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The leader., 1895-10-29
PROTECT MOTHER EARTH.
Natures Garment Should Not be EuthIes
Iy Stripped ON.

Natures Garment should Not be Ruthless
ly Stripped ON.
One of she most serious injuries to
the old fields of our southern land is
the negro and his rabbit dog with the
ever handy match. We have thou
sands and thousands of acres of lands
once fertile and highly productive
that have been turned out to rest and
recuperatc. Nature takes it in hand
and clothesit with sedge, grass, weeds,
briers and bushes, whatever vegeta-
tion it is capable of producing. and
the work of restoration begins.
The soil is filed with fine roots
These die and rot and leave little
channels in the soil that admit rain
water. The air acts on the soil chem
use of other plants the large stores of
plant food that even our poorest soils
have in an insoluble or locked-up con-
dition. The rotted roots, and
leaves aud stems of these plants
also furnish suitable food for
other plants that follow them. A
growth of grass and weeds, bushes and
briers, shades the land, protects it
from the scorching sun and washing
rains The soil is kept moderately cool
and moist in summer, and not only be-
comes rich from rotting vegetation, but
becomes filed with fertilizing material
taken from the air. The air we breathe
is four-fifths nitrogen, n gas we we can
neither see, taste nor smell. The
nitrogen gas, as it exists in the air, is
useless as food or fertilizer for most
plants. Yet plants can not live with
out nitrogen. 1t combines with other
things and forms solid compounds,
like saltpeter, and in this shape is our
most valuable fertilizing material.
Saltpeter is most powerful fertilizer,
and is valuable because it furnishes
nitrogen to the crop. Cotton seed and
cotton-seed meal are valuable fer
tilizers chiefly on account of the nitro
gen compounds they contain.
When land is kept shaded by grass,
weeds. trees, briers. ETC., and especial
iy by coating of dead and rotting
leaves and other vegetable matter, the
nitrogen of the air enters that soil and
Is converted into saltpetcr. OF course
that soil. in few years, becomes rich
again.
But the universal practice s. to allow
the negroes to burn of natures cloth
Ing of weeds and grass 10 the latter
part Of winter and early spring and
our Mother Earth tanx etslpped Of hev
The leader., 1895-10-29
THE HEAVIEST TAX.
Farmers Fay Millions Every Year which
Could Easily BE Saved.

Farmers Fay Millions Every Year which
Could Easily BE Saved.
The roads of the country, says Farm
News. are a disgrace besides being the
most costly of all our public works.
If we could have good roads it would
add more to the value of farm property
than all the other public Improvements
put together ever have. 1t would re.
duce the cost of getting our crops to
market one half, and, in the saving o.
feed that is now fed to idle horses, il
would amount to a sum that staggers
the imagination.
Every day that team remains idle
it is something for which no return
will ever be received. If we had good
roads the teams could be used on the
farm when the ground was in condition
and the crops could be hauled to mar
ket at such times farm work could not
be prosecuted.
With good roads larger loads could
be hauled and time saved in this way.
1t has been computed that the average
cost of getting crops from the farm to
the railroad station is greater than put
ting it from the railroad station to the
sea-board, and if we count the cost OF
ordinary wages we will see that this is
not far wrong.
The subject of improving the roads
of the various states is being agitated
now, and the Good Roads league is
scattering information on the subjecr,
and it is to be hoped that the people OF
the country will awaken to the impor'
lance of the matter before long and al
tend to it promptly.
The leader., 1895-10-29
The PEST OF FlEAS,
A Powder That Will Speedily Put the Lit.
Tie Terrors to Rout.

There are certainly special localities
especially iafested with that annoy.
ing little insect the pulex irritans.
Sandy. low places are said to be more
favora BILE to its increase than higher
situations, The London Lancet
draws attention to the extreme difficult
ty of getting id OF this insect when it
has once become thoroughly estab-
lished, as it has in some places in
southern Europe. Here feas are as
common as flies in harvest time. The
most effectual remedy, as in the
case of any incest pest, Is abso-
lutte cleanliness. Not only the in
sects but their eggs must be destroyed.
This is very difficult, as the ova of the
common flea is often lodged in folds
of blankets, in wearing apparel not in
use, in carpets and almost every
where that nook or corner can be
found. 1t takes just a month for tho
insect to pass through it's various
stages from an egg to a perfectly-dc-
veloped insect. Washing floors with
carbolic soap and water or with COM
mon salt and water is recommended
as remedy. One sufferer from a
myriad of feas" in Java found quas-
STA water made by soaking common
quassia chips in water perfect suc-
cess, driving away all trace of the in.
sects, where short time before they
were a Giving mass" Lavender water
is more agreeable remedy, which is
also recommended.
Dogs and fowls. unless they are kept
clean, are likely to abound in heas.
but such insects do not infest human
habitations, except for a short time.
The insects that give so much trouble
in tropic lands are species of flea pc.
culiar to human habitations. and said
to be quite different from those that
trouble dogs. 1t is true, however. that
the lively insects that have brought
dogs into such disfavor may get into
room, and they are somewhat difficult
to dislodge. Persian insect powder,
the pulverized flowers OF the Pyre.
thrum Caucasicum, so deadly to insect
life and so harmless to animal life, is
the most eficacious remedy against
them. Blow it into every nook and
Granny of the room after cleaning it
thoroughly. Fill the atmosphere OF
the room with it and shut the door
and leave the room for twelve hours
undisturbed.- Y. Tribune.
The leader., 1895-10-29

Health ssa p,s,a:e In the Poultry Yard.
When fowls are judiciously fed,
made TO take exercise, and their quar-
tiers kept clean and free from lice,
there is comparatively ne trouble
with sickness, ssrept in case OF con-
taSioM
Poultry raisers should learn THO
causes OF disease, how 10 rrc.sht
them, ano .tsSe will be no need of
medicines in the poultry yard
When the combs and ,wattles ~ the
fowls are BRIG y, tsd S6ior IL Indicates
a roaJition of health.
When you can enter the henery after
dark and hear no Wheeling, it proves
there are no roupy fowls in the aoct.
When the manure is l,,rd AID Boz.
ton Of It Is White. 1t Indicates a healthy
condition of the digestive organs
When the edges Of the comb and wat
ties are OF eurplish red and the move
.tnents sluggish, there is something
wrong
When fovla !!.s around indifferent to
saeir surroundings they are too fat,
"HN aPcP'tNg'
or liver complaint will result unless
the trouble is corrected,
Whe.s the fowls IRE restless and cor.
stantly picking their feathers, thes are
infested with vetuin.
When young poultry, especially duck.
lings, appear to have sore throat and
swallowing is difficult. II is the symp-
tom of c large gray lice on the neck.
IL a fowl has bilious look, with
alternate attacks of dysentery and
costiveness, j. Is suffering with liver
complaint A lack of grit, overfeed.
ing and idleness caused this trouble.
A hospital should be part OF every
poultry yard. As soon as a fowl get.
sick remove it to the hospital and com.
menre doctoring it at once. The trou-
bic with far too many Is that they
wait until the disease is in its adj.
vanped stages before they commence
giving medicine. A very sick fowl is
difficult to cure, and when cured is
seldom of value afterwards. Wiscon,
sin Agriculturist.
The leader., 1895-10-29
The Ethical Side of D.iryinr.

No other agricultural line can be
compared to dairying. Hog raising
premeditates cold blooded murder
Bee keeping is systematic robbery.
Beef raising is cold, heartless desertion
of the animals which had fed from the
hand they had learned to trust, and
horse raising, in speed lines, caters tc
the dishonest greed of gain which
hopes to profit by Others losses. The
boy who has been reared on the dairy
farm win not 60 far wrong. Farmer
Voice
The leader., 1895-10-29
A Big Regular Army.

The mightiest host OF this sortis the army
Of invalids whose bowels, hvers aud s'asH
acils have been regulated by Hcstetter's
Stomach Bitters. A regular habit of body
Is brought about through using the Bitters-
intestines, but by reinforcing their energy
and causing q Cow OF the bile into its proper
channel. MalariG- / a grippe, dyspepsia, and
a tendency TO inactivity of the kidneys, ere
conquered by the Bitters.
The leader., 1895-10-29
pAsrsvarzIno MILK
pifeesiens rot Performing ms important
f,r~rsffon af Home.

Directions fst Performing rfsts IMPORTANT
Operation - Home.
The following directions for perform:
inmhis operation at home are isstesl
by the wisconsin Experiment station;
II is possible to carry out the opera
ton with very simple arrangements
In fact, 1t csii Be thsrsaehiy and eff
GENTLY done by the addition H ~
ordinary Thermometer TO the common
Utensils found in every kitchen.
For the benefit N thsse who may de.
sire to pasteurizc milk, either for gen
eral or infant use. the following simple
suggestions are offered:
g. Use only fresh milk mot moro
than twelve hours oldJ fct this pnr
pose.
?. Place milk in clean bottles or fruit
Cane; hijihr Is i Uniform level. Qi
The leader., 1895-10-29
he Dld.

You ought to have npologized to
the lady for stepping on her foot, !"
said his mother after the caller had
gone.
II did" answered Willie. II told her
] was sorry she couldn't keep her feet
out of my way 49, Tit Bits
The leader., 1895-10-29
About Even.

What stands the higher in your
country, the politician or the literary
man?' asked the visiting Englishman.
"Oh," answered the careless native,
they are about even, guess. zone
gets indicated and the other gets syn
Dictated. "-Indianapolis Journal
The leader., 1895-10-29
The Skill and Knowledge

Essential to the production of the most per
feet and popular laxative remedy known.
have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co.
to achieve great success in the reputation
coded to be the universal laxative. For sale
by all druggists.
The leader., 1895-10-29

Az Irish newspaper once said. in announc-
ing an accident: '0ur fellow townsmar
Mr. HoolikAn fel out of the secoId-story
window yesterday aud broke his neck aud
suffered internal injuries. His friends viii
be glad 20 know that the latter are not re
rious.''-Harpcr's Bazaar.
The leader., 1895-10-29
1t Is ALWAYS So.

smither (gloomily)-I can never get
a decent price when l sell second
hand article, no matter if it is just as
good as new.
Rinktums-And / can never get a
good article secondhand, no matter
how near its first cost pay for it,
Puck.
The leader., 1895-10-29

TEAcHER-"Are there any exceptions V
the rule that heat expands and cold con
tractsp Tommy-"Yes'm The ice-mar
leaves a lot bigger twcE.y-pnnDd chunb
since it got colder, "-lndianapolis Jouraa
The leader., 1895-10-29
Health

Built on the solid foundation OF pure
healthy blood is real and lasting. As long
as you have rich red blood you will have nc
sickness.
When You allow your blood to become
thin, depicted, robbed OF tho little red cor
-,uscles which indicate its quality, you vii
become tired, worn out, lose your appetite
and strength and disease will soon have
SOU in its grasp.
Purify, vitalizo and enrich your blood
tsnd keep il pure by taking
The leader., 1895-10-29

.THERE's one good thing about the melan'
!fi6i7 aavs of autumn" said Sneersoy'
sWhat is that.~ "Wl,en man gets plain,
ori;narv cold he can't 20 shout calling 1t
.hav fever. wv ashington Star.
The leader., 1895-10-29
Holes Always Clean.

"Saw a good thing in hotel towels
the other day."
"What?"
"a towel that couldn't get very
dirty.
''Couldn't?'
mo; it was too full Of holes. Chi.
cago Record.
The leader., 1895-10-29

How Ny THROAT Hurst Why don't yo,
use Haies Honey of HUrehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute
The leader., 1895-10-29

CAN recommend Pisos Cure for Con
sumption 20 sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID
TOWNSEND, Fl. Howard, Wis. May 4, '9i.
The leader., 1895-10-29

SEprrroy is bred in the lap OF luxury
and its chosen emissaries are the beggaret
spepdthrift and the impoverished ibertine
-nuncroft
The leader., 1895-10-29

WE have more power than viii; and it is
often by way of excuse to ourselves that we
fancy things are impossible.-Rochefou'
cauld
The leader., 1895-10-29

Protection. exposed 10 washing fains
and scorchihg sah, Is kept Id a meas
ure barren. speak from Tny own e>.
perieuce and that of many others wheh
say that land that will prodhce d
rank growth, Of whatever. kind, will Ii
few years, II protected from FIRE. be.
come as :ich rs il ever was Prof w.
Z. Welborn, In Southern Farm Gazette
The leader., 1895-10-29

We may read and read, and read again
and still find something new, something tc
please, and something 10 Observation-Disclosures
The leader., 1895-10-29

fJrsfSEss MAx-"Are you a good whis-
tier. my boyr' Applicant -''iessir. daisy"
business Man-"Get Boston Courier.
The leader., 1895-10-29

Az amusing printers error Occurred in .
recent issue Of the London Times: In On.
10 the daughter of naval instructor at
sSonrness a few words of a telegram
Shieh apparently belonged to some
no,e fTe,d CN,na or from Armenia were
printed after the interesting intelligence.
They read as follows: "Ire"pts Is eA-
oected.n
The leader., 1895-10-29

ARTIST thought you said you were
Frenchl'' Model-"On, no; [ said | used tc
be in French laundry. Sydney Bulletin
The leader., 1895-10-29
Genuine.

Hair,irossef-fes; I pride myself on
the fact that all the false hair sell IL
thoroughly genuine.-N. Y. Journal
The leader., 1895-10-29

"wbv 30 sSw suppose the kings OF
old were clothed in pufPlef
$50 that they might be in Sio'sS
ouess IN. Y. Recorder.
The leader., 1895-10-29

In solitude, where we are least alone
Byron.
The leader., 1895-10-29

vsasz exssssas l0ll, howsysF rude Ne
The leader., 1895-10-29

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price &c.
The leader., 1895-10-29

Sore Eyes Cured
Jackson's Indian Eye salve never fail. 4.
90 this; 25c at all drug stores.
The leader., 1895-10-29

SEvEE think he is quite ready for a,o,,
er world who Is altogether weary of mi; .'n'
II. A. Hamilton. A''-
The leader., 1895-10-29

"You never toto me Miss Fairc;rl was =,
athlete" "Weli, - sher' "Yes, she haa
thrown me er.r-D><roit Free Press nus
A PrBLIc compliment never Offsets pri.
vate growl.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06

For many years il has been necessary
In Australia TO import the coke reQuir-
ed for smelling ores and for other pur-
poses, since. though Australia posses
ses abundant supplies of coal of quail
tiles suitable for steam raising and
heating purposes, none Of her fuel will
answer for coking purposes. England
has hitherto enjoyed a monopoly Of this
trade. and the Durham coke operators
have come to consider themselves as
beyond molestation by competition in
this particular line. Theordore VI.
Stephen, United States Consul at An
naberg Germany, reports 70 the De-
partment OF State that a dozen large
sailing vessels have been chartered to
load coke for Australia. and that the
German producers intend TO enter Wig
orously into competition with England
in this trade
This incident. as the Philadelphia
Record points out, is Of interest in this
country, particularly in West Virginia
and Pennsylvania. as Indicating a
branch of foreign trade for which
we might compete with marked sue
cess. II England and Germany can
ship coke 10 Australia. then surely the
United States, with cheaper fuel than
either Of the competing countries.
ought 70 De able 10 enter the same
trade with unquestioned advantage.
Coke is made in The Counellsviue re-
gion Of Pennsylvania and in the Fair
mont. Elkhorn and Kauawha regions
Of West Virginia at the lowest cost in
the world. and in quality the West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania product is not
surpassed. The present price of coke
at the ovens Is about S1S5 per net ton:
but within the past year it has sold as
low as So cents per ton. and probably
yields a fair profit at 81 per ton. In
England coke is now selling In the Dur
ham district az the equivalent Of about
S262 per net ton. The latest quotation
Tor coke in The Rhenish- Westphallan
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
urP INCONSISTENCY.

I'm sorry" she said gently, that
cannot be all that you wish in your
life. But l will always think OF you
as a very dear friend
THANK YOU he said.
and ii there is any way can ever
assist YOU by advice OF endeavor, do
not hesitate to call on me.
That's downright kind Of you, he
replied. greatly cheered. You can
help me-"
HOWE"
you see. so long as you have de-
clined 10 be mine. ! thought I'd pro-
nose to Miss Binkins. and if you'll see
her and put in a good word for me, you
know
And that's why she jumped up and
went away huffy, and vowed she
never speak to him again as long as
she lived.-Washington Star.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
COUNT rios HEROIC WIFE.
Dragged by the Hair, She Would Not Be
tray Her Lover.

Dragged by the Hair, she Would Not Be
tray Her Lover.
OF Count Ito. the distinguished ia
panese statesman. Sir Edwin Arnold
gives this interesting incident: Il sat
at table with the eX-Premier and his
wife and children. The Countess.
quiet, gentle, motherly and wearing
spectacles, carving the tai and the
kamO with such matrOnly serenity
had yet history of romance and devo-
ton which could make the widest fic-
tionist's fortune.
Long ago. in those dark bloody days
when the minister was her lover and a
fugitive from his enemies. there came a
time when they had tracked him TO her
house and had chosen a band of Soshis
to assassinate him. The noise of their
clogs and the rafting of their scab-
bards were heard and the Count. trap
ped like a stag in his mountain pleas
ance, drew his Bizen blade and pre-
pared to die, as a Japanese lord should,
amid q circle of dead foes. But while
he muTmured Sycamore" and knitted
his fingers around the shark skin hilt
OF his sword that brave lady whose
guest l was whispered: DO not die;
there is hope STILL upon which she re-
moved the bibachi. or fireboX, over
which they We're sitting. and, lifting up
the mating and planks beneath, in
duced her lover to conceal himself in
the hollow space which exists under the
floor of all japanese homes. The muir
derers broke into the room, a ferocious
band. just as the fireboX had been re-
placed and the Countess had assumed
position OF nonchalance.
They demanded their victim. and
when she protested against their in
trusion and babe them search if they
wanted Ito, the wretches dragged her
around the apartment by her long,
beautiful black hair-nOw touched with
silyer-and grievously maltreated her,
but could not shake her resolute tidel-
ity. Thanks TO this Count Ito the hero
of many another strange adventure, es-
capped from the chief peril of his ca
reer and has lived to give his country
new constitution and to be one of the
foremost and best respected statesmen
of modern Japan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06

district Of Germany is Quivalent 10
about s2.40 per net ton; in Belgium the
present price is equal 10 about 500 per
net ton. and in the Department OF the
Nord. in France. coke is selling at the
equivalent Of about S2.9S per net ton.
The West Virginia and Pennsylvania
coke regions are further from the sea
board than are the centres of produc-
ton in England and Europe; but even
I. the longer haul by rail is not sufficient
to OFFSET the advantage in cost OF pro-
duction which is enjoyed by American
producers. Coke made in West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania could probably
be put on board a vessel at Philadel-
phia. Baltimore or Norfolk at price
much below the cost at any English or
Continental shipping port
In recent years a considerable eX-
port trade in American coke has been
developed: and in the fiscal year ended
June 80 1895, the foreign shipments
amounted TO $500 tons. valued at
s346S5S. This was nearly double The
value of the exports during the preced-
ing year The bulk Of the coke export
ed from this county goes TO Mexico
where it is used by the silver shelters.
With such overwhelming advantages
in cost OF production, it would appear
that the United States ought TO have
controlling interest in The coke trade
Of those coun- les that have to go
abroad for their supplies OF this form
OF fuel. No country is 50 rich in fuel
as The United States, and no State
richer than West Virginia; and in
years 10 come coal and coke are likely
TO rank among the most important
items in our export trade, as they now
figure among industrial products.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
PHoToGRAPHING THE BABY.

Good heavens" roared the police
man. springing up stairs, three steps
at a jump and dashing with uplilted
truncheon into the photographers
studio. what are YOU fighting about
ND here? Are you all in this row?'
Grandpa and Uncle John and Aunt
Sarah and pa and ma and Cousin Bes-
sic and young Mr. Thinlegs, her young
man. and the two cousins from Biz
mingham and Uncle Charley and
grandma. all looked kind of silly, and
were quiet, and the photographer said:
"Oh. that's all right, officer; there's
20 row: we're just trying to keep the
baby quiet while we take its picture,
bless it.
Exit policeman.
Chorus: Ham, bang, smash, jingle,
whistle. crash, slam. toot te loot, bang,
bang. smash Picture aken.-Londoa
Tid-Bits.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06

A. N. Bailey. a we'll known citizen OF
Eugene. Oregon, says his wife has for
years been troubled with chronic diarr-
hoea and used many remedies with lit
tie relief until she tried Chamberlain 5
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which has cured her sound and well.
Give il trial and you will be surprised
at the prompt relief it affords. 25 and
80 cent bottles for sale by Chas. r.
Goethe. Will W. Irwin, John Klari, R.
B. Burt. c. Menkemeller, VIM. II.
Hague, n. c. Stewart, A. E. Scheele, J.
Coleman, c. Schnepf, VIM. Menkemel-
Ter. Wheeling. w. Va: Bowie & Co..
Bridgeport; B. T. Peabody * Son, Ben
wood
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
THE RIGHT THING AT LAST.

Ex-Governor Roberts. OF Texas, IS a
oueer character. Recently he was called
uDon to deliver an address to the IN
mates of the State penitentiary. The
Governor consented. and. after review
ing his audience for a few minutes, be-
gan:
Gentlemen
"But no" he hesitated, you're not
gentlemen. or you would not De mere
"Fellow-citizens then
He stopped again.
NO. you're not citizens, either
The Governor grew impatient Tor
want of something to say.
''Wen he began again, 1t doesn t
matter what YOU are. I'm ID glad TO
see so many of you here. New York
Morning Journal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
THE Old SOLDIERS ARE INVITED.

Rockford. H.. September Com
mander-in-Chief Lawler has received an
invitation for the G. A. R. to attend the
Cotton States International Exposition
at Atlanta on the 21st inst, Blue and
Gray Day. 1t came 100 late 10 prOmul-
gate from headquarters. yet he IS anx-
ious that the comrades should know
they are invited 70 be present and min
gle with those VINO wore the gray from
1861 to 1863 and he trusts a large num-
Der viii be there.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-06
VILLAGE BONDS FOR SALE.

The Village OF Darlington. Monroe county,
state OF Ohio. VIII sell One Thousand Dollars
Isl 100000 of Bonds. issued in the denomin-
alton OF two hundred dollars 100000 each
and mum bered from one TO five cOnsecutively,
payable I'm two. three. four. five and six years
from date Sale on September 17th, 1890.
Interest per cent, payable semi-annually
at any bank purchaser may choose Bonds
dated September 9TH. 1895. Issued 20 pay
any and an Indebtedness OF said village. As
sesscd valuation for s94 5000. $500; debt
81. 900. Population about 300.
G. ". MESSERLY, Mayor.
JNo. ". ROSE, Clerk, se5ea