Lone Star State,
where he lived several years. The
whiteness Of his name (Snow) rep
resents the purity OF his humor;
the GOODNESS of It represents his IN
different disposition to hllarlty'
One of his stories runs similar to
this: | was riding along through
the prairie once, on journey OF
several days ride. Water IN that
part of Texas was very scarce. |
drew rein at the base OF a slight
elevation of land, in any direction
forming basin, which held the
only water | had seen tor some
time. My mustang was thirsty
and so was |. II 1t had been IN
Mississippi | could not have drank
the stagnant water, alive with Gu
rious insects. We'll, reached the
aforesaid place about shutdown. |
staked the mustang ana glanced
around, as It were, to take IN the
clay OF the land. a CABIN stood
on the hill about a mile away; an
old-fashloned waSh-pot with a fe"
sticks around was near the pond.
~ .i' n.,. l1a,,1.o+ oro,, ! mo
f EiIF n r,no +l,o ,ona arose 70 sleen
NJ, 1oa,t hoI;ove al Of i. h,4 +bo
mosquitoes were SO bad | couldn
rest. 1t Sc ,med they would ami
hilate or carry me off. What
should do but crouch down on
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21

shine and gladness to the hearts Of
their parents. Walker has been
attending the West Point Male
Academy, and his sister, South
ern Female College,
VOICE.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21
rS Should see our
(Housekeepers|

ware. You remember the tariff
has been taken off and these goods
are 20 per cent cheaper than before.
You can supply Your kitchen and
dairy at u small cost.
We also have some Improved
White Mountain ice cream freezprs
which we are selling very low.
Our tinshop in rear Of the store
is conducted by n master timer
who is prepared to do gutteriug
and roofing and to make anything
out of tin or sheet iron; also repair
work.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21

Do not fail TO examine cur hand
some lile of 30 inch india silks re
duced from 81 to 75c, the very lat
est patterns.
w B Potts Co.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21
OUR AGENTS.

IN order 10 save our patrons some
trouble in making settlements, we
have established agencies al the be-
low-named places. Parties who desire
to see their accounts, pay their sub
ScriptionS, or make renewals, may see
the agent named at their postotlice.
w. I. Brown. ............. Sails.
Y. ]. Boswell ........ -. McCooi.
Shrocll Bros. ....... Shrock.
H. L. Lacey .........T homastown
The above are also authorized to re-
celve new subscriptions.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21
A Taking
Novelty

all sizes. They are the very thine
to pack lunches, eggs, or most any,
thing in. They are awful chem
too. Try one. -
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21
1t Catches
'enn

traps. We have sold number Il
prominent farmers and they say #
is the only good mole trap thew
ever saw. We still have some on
hand.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21

Why suffer with Coughs, Colds OF =.
Gnppe for week or ten days, " Wv,
laxative Qninine will cure in one Gsi
Put up in tablets convenient tor taA''
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21

The FarmerS HereJof ore
Delight leaie l sold far

---.-.:2s.-----.--.-.s mers fruit iars
which were difficult to pack and
were then frequently broken iolt
ing over the rough roads. Rnt
now we have them already securel,.
packed, a dozen in box. NJ
more delays in packing; no mors
breakage on the way. You AL,
for fruit jars and quick as a wini,
we hand you a box with dozen
in it. Furthermore, the wholesala
price has gone up S. gross; bnt
our price remains the same. Ara
they are Mason's best, too.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-06-21

Are Onr "picl.
nick" and hand
split baskets IL
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21

yards to what is called the cave IAN over
hanging rock to spend the night, under
which we are destined to crawl, seeking
such protection from the severity OF the
elements as it affords. Our bed consist
ed of spreading blanket over balsam
tops. For a time silence reigns, broken
only by the alternate whistling and sigh
ing of the winds through the pines or the
roaring and cracking of the camp fire.
Over all bends the cold, blue canopy OF
heaven, its myriad stars like glstening
ice points set jewel-like in the armament,
seeming so near that we feel we may al
most reach out and touch them; the
Great Dipper so low that we seem really
to look down into its starry cup. Such a
wild, weird night-so strange, so eerie,
so remote from the habitation of men.
We will look back upon this cold, bleak
night on this lofty peak as an experience
we would not miss for twice the amount
OF discomfort.
Morning comes. We drag ourselves
up the steep slope to MitchelPs grave.
We find the world enveloped i'm a sea of
mist. Great clouds of billowy vapor driv-
EN- hither and thither by the flying
winds, their "trailing garments" sweep
ing the mountain tops and shutting the
world from view. We fear at first that
we shall have no sunrise, but soon the
winds separate the mists like great cur
tain, and behold before us the glorious
spectacle of the dawn, the daily miracle
of sunrise half around the belt Of the
horizon the glory spreads, mounting to
the zenith in radiating bars of crimson
and gold; while from the midst of all this
dazzling splendor slowly, majestically
rises the great monarch of heaven, flood
ing with added glory the vast sea of mist,
gliding its myriad waves with rainbow
light, and bathing in purple radiance
the surrounding peaks. AS We gaze en-
tranced, speechless, the curtain is drawn
again, and though we wait hoping for
another view. We wait in vain.
We have seen the glory OF a sunset,
the radiance of a sunrise from Mt. Mitch
ell. We feel thankful that on noun
tain noted for its misty moods we have
been vouchsafed even for a brief moment
so glorious spectacle!
Our mission is now accomplished, and
we begin the descent. This we find
different matter from the journey up
ward of the day before. Slow and tedi-
GUS, freighted with dangers, a single mis-
step would send us down some rocky
steep hundreds of feet below. The whole
face of nature is changed, and as we turn
for last look at Mitchell before descend
ing into impenetrable shades, we then
wend our way down the mountains to
the lowlands.
Mt. Mitchell is so named in honor of
Prof. Elisha Mitchell who first scaled its
rocky heights and lost his life in his sci
entifc explorations of the mountain,
Yonder on its Hottest peak he lies buried,
having found in this great mountain at
once monument and tomb. The sto-
ry of the ten days search for his body
and its final discovery in the depths of a
mountain pool by big Tom" Wilson,
the chief character of these mountains,
is one of the most thrilling and pathetic
tales of this region.
Respectfully, w. IL. BYERLY.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21
Cattle Scarce on the Ranges.


A report from South Dakota says:
Parties representing Omaha, Sioux
City, and Chicago packers and live
stock dealers are making Inquiries as
to the number Of fat cattle on ranches
along the Missouri river and on the
Sioux reservation. The drought last
season spoiled much pasture and gen.
orally lessened the supply Of beef cat
tie. AS consequence early spring
shipments have fallen far below what
was anticipated. Ranchmen are mar
keting the better grades, but the sup
ply Is limited as compared with former
years, and unless pasturage is I'M
usually early the demand will greatly
exceed the supply. This means an adj
vance in the price Of beef cattle from
this date until July at least; possibly
till fall shipments are made. From
six to a dozen car loads of cattle pass
here from western ranches daily, while
at this time in former years they went
in heavy train loads. Along the foot
hills and in the Cheyenne river country
ranchmen report stock in average con-
dition and few weeks good feed will
put them in marketable shape, but the
number is less than for several pre-
vi6us years. Nearly all the young
stock from northern and western
ranches was marketable last fall and
but few remain for spring shipment.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21
Feeding Wheat to Horses.

d. M'Naught, veterinary surgeon
addressing a farmers convention in
Manitoba, said that some authorities
regard wheat as injurious when fed to
horses freely. But his experience dis
proves this, as in the years when that
section had large quantities Of frozen
wheat almost every one fed more or
less wheat to save their oats, which
were fit for sale. and thousands of ami
mails were fed wholly on wheat with
out any bad effect. Most people began
feeding in small quantities at first,
but they gradually increased the al
lowance until pailful Of frozen wheat
was fed to good large farm horse
three times day, with no bad results.
In his judgment, however, the best food
for general purposes available in Man.
itoba, is oats. But most people are in
clined to feed their horses too many
oats and not give them sufficient varie-
ty. They will give them hay and oats for
365 days in the year and think they
have done their whole duty. AS we'll
ask man to live on salt pork and po-
tatoes three times a day from years
end to years end and nothing else, and
expect him to remain healthy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21
What the Chicken Pilxed Up.

Colonel w. d. Belts, of Orange, Tex.
has a valuable opal about the size Of a
grain of peaberry coffee, that he wears
in a scarfpin. Yesterday he called
up O pet chicken and took it in one
hand while he allowed it to pick some
grains of corn from his other hand.
The chicken soon swallowed the half
dozen grains that were held out to 1t,
and looking about for more spied the
opal and struck 1t, but did not quite
dislodge 1t from the setting. AS quick
as a flash the bird made another and
more successful grab at the stone, tear
ing it out and swallowing it. The
chicken was great pet in the fam
lily, but opals cost more than chickens.
A council of war was called, and 1t was
decided that the opal must be found
even at the cost of life, so about two
hours later the chicken was executed,
and the opal discovered lodged in its
gizzard.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21
CONCENTRATE. WISDOM.


It is much better to suffer than to
sin.
The bright side is not always the
right side.
Sooner or later pride is sure to step
on dynamite.
A lie will often kill where a shot
gun wouldn't.
Love can be misunderstood but new :
err over estimated.
The back that won't bend will some
day have to break.
If you would feel right, believe
right, and do right.
Tact wins where great gifts with
out 1T would fall fat.
Not to train up the boys properly is
to help the barkeeper.
The days are never long enough for
the man whose heart is in his work.
You have won the love of others
when you prove that you love them.
Nine troubles out of ten will run
when you look them squarely in the
face.
How quick the peacock drops his
feathers when he catches sight of his
| black feet.
Some people use religion as they do
their silver spoons; only when they
have company.
Putting screen in the saloons
door, is the DEVILS confession that he
is ashamed of the business.
| 1t is more needful to be able to suf-
fer long and be kind, than it is to
preach with the tongue of an angel.
There is more real good in cheer
full disposition than there is in pedi-
gree running back to the Mayflower.
Socrates, when asked what was
the best mode of gaining a high repu-
tation, replied: "To be what you APP
pear to be-"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21
Produces Consumes
pounds per pounds per
inhabitant. inhabitant.

The Supply of Cattle.-It will take
FIVE years at least to work the
cattle supply up to where there
Will be overproduction. In the
meantime values will be high and
when the supply exceeds the demand,
with resultant lower values, the cattle
man who always succeeds, will have
sold out to barely a remnant. This his
tory of production of all the commodi-
ties is one and the same. When from
either overproduction or undercon-
sumption, the amount produced was
more than the commercial or natural
demand, values have gone down and
the increased accumulations have been
sacrificed in order that other branches
of industry could be pursued, but as
rule where this changing policy has
been followed little money has been
made. To the man who diversifies his
minor productions and makes a spe-
cialty of some one of the many
branches of industrial labor, will the
most good result.-Texas Live Stock
journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21

Those who thought the recent sharp
advances in cattle would call out
heavy runs have been disappointed.
The supplies continue ligat, and ali
indications point to positive scarcity
of good beeves available for the mar
kets OF the next few months. The
short corn crop Of last year is no doubt
10 considerable extent responsible for
the shortage Of good cattle at present,
but aside from this there are liz lica-
tions that the turn of the long lane
of depression in the beef industry has
been reached at last. The "cattle fam
ine' so often prophesied and never real
lied may not be upon us, but there
seems to be such o shortage in the
number of beef cattle as to promise fair
prices for some time to come under
normal conditions as to consumption
of beef. Not for many years has there
been such a feeling Of confidence
among beef makers as at present,
though prices a couple of years ago
were almost as high as now.
Breeders of pure bred cattle have
had a rough road to travel for some
years, but those now in position to
supply the demand for good stock will
probably get the reward they deserve
for sticking to their business. There
has been during the past decade a
great sacrifice of breeding herds all
over the country, especially east of the
Mississippi, where the dairy breeds
have been pushed forward. OF the
many choice beef herds of the Ohio val
ley ten or twenty years ago few re-
main, and there has been no induce
ment for new breeders to enter the
field. Should the promise of returning
prosperity for the beef producer be full
the demand for pure bred stock, which
is already active, and a shortage in the
supply of good pure bred beef cattle
Is not improbable under these circum-
stances.-National Stockman.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-21
Meat Product of Nations.

Australia produces more pounds of
meat per inhabitant than any other
country and Italy the smallest amount
per inhabitant. The statistics for pro-
duction and consumption are as fol-
lows:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05
SHORT

THERE are more chemists employed
in Pittsburgh than in any other city in
the United States.
-FoRTY-TuEEE persons have been run
over and killed by trolley ears in Phil
adelphia, and the trolley system has
been in operation there only nine
months.
ONE-FIFTu of the 10000. 900 families in
France have no children. AS many
more nave only one child. and of those
who have as many as seven the number
is only 230,O OO
A BLACKSMITH in Norwich, Conn,
found it difficult to shoe a refractory
horse. and ch~loroformed him. Then
the job was readily done. A few days
later the horse succumbed to lockjaw,
and died.
ORA CLARK. aged twelve, of st. Johns,
Mich. thought he knew how to keep a
COW from running away. He attached
q rope to the animals horn, and the
other end he tied around his waist.
The cow dartcd off, dragging the boy
against various distractions, and
ing fatal injuries.
AMERICAN walnut is a high-priced
wood, partly, perhaps. because of its
scarcity, but the Italian walnut and
not the American is used in the finest
carved furniture. The Italian is of
much finer texture than the American
and is peculiarly rich and beautiful for
massive pieces of carved work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05
LIGHT.

IN 1SGs gas was first employed as a
fuel.
Moscow was first lighted by gas in
1866.
An excellent gas has been made from
resin.
IN 1870 candles were first made from
ozokerit.
SYDNEY, in Australia. was first lighted
by gas in 1871.
THE coasts of the world are protected
by G,2OS light houses.
THE first gas company in London was
Incorporated in 1910.
SPERMACETI candles were an inven-
ton of the last century.
HUNDREDS of patents have been issued
to inventors of water gas.
WATER gas was first successfully en-
ploycd in metallurgy in 1890.
SILVER cardlesticks were known in
Britain rs early as A.. d. $50.
THE Wax Chambers company of Lon
don was incorporated in 1883.
Ten gas companies had in 1865 a mo-
nopoly of the lighting of Paris.
A TON of good coal is said to yield
about eight thousand feet OF purified
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

Cattle feeding and handling is a
large subject and only general prin-
ciples are to be laid down. No hard
and fast rules for feeding are now
known. and doubtless none eve will
be known, is the conclusion OF the
Wisconsin and Connecticut experiment
stations. 1t is nevertheless true that
the man who exercises the largest
amount of good judgment. based upon
all the most advanced science can
bring him, and who tries to put into
practice the knowledge thus acquired,
will be much surer of success than one
who works blindly. There may be no
''best' breed. no best" ration and no
best" way of handling dairy stock.
but there are poor cows, uneconomical
rations and bad ways of handling, and
the man who learns to avoid the bad
and choose the better is we'll on the
road toward the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05
SCIENCE Or ALL SORTS.

EDIsoS's idea of railroad speed is that
there is practically no limit to it, and
that electricity will revolutionize
travel as much as steam did.
CAsT-IRoN blocks are being tried in
some of the most frequented streets in
Paris, instead of the granite blocks
usually placed alongside tramway rails.
No LIVING reptile possesses true
power of flight, and only one, the flying
dragon of the Indian archipelago, has
any power of ~suspending itself in the
air.
A FRENCH naturalist has Matched
chickens from eggs which he has kept
fresh for two years. To preserve the
eggs he dips each in a solution of gum
lac dissolved in alcohol.
SIZE ANDREW CLARK, president of the
Royal College of Physicians and Sur
geons, has advised that each mouthful
of food should receive thirty-two bites
that is, n for every tooth-if one
wishes to avoid dyspepsia.
A sTATIsTICIAN of Moscow has csti-
mated from a study of the death re-
turns of the states of Europe that at
least 40 per cent. of the inhabitants of
that portion of the world die of pre-
ventable infectious diseases.
TIE reason why red %infuriates mem
bers of the OK family is because red is
the complementary color of green, and
the eyes of cattle being long fixed on
heritage while feeding, when they espy
anything red it impresses their sight
with greatly increased intensity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOG CHOLERA REMEDY.
ohiciai Report on the Treatment and Pre-
vention of the Disease.

oHiciai Report on the Treatment and Pre-
vention of the Disease.
With estimated losses of between
10000, 900 and SIS, COO, 900 from hog
cholera and swine plague in the United
States, the discussion of the treatment
and means of prevention of these dis
eases in a bulletin issued by the agri-
cultural department is of great value
to the farmers of this ountr
The bureau of animal industry has
been conducting an exhaustive inves-
tigation of this subject and finds hat
the agents which destroy the germs of
n of these fatal diseases are also CT
fective in destruction of the germs of
the other. Both are spread by infec-
ton and their course varies from one
day to three weeks Both are caused
by bacteria. The germs OF hog chcl-
era, says the report, are very hardy
and vigorous, while those of the swine
plague are very delicate and easily de.
stroyed. The latter are found to be
present in practically all herds of
swine, but the former must be intro
duced from infected herds.
The most efficient virus remedy
tried by the governments agents is
the following: Wood, charcoal.
sulphur, sodium sulphate and anti
mony sulphide, One pound each;
sodium chloride, sodium, bi-carbonate
and sodium hyposulphite, two pounds
each. These are to be completely
~pulverized and mixed, and a daily
dose of a large tablespoonful for
each 200 pounds weight of hogs
given. The medicine may be used
also as a preventative of these dis
eases. 1t should be put in the feed of
the whole herd. To insure successful
treatment the animals should be kept
in dry and comfortable quarters away
from drafts of air. Five or six
months should be allowed to elapse
after an outbreak before new hogs
are purchased or any of the old herd
sold.
The report recommends a rigid
quarantining of newly-bought hogs
and the prevention of their joining
those already on the farm for at least
six weeks. During the warm months
of the year the swine should have
plenty of young grass or clover;
crushed or rolled wheat should be fee
TO the growing animals
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05
HANGING FEED RACK.
A Convenient Thing for farmers Whera
Sheep Are Kept. :

A Convenient Thing for Farmers Whers
Sheep Are Kept. :
The usual method of feeding sheep
has a number of disadvantages. When
fed from the floor adjacent to their
pen, the lambs are quite sure to be
found walking all over the hay and
grain, and making themselves gen.
orally at home in the uttermost parts
of the barn. The sheep, moreover,
wear off the wool from their necks and
disfgure themselves when feeding
through openings in he side of their
pen. Where the fodder is thrown down
from the floor above the pen an ar
rangement such as is shown in the
illustration may be found s~erviceable.
1t is n hanging rack with Stats all
around it, and made narrow at the bot
tom, so that the flock can reach even
the last spear of hay. There will be
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

should; the will power IS Weakened,
morbid fears haunt him and may result
i'll confirmed hypoclloidria, or melan-
clolia and, finally, i'll softing of the brain,
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ataxia and even i'll dread insanity.
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the aim of the publishers of a book of
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For more than a quarter of 4 century
physicians connected with this widely
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treatment of the diseases above limited at
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