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The sun., 1896-10-10

II was at a west side meeting. and the crowd
were having fun with Prof Alonzo Williams of
Brown University. who was doing spelbinder
duty. They were firing questions at him. a
bushel at a time:
Give me a chance gentlemen; give me q
chance" laid he. "Fm reminded OF that story
or the parrot that belonged to tho cir
Gus man. This parrot stood the
ticket sellers box, and naturally learned the
only thing the ticket seller ever said. which
was: One mt u time, gentlemen; don't crowd;
one at IA time" Well. the circus was in rail-
road wreck. and lot Of the animals and the
other EXHIBITS were lost. Among them was tho
possible, and the shaw went on the next day.
The ticket seller WAS broken hearted. He went
back that night to the scene of the wreck TO SEQ
# he couldn't get some trace Of the parrot.
lie heard a lot OF crows over in II corn
field. and thought he heard a voice too.
He sneakcd over, aud there on fence
sat the parrot. He had two tail feathers left.
were crcIing around and picking at him. He
sat liko martyr. though. and with old time
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MAKING HAY.

Various Points to be Considered In secur-
Ing tho Hay Crop.
Very few farmers but what know
The best method of securing hay crops,
but while the methods are to be prac-
ticed, cheapness Is an important con-
sideration In these close times.
Most western farmers stack their
hay in the field, aud all things consid-
cred, i prefer it, and to feed it out on
the field where il was grown. I do
not claim that this is the best way,
but 1t is the only practicable way at
present, and in the usually dry win
ters there are but few objections,
either az to the hay OF stock. OF course
] practice and advise strongly better
accommodations to cover the short Pc
Tiods Of storms.
As my farming has been largely 10 Z
moro portheastern location Ia ths
Ies>e> ttne1Ay ~ elgs syses eeaA
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

NO parental care ever falls to the
lot of single member of the insect
tribe. In general, the eggs of an insect
are destined to be Matched long after the
parents are dead.
"A government inquiry is to take
place into the system under which flax
growing is practiced in Ulster, Ireland.
It is believed some of the systems
worked on the continent might be intro
duced with advantage.
Reports covering the first fou
months of the year show that the pro-
duction of gold in British India is fast
increasing. More of the yellow metal
will be mined in 1896 than was ever be-
fore taken from the earth in one year.
Scientists say that the banana is
perfect food and will support life for
an indefinite time. The people of The
United States appear to have found out
its merits. An enormous increase is re-
ported ia the importations, reaching
last year an aggregate of 17,427,S46
| punches.
People who are susceptible to the
cold should make a point OF wearing
loose clothing in cold weather. Loose
| garments are always warmer than tight
| fitting ones, not only because they allow
room for circulation, but also because
they permit u layer of air between the
skin and the outside cold.
The report of the Illinois railroad
commission for 1895 shows that Of The
63, 4s5,413 passengers carried over the
| 10000 miles of line in that state during
the year, only IL lost their lives by nc
cident. In other words, only one out OF
every 5.290,451 passengers was killed
The report also shows that only one out
of every 9,5s3 passengers carried was
injured.
"A dry process for extracting gold
has been devised, the ore being sub
jected 10 the action of spray OF mer
curry. A wide iron pipe is bent into a
spiral, and holds at the bottom of eacl
bend quantity Of mercury, which doe!
not completely close the passage. Th'
ore, ground fine, enters this through |
hopper and is blown through by cur
rent of air, which forces the mercury
into spray, SO that it comes into con
tact with the particles of gold in th
powdered ore which is being Blow
through. The gold amalgamates witt
the mercury. The dust is carried on t
the next bend, where it goes through In
same process, and this is repeated a
often as is necessary. In the trial
with coarse gold dust most OF the gel
was recovered at the first bend.
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have more special reference to thai
section, and have more In mind the
small farmer of limited means than
the bonanza farmer. The latter, per-
haps, has not much patience with the
day of small things.
The small farmer may not oven have
a moving machine of his own, but in
connection with a neighbor there are
four horses. machine rake, two 20-foot
ropes, two forks, and, best of all, sew
eral children, ready and willing to
SNAKE in the shocks This Is tho
total force needed, and without . dol
lars outlay, except for possible
breakage, the hundred acres on the
two farms can be sgotten into NOW
and stack in ample time and fine
shape.
Commence before haying time. Sec
that the machine, rake, ropes and
forks are exactly right, that you know,
and all concerned, including the good
wife, just when and where you are go
ing to start. Commence early in tho
season; better have hay little green
than too ripe. Commence early In the
morning Have two and half acres
cut by ten o'clock, then start the rake
and have it in the widrow by dinner
time. The wife will have q good din
ner. Don't take a smoke or sleepi
take a real rest for half an hour, and
then all that can use q fork help to
put 1t In the shock. Now. two horses
with ropes, and If the boys or girls are
old enough to drive and hitch to the
shocks, well, but II not, let them ride
the horse and a third boy to hitch for
them. Start your stack near the CEN
ter of the plat that Is cut, haul in the
near by shocks, crowd them near to-
gether in the right shape for the bot
tom and nothing more need be done to
them. The bottom thus started, one
or two courses of shocks can be pitched
on by the two men without anyone on
stacked in this simple, cheap, quick
way, it will be surprising how many
of the nearby shocks are put into the
stack in the first half hour. Then the
stacker takes his place and as the
shocks are little further to haul one
man can do the pitching. Have the
shocks delivered on all sides, and thus
the stack is equally tramped and viii
settle straight
When the stacking Is commenced
the machine should start again and
the "big boy" will be proud to handle
1t. The morning cutting can be easil,
, gotten in the stack the same day, ant
if the day has been bright and DIR,
there will be bright green hay ant
the next day a little more can be done
This is making hay while the SUI
shines and is the sunny side, but Their
: will be wet days and heavy dews or il
places heavy winds. and the farmer vii
need to change his tactics, but for 2
years / managed the haying substar
TALLY in this way and with reasonabl
! foresight in providing for emergencie
the changes or losses were very Sigh
and comes within the limitations G
the smallest farmer.-J. NJ. Rice, i
. Epitomie.
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CONTROL OF THE oRINoco.
Punts Barima Important, But Not .
Vital Point.

Vital Point.
To comprehend fully what the con-
irol of a vast waterway threading the
richest part of Guiana would moan to
America and American interests, one
must study carefully the map of South
America. GeograPhers divide the
southern continent into three great
Iasins, those of the Amazon, the ORR
noco and the Plata. To dominate the
mouth of any one of these great arte-
ries of commerce would be to become
the master of one-third of South Ameri-
ca. The Orinoco is navigable for YES
sells of the deepest draft to Ciudad
Bolivar, venezuela's eastern metropolis.
Within this distance of 400 miles 20
other navigable rivers swell the mighty
current of the Orinoco, while still far
Their into the interior the eastern bank
receives the waters of 81 large rivers
and the west those of 30. Two of the
former are navigable to the affiuents of
the Amazon, and many of the latter
to the remote interior of the neighbor-
ing republics of Venezuela and Colon
b;a.
If she were to gain control of the
Crinoco, England would possess the
| key to the entire eastern part of South
| America. This view has been advanced
! by ex-President Guzman Bianco III a
recent publication. He attaches to the
possession of Punta Barima the ability
to dominate the Orinoco and the entire
water system which empties into it.
| Punta Darima is on the southeastern
bank of the Orinoco, at its juncture
with the sea, and is described as high
bluff which, when properly fortified,
would control this entrance, the most
navigable of all the mouths of the ORR.
noco. 1t would not be under water dus-
| ing the period of inundation. and with
a dockyard and three or four gunboats
its master might lock up the Orinoco
and all that vast tributary country
On the other hand, the counterview is
advanced, and should be stated, that the
position of Punta Barima would enable
the English to dominate only one pass
by means of guns placed on fortified
ticns on shore, since at least two 81
the other MOUTHS of the Orinoco car
be entered by vessels from the sea-
The best line of communication to
day between Trinidad and Ciudad Boil
var is by side-wheel steamer, built il
the United tSates, which passes
through n mouth of the Orinoco far Il
the west of Punta Barima, on the bar o
| which there is at least eight feet o
| water. It therefore may be argued tina
i Notifications. at Punta Barima coul'
not close the Orinoco, the control o
which. would depend upon vessels o
war. England's strength as q sea pow
er, with Trinidad as q base, gives he
all necessary control of the river to-day
If British Guiana should develop int
a great nation, claiming and ownini
one bank of the Orinoco. Punta Barim
would become a point of great impol
lance; but this is contingency hardl
to be dreaded by Venezuela, since, wit
her superb natural advantages, sh
must inevitably keep the lead. = v
Nephew King, in Century.
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HERE AND THERE.

Old sheep, whose teeth have begun
to fail, should be disposed of in the
fall. If they are fat then, they are
worth more for the butcher than they
will ever be again.
A superb hog feed, for any age and
almost any condition, is corn, wheat
and oats of equal parts, coarsely
chopped and fed any way the hogs like
it-coobed or raw, soaked or dry.
Variety of food is indispensable
for poultry, Fowls, may life on .
single diet, but success can not follow
such management Variety is the
spice of life" and the fowls relish a lit.
tie Of the spice. -
Fowls should never be allowed &c
enter barns or stables. They will be
foul more hay and corn than theil
eggs are worth; besides their is danger
of vermin being transmitted to the
horses and often causes much trouble
The venerable Cassius M. Clay, Of
White Hall, KY, claims to have the
Oldest flock of Southdown sheep in thu
world under one management. HI
originated his flock in 1855, and ha'
been continuous master OF it evel
since.
I'm China the hen Is kept CONSTANT,
busy, When not engaged in Matching
| her own brood she is compelled u
hatch fish eggs. The spawn OF fish ART
placed in an egg shell, which Is her
metically sealed and placed under tn
unsuspecting hen
"A sheep which sheds its wool !
one which has impaired digestion l
Is most common in sheep past thei
4 prime, when taken from pasture an
put on dry. hard food The bowels bs
come corstipsted and the animal {eyel
! a, saa the Nool = lQeeeNe&
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Poultry Pointers.

A lousy hen Is sick hen-health IL
wealth in the poultry yard.
If the fowls are having free range
now, you can stop feeding them meat
scraps.
Do not allow the drinking water to
be exposed to the sun. Give fresh wu-
ter twice daily.
Keep the old hen penned in a small
but comfortable coop, but let the chicks
have free range.
Have shady runs for the chicks; and
no better place for both old and young
stock can be found than the orchard.
Did you ever try ducks? Get a few
settinge of eggs now and raise flock.
1t will pay to raise them for your own
eating.
Let the chicks run in the garden II
they will. They will gather seeds that
will do both them and your garden a
lot of good.
Do not set the hens in hen house.
A setting hen is a regular louise fac
tory. A cool outbuilding will be much
better.
Do not break up the sitting hens. II
is better to allow them to sit 1t is a
rest, and the chicks raised will pay
for the trouble.
Don't forget that onion tops and
tender lettuce are excellent for young
stock. Can not you spare little from
the garden?
He who will allow the droppings t.
remain in the hen house longer than Z
week finds poultry culture failure
Five minutes each morning will keel
the place always clean.-Homestead.
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typhoid terms In Oyster.

The oft-debated question of the pro-
duction of typhoid fever by oyster eat.
ing has been brought up at the French
academic de medicine. Thirty-five mil
lion oysters . year is the average con-
sumption in Paris, and professor pro-
poses that they should be sent to the
unsuhabited coasts OF brittany and
Belle Isls and left in the seq TO got clean
.Detesv beaug eateps chieaep Qb7Qoiele'
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A Veil of Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowlands, often carries in its folds the
seeds of malaria. Where malarial lever
prevail no one is safe, unless protected by
some efficient medicinal safeguard. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is both o protection
and a remedy. No person who inhabits, or
sojourns in miasmatic region or country,
should omit to procure this terrifying
agent, which is also the finest known
trouble and rheumatism.
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A MINISTER'S WIFE.
The Frank Statement of the Pastor Of
Bethel Church.
From Tie Advertiser, Elmird, n. z.

Bethel Church.
From the Advertiser, Elmtro, n. =.
Dr.. WnLIAxs.-Dcar Sfr:-My wife has
been q sufferer from rheumatism for more
than three years, suffering at times with
terrible pains in her limbs, and other times
with q severe "crick" In her back which
,auses great agony. She spent much for
physicians and medicine, but secured only
temporary relief; finally she concluded to
Try Pink Pills. She has taken eight boxes
and can say from the first one she has inn
proved until now she Is almost entirely free
from pain, and has grown much stronger
md feels confident that, by the blessing OF
BOD, they will effect permanent cure We
AXE great pleasure in recommending them
70 our friends.
(Signed.) Rev. J. h. BUcKNER,
Pastor Bethel A. III. E. Church. Elmira,
| New York
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in .
condensed form, all the elements necessary
| 10 give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
anfailing specific for such diseases as loco.
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
lance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache the after effect OF ia
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
salfow complexions, all forms of weakness
either in male or female Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid
on receipt of price, 50 cents box, or si1
boxes for $3.50 (they are never sold In bulk
or by the 1907, by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. \.
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RosE-"Do you see that man who has Just
come Lulul They say he is cashier of the
Tenth national bank" Lulu-"What, hel
Eve met him already and he's only its pres
ident n--Detroit Free Press
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LOOK at the great cities of antiquity"
exclaimed an English clergyman the other
day. "Where are they nowl Why. some OF
doubtful If they ever existedr'
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TIE instincts of the ant arc very unim-
portant, considered as the ants; but the
moment ray of relation is seen TO extend
from it to MAN, and the little drudge is seen
to be u monitor, a little body with mighty
heart, then all its habits, even that said to
be recently observed, that it never sleeps.
become subume.-Emerson.
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VIsIToR-ssWhat makes you cross, Tom
myl Don YOU love your new little baby
brotherl' Tommy (viciously)-"Wen,
did till somebody came In and said he looked
like me-"
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us THERE much poetry sent in to the
editorr' the caller asked of the offlcc-boy
"Poetryl' replied that intelligent young
man; athe editor has poetry to burn-"-
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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A NEreHBoRLy Spirit-'sAiamma, can in
vito Freddy Sauborn over to slide down our
cellar-deorfn Wont you enjoy II Just as
splinters in it now.'
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HoAx-"I'vc great scheme for the warm
weather" Joax-"Lct's have it." Hoax
sIm going to keep q small boy near me
sharpening slatc-pencils. 1t always makes
my blood run cold"
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Mrs. HArrERsoS-"How did you teach
your boy not to go in swimmingi" Mrs:
Catterson--.'Easy enough. Every time !
caught him at it gave him bath"
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SPEAKING Of hog cholera, Miss Blunt re
marked the other day, as she hung to thu
strap, "what pity it couldn't break out II
our street cars. Boston Transcript
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IHAvE found Piso's Cure for Consump
ton an INITIATING medicine. F. r. LORI
1906 Scott ST., Covington, KY, Oct. l, 1884
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HALF the misery of human life might be
extinguished by mutual offices OF compass
sion, beneyolence and humanity
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FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
| No fits after first days use OF DR.. kiine's
| Great Nerve Res orer. Free So trial bottle
| & treatise. DR.. KLINE, 9S3 Arch st. Phila Pa.
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TIE amateur always has q double pleas
ure in yachung-once when he starts and
once when he gets home again.
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WILLIE TRADpLEs-'.I had measles hardin
you did. so therer' Sammy Paryenue-
IHuhi That's nothingi got my measles
from the Astorbuilt childrenr'
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No MAN has any mercy on his own bcsel
ting sin when he sees it in another.-ham'
Horn.
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TEAcuEn-ssForw what is Nantucketnotedf"
Johnny-"For slippers why, no; it's
noted for wbalingn swell, knew 1t had
something to do with slippers"
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You may follow luck to ruin, but not to
success. -Gar6eld.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
q taken internally. Price 55c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-14
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
A Semi Official Statement of the Admins
tration's Position.
No Political Issue Involved, but the
PerPetuity Of Republican In
stitutions Threatened.

Assistant Secretary Hamlin Of the Treas
urp Department gave out a snort statement
this afternoon in explanation of his posi-
ton with regard to the democratic platform
and nominate tions. Inasmuch as Mr.. Hamlin
represented the administration forces al
the Chicago convention and as he has been
in frequent consultation with Secretary
Carlisle over the political situation since
the adjournment of the convention, the
statement made by him today will un-
doubted1y be accepted by many as semi
official declaration of the position Of the
sound money men Of the administration
This impression is further strengthened by
dent Cleveland since the adjournment OF
Marion. near Gray Gables, on his way back
to Washington from Chicago.
The statement referred to is as follows:
No political issue Is involved in the com
ing election. The question to be decided Is
far deeper and more vital. The perpetuity
OF republican institutions has been threat.
ened Every loyal citizen should ally him.
self against the forces which controlled the
Cflcago convention; forces of lawlessness
which are inconsistent with the mainten.
aEce of the republic.
'Henceforth there should be no republ
can-no democrat-but a union of loya
citizens against the combined forces OF r..
pudiation and disorder. When once thi.
dangerous element has been stamped ou
at the polls by an indignant people We car
again divide and discuss those politica
questions which for generations have KEEP
anVe the two great political parties"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-14
MIR. Wilkes Tribute.
What He Thinks Of the "Boy Orator
of the Platte'.

Of the Platte.'
Assistant Secretary Scctt Wlke Of Illinois
Is an admirer of the boy orator of the
Platte" personally, but is not yet prepared
to say whether he will or will not vote for
rs election on the free silver platform
Mr.. Bryan is the only free silver man.
with possibly one or two exceptions" said
Mr. Wike at the Treasury Department to-
DAY, ''for whom 1 should be disposed to
vote for President en- a free silver IL to ]
PLATFORM he Is man OF great ability and
crswerving integrity. He was born and
feared In Illinois, and received his education
at JackscnVllls. in county adjoining the
one In which reside, and We are personal
friends. His father was also for many
years practicing lawyer and judge of the
circuit court IN Illinois, He was an un-
swerving and old-faShioned democrat. Mr.
Bryan married beautiful ana accomplish h
ed young lazy of the county IN which
live, and for whose father did law busi-
ness more than quarter of century ago
He was also democrat of the old school
She would do great credit to herself ard
The nation IL called upon to preside as mis-
tress of the White Holse
Il confess a great admiration for the
young Nebraska champion of free silver
coinage. If anything can mitigate the
gross errors and heresies of vicious plat
form ii may be found to some extent at
least in the admirable selection of so talent
ed, popular and devoted democrat as
Mr.. Bryan fas alway proved himself to
be- with the single exception of his posi-
tion on the free coinage Of silver at raj tic
of 16 to j, in which. in my Judgment. there
Is not a particle of Jeffersonian or Jackson
ian democracy"
1t is disftcult to tell from this diplomatic
statement exactly what course of action
Mr.. Wike purposes to pursue in the presi-
Dental campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-14
An Army Retirement Bo.rd

An important army board has been ap-
pointed to meet in Chicago On the 10Th
proximo for the examination OF ten Off
GERS for retirement. The board is composed
of Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, Brig. Gen.
J. r. Brooke, Col ]. F. Wade, 5th Cav
airy; Maj C. De Witt. surgeon, and Lieut.
Col. w. H. F"rwood. deputy surgeon gen
eral. Among the officers to be examined
are Col. r. E. A. Crofton, commanding the
18th Infantry at Fort Sheridan, near Ch.-
cago; Lieut.. Col. ]. H. Bradford 17th In
fantry; Maj. A. S. b. Keyes, Sd Cavalry
Maj. John Darling, 5th Artillery; Maj j.
G. Turnhull, 1st Artillery, and five officers
of and below the grade of captain. There
are fifteen vacancies on the limited re-
tired list of the army, and it is understood
that the War Department officials desire
to fill them at once if possible in order to
provide places for number of additional
sc cond lieutenants