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The Lamar register., 1896-09-26

you.s sneered the snur-eolored hon.
maiiciously,
-of course not" put in Queen Anne.
shaking her feathers. and hopping over
the pig-trouEh to pick up a grain Of
corn on the other side He 10 not
afraid OF al-y forr-focted creature thas
ever grew
-QuAek. quaek. qnaek, said the Pc
kin duck. wRddiing cut from bunch
OF tan grass. where she had been hid
Ing during the ARRAY. Pray. Mister
TideIyuinks. do tell us whA, you would
do if fox were to pounee unexpeetedly
over the fcnes9-
ITS only natural for hens 20 Be co~-
ardiy.- said a yellow-ieEged pallet.
who owed the Cochin a Erudgs for rob
bIng her Of draSon-ny that morning
Even the Eslneas Few boldly down
from the barn-roof. SheFe they had
been sitting in roe. screaming pot
rackt pct-raek'- during the contest
III 1t had been a great big dos. like
Farmer Dsii's HoVssr they said. 1T
would be differeat But little puppy.
no bigger than a kitieni And Tiddiy-
winks sqnaw knd as II a whole pack Of
foxes xeuere after hi1f''
And Tidalywinks fe.t 50 shame
laced. that be did nc, venture 70 eros
for half a day. But he Vas rercs heard
to boast OF bis own bravery axain.
Aad Shst was stisi better. be was cured
OF his ether bad habits and vas never
again guilty % peeking the guinea
fowls. nor quarrrIisg With the Pekin
duck. or robb.ns the pallets OF thslr
food
And In time. Tiddlywiaka aad the
ether fowls became quite frieadly vita
Roy. the shepherd puppy. who Ereu TO
be sueh a good watchdog that no, =
fo1. possum. or any other midniEht
prOwier. dared venture near the harm
yard.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26
!. -. IN RonNToEN an,
An Experimenting naEins-rI-s... I,,.
iiis FtaEer NAa.

a warning has been veiceti bv az.
the Ieasii8g English mrsiIeni -
In regard TO the too frequent ~ y
goansgru Fay apsarmsus. SAYS H. a
adstphia Ledger,
IL l. Interesting. no doubt. 70 ~
a series 90 photographs Of oael, Z
skeleton. but n this Is 10 h. al u,
pelsse % such srifins as ones haif \
ones finger nails. II seems -
worth the cost. One electrical eaxis
Shs has often demonstrated th4 n
~ q hts finEer bo1cS by piAsine ~
hts hand@ within shc rsdsus u |
searching rays. has lost AT ths =
from The finScrs pf that hanl "a
Mr. Sidney Rowland. wiso j. aus &,
leaiinx cxrrrlmenterS In this ,lirrz,
mentions several eases OF similar =
aefcs ia the sfr1ssturai change fA.s;l
cur In th4. hair. and 50 f5rth. q =,
who have f,eeu Frequently stsAl
graplsesd by this meth6d THIS, s.
case u F,AticntS wisuse heads have I,
subjected 10 the fufiueBcys - tie \,
th- hair bias elthef turue,i Whi,s
has fIilen out entirely. II : sezz-s.
thst tisss- rrsuits arr dus 10 10 4.
trical posrncy at What arr csiis-s /
uitrsa-Nialrt rnyS % flte sl,sssz
Though thcir psscisc actiou u q; =
sul bs Ha means thoroughly "a
stood
tln- curious suggestion has airuz
been made IL = 4 well kuaEu !.
erstitiau. sud os5s Whtsk has ska
for <enerz tious. that frrs1pic Uks I.
IN the direct ssss of the mooa !.
;ipeIr reason more ur less Seridzs,f
frctesI Nov. Il y SAID thu; lhess
tra-yiolct rays exist In the raooal Z
aud hruce popular sup-rsii;ioa =
lss founded uppH scientific fact
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26

ehslcutu DEl6uNAg IN t4e stAAA-e
shine.
His tail feathers were long and CLOS
sy. proudly arched above his back
with q graceful droop towards the ENDS,
and he had a handsome red eomp,
which little Rosy declared looked IKE
a scarlet poppy. Tiddlywinks was quite
a favorite with little Rosy. but he WAS
not much liked in the barn-yard. on
account OF his tyrannIcal disposition.
and his boastfulnezs. He pecked the
Guinea-fowls numerically. picked
quarrel with the White Pekin dnek on
every possible occasion. and wonid not
allow the younger fowls TO eat NOR
sci, until he had crammed his own crop
with all the corn or oats 1t would hold
He kept a respectful distance rom
old Fadladeen. the bronze goooler, ana
the White Leghorn rooster. who were
larger and stronger than himself. ana
would no; have hesitated 10 give hlm
a good drubbing II they had caught
him at his pranks; but be was seinsh
and eowardly enough TO seize a fat bug
or a nne. plump cricket which some
poor puIlet had industriousiy scratched
up. and devour it himself. before her
very eyes.
And when one OF the hens laid an
egg. Tiddlywinks would Invariably
cackle louder than she did herself. and
make so much noise you would have
thought he had laid the egg himself
Then. too. he was always boAsttng-
He was standing on one foot. under
q tall pokeberry bush. one warm day.
recounting some of his own brave cx-
ploits to group OF fowls who were
gathered near. Some were pluming
themselves. others taking a dust-hath
in the side of the ash heap. and others
again leisurely picking graveis fror
pile OF sand. which had been dumped
In one corner of the barn-yard- ex-
pressly for that purpose
Mo- said Tiddlywinks. holding up
his head and looking proudly around.
I'm not afraid of any four-sooted
creature that ever grew Why, IL a
fox were suddenly to pounee over the
fence into the barn-yard. do you know
what I would dor
81 know what I'd do" said snuff
colo-ed hen. who was wallowing in
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26
TESTING sTRKsoTE OF cAslEs
rh.y ss.t %. AM. "a Esas-- cr..'
str.ia uad.r An cs.aitisa.

From the Boston Transcript; villa
the Increase In the use % hiEh tszsion.
high potential currents. cables are BE-
ing made Of greater strength and en-
eieaey. The copper core. which carries
the electricity. ss thiekIy covered With
rubber. impreEnated iute or other in
suiating material. and for some per-
poses not only armored With heavy
twisted metal rods. bat covered Eith
lead. In this way 4 cable for very
heavy currents may be elzb0raiely
brought up 10 a diameter Of tVo inches
or more. The Increase in the capacity
Of cables within the last few years has
been extraordinary. when Mr.. Fsranti.
about six years ago. said he would sup
ply curren, from the Dep;ford uondonl
central station at a voltage OF Io.0oo
he was laughed at by many electri-
clans, who maintained that 10 inssia-
ton could be made Efficient enough 70
Withstand the commercial use OF such
current. Nowadays such an insaiA-
tion would be taken as a matter Of
course and cables have 10 stand
much more intense strain. Alexander
SlHtLthe recently gave some tntercat-
ing details OF very complete teSt to
which a large electrical frm bad put q
cable Of their manufacture. They nrst
put ii under pressure o, 1900 volts.
but Il aid not mind" he Sid. They
increased the voltage 70 $1,000 and
left it On Tor half an hour. But stn
the cable held cut Then they tried the
bending test and pa, on $1,000 volts,
and IL stood It all right After that
they stripped OF the lead covering and
soaked II in water for twenty-tolr
hours, and again tried /, with so 1000
volts, with the same result. They then
put It in hot room, 1so degrees Fahren-
heit. and kept i, there for three weeks.
sfter which they Increased the tenn
perature 10 2i2 degrees for twenty-four
hours. and they finally tested II with
$1,000. but IL stili held good. After
such an ordeal, Nr siemens main
tained. there need be no fear OF the
cable standing in India or anywhere
else.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26

the ash-heap. I'D run into the hem
house and scramble up on the roost IS
fast as ever l couldr'
"And t. said Queen Anne. a moth
srly old hen. with black top-knot
and run around her neck. I'D ny
up into that big oak tree. double
quick"
"Cluek, cluckl I'd hide under the
Burdock bushes. with my chickens
under my wings" said Madame teath-
srleg, anxiously.
Il dare say" sneered TiddlyEinks,
You are old hens. you know. a-d It's
the nature OF hens TO be eowardly. Bus
would not show the white feazher
I'd Just
"Cut. cut. cutr' caekled a long
legged pulet. running full tut from be-
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26
~.r..Ils

-Thsrss's one thins. rcuhFkssi "
Washington. that ~. made - I
mind 10 d..
''ReaIlyy- responded Mss 0zJszi
with ianxuid intsFess
~Yesl shall never b. , Ran Q, 4
idea
-Don't say that. Yoa arr sfiH /
Young - be Discouraged - wzs4i
ton T1m-s-
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26
TIDDLYWINKS.
A children's story,

FhAlDZ O, no. I'm
not afraid OF any
four-legged crea-
tnre that es er
grew said riddly-
winks.
Tiddlywinks was
a Partridge Cochin.
a tall. fne-looking
fellow. with beauti-
full red and gold
plumage, " h ! { h
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26
ratar.

sanaford-what did she say when
you told her YOU we're a tutor in Yale?
Merton-Asked me If ia loot for the
coaching party her friends were getting
up.-Truth.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26

hind the barn. "Cut. cut. o. I've had
such a frIght,''
"what-what-vha was itY'
stammered Tiddlywinks. while tks hens
clustered anxIously around him, as II
for protectionr
70. dear. don't know painted the
puilet, still trembling with fear. eI-I
was scratching the barn-when
IL pounced right at me, Such ter
rible creature. with legs and teethl
And It opened It's mouth. and went
'gr-r-r-.' and / ran away so fast I
Five lost my breathi-
WAS It IA fox Easped Tiddly-
winks. looking up at the oak-tree as n
he were calculating the distance to Its
lowest hranchesT
"Nc. Il VISIT fox. IL had short
tail" said the pullet. Perhaps II was
a 'possnm- suggested the nr-eolored
hen. rafiing her feathers.
"No, /, ran too fast for 'possum--
OF o. here Il comes nowi Look. look,
Cut. cut. euis~ and the frightened pull
let tried TO hide under Queen Anne's
wing. as a small. broSnish-colorea
animal came friskinE and frolicklng
from behind the barn
The fowls fiew wildly about. some In
one direction and some in another.
The white PekIn duck scuttled away
and hid herself behind the hen-honse.
The Guinea fowls rew up to the comb
OF the barn. ehattering with all their
might. End Tiddiywinks was Just
spreading hts wings to take refuge in
the eak tree. when the strange animal
suddenly rushed towards him
II was small brown creature. not
so large as a fun grown cat. but 30
plump as to be almost round l, locked
indeed. more like live cushion. with
| four legs and n white nose and tail.
than any thing else
-Gr-r-r.- IL said. showing two rows
Of sharp. white teeth. Tiddiywinks.
brave as he was, certainly seemed TO
be quite as much frightened as the
hens. He was Just Tapping his ~irez.
to fy up into the oak tree. when the
his toes.
-Boo-woo-~ooi Gr-r-rr- Il cried.
savaseiy.
And fopl went Tiddlywinks. spraa-
ding his long legs. while "bee-wee-
woo,' went The enemy. diving past him
and selzing a respectable top-knot hen
by the tail
SQuawkr' cried the hen who had a
temper Of her osn. and running up her
feathers she new at the Sauey stranger.
and gave IL a savage peck between the
eyes.
Take that for your lmpudenee." she
cried.
-Yelp." howled the agErexsor. half
frightened out OF his wits. but spying
Tiddlywln sfreakiug towards the hen
house as fast as his long legs wonld
carry him, II suddenly turned and
scampered after him
Boo woo-woo." II cried In such a
shrill voice that the poor Cochin stood
still with terror. while the savage foe
seized him by his handsome tail ,eaih-
ers and stood shaking them and cry
ing. gr-r-r- triumphantiy.
Poor Tiddlywinks, more dead than
alive. could do nothing but stand
stoek-still and cry "Squak, squak -aw-
awkr AT the top OF his lungs The
hens cached in sympathy. making such
a racket that Aunt Peggy looked out
OF the back door to see what on earth
could be the matter.
Run, Rosy" she cried. Something
is disturbing the fowls And little
Rosy ran quickly TO the rescue OF her
feathered fayorites.
The Lamar register., 1896-09-26

'-wHsf e ysa think u - a. ars !
Fateef tftsraiar~. atsunend 'stb1s .
frr- rsaItry. I dsa't have % thizE q &
an
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-19

of the finest flavor, of great vigor
and sure bearing, can be grown in
South Florida, and fruit month
earlier than those grown in the
northern part of the State, where
liberia, 'ripening in July, rules as
the best money producer. A drop
of 200 miles nearer the tropics
makes difference in soil culture
in Florida. .@,.
Some new varieties, seedlings
of the Honey, crossed with a
native strain of Spanish typeh, have
recently been introduced, and give
excellent promise of adoption to
central and South Florida, fruit
ing in June and July, according to
latitude of planting. The tendency
of the peach is toward excessive
fruiting, as I took 143 peaches
from a two-year-old Waldo peach
tree.
Some of the older growers seem
to have a method of making the
peach tree Hrenew its youth like
the eagle" after five or six years Of
bearing, by saving off the entire
tree five or six feet from the ground
and letting it send out new
branches. A year of fruiting is
lost, but young, vigorous, prolific
branches are the result. American
Agriculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-19
Agricultural Chemistry.

Chemistry as the handmaiden Of agri-
culture has achieved wonderful sue
cess. Fertilizing the fields has not only
become we'll understood business, but
is an exact science. There are methods
OF recovering waste products and utiliz-
ing heretofore useless matter. It is
known what is required to produce the
best potatoes and other crops, each one
having supplied to 1t the chemical neces'
stiles of it's existence. Land, sea and the
elements are taxed to furnish the con-
stltuents necessary to the best growth of
vegetation. 1t would have been sur
prise to our ancestors had they been
told that there are common plants which
derive very small proportion of their
subsistence from the soil, but are fed
from the air and water; therefore to un-
derstand the theories of drainage, rain
fall, evaporation and absorption are
matters of the utmost moment. To
nothing does agriculture owe such a
debt as to science for by its means the
waste places of the earth can be made
productive, and by the introduction of
new chemical elem ents malarial and I'M
wholesome soils are made fertile and
transformed into healthy and agreeable
dwelling places. -New York Ledger.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-19

There Is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be ircurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken inter-
nally in doses from 10 drops to tea.
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Tole do, O..
NY~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-02-19
Peach Culture in the Lake Region Of
South Florida. :

The peach has moved over the
Georgia border, and has come to
stay in Florida. We do not have, |
however, the peach of the north,
which traces its origin back to
Persia. These, varieties have
proven complete, failure, wher-
ever tried. For many years the
only kinds grown were native seed
lings, supposed to have a strain OF
Spain in them, but thelr'late ripen-
ing and inferior quality made them
improbable for market. Later
new type, called the Honey, was
introduced from China. This, with
It's numerous seedlings, such as
the Imperial, Early Cream, liberia,
Florida Gem, and others, are found
to be we'll adapted. to the strip of
country stretching along the north
ern border of the State, and here,
where the pear also fourishes,
large areas are being set out. The
one failing, however, is the lateness
in bearing OF many varieties.
The Peen-to, odd looking in shape
but early in bearing and of good
quality, seems, with its improved
progeny, to have given to Florida
a peach meeting all the require
ments as to earliness of bearing,
quality, and adaptation to large
area Of country, being equally at
home in clay and muck lands, and
especially in the sandy soil Of the
lake region of South Florida. Mr..
C. L. Taber has rendered an in
estimable service to fruit growers
by the attention he has given to
crossing the Peen-to with the Span
ish and Honey types. The result
is a delicious peach, peculiarly
adapted to our soil and climate.
We now have of this Floridian
strain the Angel Bidwell's Early
and Late, Waldo and others.
The season begins early in May
with the original type, the Peen-to,
closely followed by its best off
springs, the Waldo and, little
later, the Angel. The end of July.
brings us to the close. Of the main
season of profit growing with the
Florida Crawford, chance seed
ling similar to it's brother of north
ern fame as to fruit only, the tree
and it's characteristics being
entirely different. La Magnifque
and Victoria, each of native origin,
ripen in August; while Powers
September and Gibbons October,
each ripening in the month indi-
Gated, extend the season so that
Florida may be said to have prac-
tically five months of peach fruit
ing. All trees are grown on peach
stock, as those on plum have
proved failures along the coast belt
and in Florida. In the lake region
of South Florida the peach can
be grown:to profit in connection
with pineapples, these occupying
about one-half the space between
the tree rows. AS all successful
soil culture in the sandy lands de-
ponds upon fertilization, it is only
a question of amount used to carry
on an intense culture, by which an
xry0~+11o11 o~I
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-28
PEOPLE WHO BUY ANCESTORS.
In Great Demand by Those Who Have Not
Invented Them.

In CrSat w no nave NOV
Invented Them.
"fhere is regular trade done in Old
portraits of men in armor and women
in medieval costumes, said a large
picture dealer to the writer. "They are
brought by persons who have made their
fortunes and want to persuade their
friends that they come of an ancient
and aristocratic lineage.
II am frequently called upon to sup
ply these fictitious ancestors, and | find
that the portrait Of gentleman i'll ar
mor-and armor is especially favored,
such as was worn about the time of Ed
ward will fetch aim ost any price, no
matter how crude it may be, so long as
it has the old time tone.
"Only the other week man whose
manner spelled fortune from pork sau-
sages' applied to me for q series Of an
cestors. | had three old portraits on
hand at the time and offered them to
him. but he did not care about them be-
cause there was no armor. Could | not
supply this deficiency? l said, yes,
and doubled the price of the pictures,
and he drew me q check for e250 with
avidity. Now he wants four more tc
/ fill four vacant panels in the picture
gallery of his ancestral home.
! "Many upshot Americans who come
over here buy up the ancestors to take
home and palm off upon their friends.
Indeed the demand for them has be
come so great that there are four or five
portrait painters making comfortable
. incomes turning out forefathers.
"Of course you know that large guam
titles of ancient armor are made every
year i'll Sheffield and bought by thu
same class of people, with the same oh
ject as the pictures. 1t is a fact, and
have known e600 to be paid for sui
of armor which probably cost less thai
e10 to make London Tit-Bits.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-28
Travels of a Bullet.

r. H. Campbell Of the Madras civil
corps tells of an incident which came
under his official notice as magistrate of
Hosan, Madras A European was hunt
ing black buck ON hillside when he
got shot with his Martini-Henry com
bine. The result Of the shot taught him
lesson about the dangers of long range
bullets.
In valley 1900 yards away, beyond
two rather high hills and q little pond,
native was standing with his head
bowed and hands clasped behind his
back. The bullet broke the wrist of his
hand. In the investigation that followed
the course Of the bullet was traced ac-
curately. In firing at the antelope the
bullet had hit "A stone on the hillside
and gone bounding end over end over
the first hill. At the next hill another
place where the bullet struck was found.
Here the bullet leaped up into the air
almost perpendicularly, and when it
came down in the ricetield it hit the
mans wrist, broke the bone, cut cash
in his body, then dropped to the ground
a spent ball. The most dangerous bullet,
save the one in a so called ism 't-loaded-
gun, is the one that goes ricocheting
through the air-New York Sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-28
Adam FERGUSON.

Adam Ferguson, afterward professor
of history in the University of Edin-
burgh and author of once popular his
tory of the Roman republic, in his
youth was chaplain of the Black Watch,
and with it was present at FontcnOy.
When the regiment was advancing into
action, Sir Robert Munro, the colonel,
noticed his chaplain at the head Of the
column with drawn broadsword in his
hand and ordered him to the rear with
the doctors.
Ferguson refused, and when the colo
mel, in the alteration which ensued,
threatened to have his commission can
celed, replied, oh my commission. p"
Then charging at the head of his flock,
he fought like gallant Scotsman dur
ing the bloody fray. We doubt not that
the stout Munro forgave his insubordi-
nation for the sake of his valorous eX-
ample, and that the stern old Presbyte-
rians in the ranks would appreciate his
subsequent ministrations none the less
that they had seen him i'll time of trial
play the man in their midst. Black
woods Magazine.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-28
Alcohol In Cold Weather.

A scientist thus explains why it is so
dangerous TO use alcohol in the polar
regions: A moderate use of alcohol
causes a deposit Of fat Alcohol is not
turned into fuel in the muscle and nerve
cells, but serves as a pure fuel in the
organism and replaces the combustion
of fat. Alcohol is, therefore, dangerous
i'll the extreme cold because it assists
the throwing off of heat in great de-
gree. The effect is as if stove i'll a
room should be heated redhot and then
all the doors and windows thrown open.
Heat produced by muscular work in the
body is best obtained from carbohy-
drates in the food, but, besides this, the
indispensable production of heat is best
obtained by fats This explains the in
stinctive choice of the food of men. In
the tropics they eat little fat and much
fruit, while the polar dweller requires
immense quantities Of fat to keep uI
the bodily combustion. = New York
Ledger.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-28
Golden Nose.

Tycho Brahe, the famous Danish
mathematician, was known as the
Wizard of the Golden Nose" While
at the university he lost his nose in a
duel and replaced it with nasal organ
of gold, held i'll place by cement and a
pair of spectacles This addition to his
countenance gave him very peculiar
appearance and caused him to be much
feared by the common people, who at
tributed to him many supernatural
powers, largely on account of his re-
markable nose.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-28
does the Moon Affect insomnia?

1.-THE most singular case Of insomnia
of which l ever heard" said a we'll
known physician, sis that of "a friend
of mine i'll neighboring town, lady
of middle age.
"With the exception of her peculiar
insomnia, she is in robust health. She
is an uncommonly sound sleeper in the
dark of the moon, but as the new moon
approaches its first quarter she is at
tackled with wakefulness. She can sleep
only at long intervals during the night,
and only a few minutes at a time.
1.-THE sleeplessness increases with the
fulling of the moon, and by the time
that stage in the moons course is
reached she is unable to obtain even the
slightest slumber. She remains in a
state of utter wakefulness until the
moon begins to wane, when she gradu-
ally grows sleepy again.
when the period of dark moon has
arrived, she resumes her unbroken Stun.
Der. This condition has prevailed fo1
more than ten years. - Pearson {
| Weekly.