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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-22

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collar. Trimmed with cloth lining and
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-22

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Chincbilla, made with velvet coll
lar and braided. Price $3.50
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-22

LADIES - CHICHESTER'S ENGLIS{S
Pennyroyal Pills Diamond BRANDY,
are the best. Safe. Reliable. Take no
other. Send 4c., stamps. for particu-
lars. "Reliet for Ladies'" in letter By
return mail. At druggists. Chichester
Chemical Co.. Philadelphia, Pc. -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-22

Wide Vale Diagonal Dress q.
Suits, made and trimmed to N
sold ut other stores for Sc. 'Tht
price only $3.50. -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
IMPROVING HIGHWAYS.

At Farmers Institute held in Re-
treat, Wis, says the Milwaukee Sen
tinel, a paper on Highways" stated
that while in Europe good roads are
laid out over the best grades on high
priced land; in this country they are
kept off of good land as much as pos.
sible, and run over hills and rocks,
through ravines, sand patches and
mud-holes. The great loss resulting
from hard teaming, wear and tear of
wagons, harness and horses, does not
seem to be considered. Some Of these
evils could ne easily rectified did not
individual selfishness stand in the way.
The grader is taking the place Of
plough and scraper, with good results
on many roads, but cannot be depended
on alone. The water bars used on hill
sides are often made too high and put
in the wrong place. They should be
made in depressions, not ON the steep
est grades, and in repairing the new
material should be placed few feet
back, not on the top of the old bar.
When desirable to turn water both
SUES VI Tue TOdu. Tic DdT SuOulu ne W
shaped, with point up the hill. If on
an angling road, turn the water to the
lower side. But whatever the form,
the two wheels should strike and leave
the upper side of the bar at the same
time, to avoid disagreeable wrenchins
and cutting hole in the lower track.
Short pitches and says can often be al
lowed to grade themselves, and it is
noticeable that n sag so filled is al
ways a good track, showing that n
mixed soil makes the best road. Roads
should receive attention at frequent
intervals, not when the workers have
nothing else to do. Slight rep.irs as
soon as needed will save time and cost
in the end. A great help to good roads
would be the general use Of broad tires
instead of narrow ones. Every town
or district should own n snow roller,
and use it after each drifting storm;
the winter roads would then be real
highways, level and hard, with snow on
each track.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Cheese and Courtship.

Aristocracies in different places and
ages have prided themselves on many
different things. One of the queerest,
perhaps, is the aristocracy according
to cheeses, which, according to the
Neue Zuricher Zeitung, prevails among
the .patricians of Zermatt. The aris-
tocracy Of families is valued by the
number and age Of the cheesos they
possess. There are families who pos
sess cheeses made ut the time of the
French Revolution. When a child is
born, a cheese is manufactured, which
is then called by the name of the child.
1t is partly eaten when it's namesake
gets married, each wedding-guest tast-
ing n portion. The cheese is then put
away again, and finally cut into and
finished at the funeral of the person
whose name it bears. When young
man woos maiden, he begs to be al.
lowed to dine with her family on a
Sunday. His offer being accepted, the
lovers wait anxiously to see whether
the girls father will cause the cheese
to be set on the table. At the end of
the long meal, If all goes well, the
master of the house solemnly fetches
the cheese bearing the would-be brides
name, sets it on the table, cuts it, and
gives q piece to the young couple.
When they have eaten it, they are n
betrothed pair. The others mt the table
partake of the cheese and drink to the
eternal friendship of the two families
London News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
FIRST DAYS OF THE PIG.

The directors of the Mississippi sta
ton have decided that during the first
few days shoats should be confined to
the farrow pen, or, at most, allowed to
run in a small dry lot. They will do
better if confined to the lot until they
are at least three weeks old. Just as
soon as the pig shows disposition to
eat he should be encouraged in doing
so. A small place should be cut Off
from the lot so as to allow the pigs
but not the mother-to enter, and in
this little lot should be shallow feed
trough. If the pigs are getting plenty
Of milk from the mother, as they will,
provided she is good brood sow and is
well fed, there is nothing better than
make their teeth sore. An abundance
of this soaked corn should be provid-
ed, and what is left should be removed
at least twice day and fresh corn
put In. If a little sweet skinned milk
can be given with care, we think it
will add to the growth of the pigs. This
may continue until weaving time, when
a decided change in the feed becomes
necessary. This is the most critical
period in the pigs life, and on his man
agement at this time largely depends
his future usefulness. If checked in
his growth he will probably not recover
soon enough to give the best results,
whether kept to grace the breeding
herd or to fill the pork barrel.-New
York Witness.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
BEST PASTURE GRASS.

Practical men have decided that gen.
eral purpose grasses, as a rule, are not
the most profitable. The best pasture
grasses can be moved, and the best
hay grasses are injured by tramping.
Never plant hay grasses on land where
machinery cannot be used. Avoid pat
ent mixtures claimed to be best for all
purposes. If you want to raise hay for
market, select that which sells most
readily; but, for home use, other varie-
ties are often better. Timothy Is the
most popular market hay, particularly
In the north, but ii is inferior to or
chard grass, Bermuda, or even crab
grass. But 1t outsells any of these. In
the South, fall seeding-September or
OctOber-is best. Give most careful
preparation to the seed bed, and that
alone-never with nurse crops. To
Craze pastures too close in dry weather
kills out the grasses and let's weeds
come in.-Home and Farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
HOW sAwDUsT KILLS CHICKS.

For three years, writes G. A. Bird,
have been losing chicks from bowel
trouble. tried every known remedy,
three hundred and fifty Matched l
raised one hundred and fifty. The
chicks that We're put In the most favor
able place were the ones that died.
studied, examined and investigated,
but all to no purpose. built cosy
house just south OF the barn, twenty
two feet long and eight feet wide. and
divided 1t into four rooms. / filed up
the floor with dirt, coal ashes, gravel,
sand and lime, and thought had them
this time. So did until turned them
out one bright sunshiny day to exer-
else among the grape vines, etc.
Well, you may judge my chagrin
and surprise when in day or two they
began to die, and in a week out Of the
twenty-five bright little fellows not
one was left to tell what the matter
was. Upon making post-mortem ex-
animation l found plenty of grit, and
everything all right except infamed
intestines. But upon a closer inspec-
ton found what had taken for bran
and bread crumbs was sawdust.
My eyes began to open. / began to
wake up, and on looking around found
a lot Of sawdust that had been thrown
about the grape vines. The biddies IN
hunting for bugs, etc., had scratched it
about, and the chicks. mistaking 1t for
the bread crumbs had been feeding
them, had eaten a quantity of it, with
the above result.
'Eurekaw said l to myself, and the
shovel and the wheelbarrow were at
once brought into service, and the saw
dust placed out of the reach Of both
chicks and hens.
That was nearly two months ago,
since which time / have not lost a
chicken with bowel trouble.-Farm
Poultry.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Points About Cuba.

The Cuban flag has five broad stripes,
three of blue and two Of white. A blue
triangle diminishes from one end, and
on it is one silver star.
England and Australia are the only
other islands which exceed Cuba in
natural resorces. When not wasted by
war Cuba produces, with large share
of her soil untouched 100000, 900
worth Of sugar and tobacco annually,
besides the products Of orchards and
forests, rivers and mountain mines.
Where the soil is not deep dark red
1t Is so black that 1t shines as though
it were oiled. The whole color scheme
is brilliant and beautiful.
At present there are about 125, 900
Spaniards and $4,000 Cubans engaged
in fighting each other. Whenever a
regiment reaches Havana there is a
show of festivities. Pillars Of triumph
are erected at the landing place decor
ated with laurel and the Spanish colors.
The presentation of birds along with
flowers is a Spanish custom. Soldiers
who secure birds bear them proudly on
the butts of their rifles.
The population of Cuba is little over
1,631,OOO. The whites generally out
number the colored people, there being
but 52S, 79S of the Africans and mulat-
toes on the island.
The leader Of the Cuban rebellion is
Maxine Gomez. His home is In San
Domingo and his wife and children are
music teachers and seamstresses. He
has son who has not engaged in the
war, remaining at home to cultivate
his $4,000 farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
FACTS ABOUT THE SHAH.
He Had Pearls BY the Quart and 700
Female Servants.

The title Of the new Shah is clear as
1t can be. He is the eldest son of n wife
of royal blood. The sons of Esthers--
that is to say, Of women of mean birth
are of no more account now than they
were in the days Of ArtaXerxes. Pre-
sumably the Shah just proclaimed has
found a vast fortune boarded up by
Nasr-ed-Din.
Nj. Diamanti, eX-European Secretary
to the late Shah's Foreign Office, has
been giving at Paris some information
about Persia as it now stands. Nasr-
ed-Din's three eldest sons are highly
educated. The eldest cannot possibly
be a rival of the second; neither can
the third. All the other children are
just as well educated. They may be n
source of strength to the throne, but
that is to be seen.
The royal palace is called the Ark.
The treasures heaped up in it are of
incredible richness. One sees there en-
ameled pictures on gold tablets of great
size. The diamonds, rubies and pearls
are of unheard-of splendor, and in such
quantities that one sees i'm the presses
where they are kept European de-
canters and tumblers filled with them.
The late Shah liked them to be in trans
parent vessels, so that he could rapidly
see IL the bulk was notably diminished
by thief. He had n big aquarium
glass case filed with nothing but care
fully sorted pearls of the finest Orient
lustre. Side by side with these treas
ures lay tawdry articles de Paris"
hardly good enough for a charity ba-
zaar. The enameled paintings on gold
had between them cheap German
acknowledgements.
The women's part of the palace ac-
commodated 800 souls. There were
about 700 servants, but great number
were engaged in fine needlewOrk, dis
tilling essences, and making confec-
tionery. They were very clean. How
ever, all, from highest to lowest, ate
the mutton and rice ragout with their
fingers. They sat on their heels in
circles around low tables on which the
dish was set.
The Shah sat alone. He often gave
European dinners, at which he sat, but
OF which he never partook. He was a
ferocious monarch If he had to find
fault, but a constant friend, and pat
ronized merit wherever he found it.
The Sisters of Charity We're generous
ly patroniZed by him. He allowed
their convent at Teheran a yearly sti-
pend. DR.. Tholosan for thirty-five
years enjoyed the Shah's confidence.
lie never asked for anything for him
self, but was forward to ask for 9th
ers.
The mosque where the monarch was
murdered is connected by light rail
way with Teheran. The opening Of
this railway caused revolt. 1t en-
croached on the ground belonging to
the mosque. This was thought sacril-
egious. Religious .fanaticism in this
case had the last word.-London News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18

are some Imported varities that arr
worth from SIS to $25 dozen. A first
class dyer of flowers is paid from $50
to $50 week, while the artists that put
on the finishing touches receive from
$12 to $40, according to their proficien-
cy and experience.
Having received their proper color
ings and standings, the bits of muslin,
cambric and other materials that are to
be made into flowers are subjected to
various processes OF crimping, curling
and starching. In the room set apart for
this work about 80 women and girls
We're at work fiuting curling the petals
I'm imitation OF the Irregularities to be
found In natural flowers. Next came the
last process of all-that Of arranging
the leaves and petals into the forms OF
wreaths and flowers and attaching
them to stems. The room set apart for
this work is the largest In the factory.
There are fully 100 women and girls
employed in it.
In the arrangement of the petals and
In variation of form, the artisans often
displayed refined taste and discrim-
nation which showed that they possess
ed a genuine love for their trade. AL
though they We're paid by piece work,
and might consequently be expected to
hurry through their task they frequent
ly devoted time to a rose they had in
hand in order to give 1t few extra
touches that would add to its natural
l. hnt nm
ployers could not object to this, as the
more finished the flower the higher the
price 1t will bring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
The cherokees' Plant.

''If the United States Government
would only carry out its solemn agree
ments with the five civilized tribes, our
people would have nothing to complain
Of" said Chief G. j. Harris of the
Cherokee Nation at the National Hotel.
Contracts and promises that we trust
ed to the honor of that great nation to
execute have been violated, and there
seems to be no intention on the part of
the government to redeem them. When
we sold the Cherokee Slip we were told
as an inducement to parting with the
lands, that all previous pledges would
be carried out. That promise was
broken like the rest.
Now, l maintain that the United
States ought to go forward and make
good its past agreements before enter
ing on further Indian legislation.
When that Is done it will be time
enough for the Indians to say whether
they are in accord with the desires of
Of the Government. Until that is done
all bills changing the existing status
are obnoxious to our people.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
They Got the Lion.

"The mountain lion" remarked an
old miner some time ago, sis becoming
rare in the mountains of the west.
When l first went seeking after the
gold and silver Of Colorado, these ami
mails were rather plentiful. They were
met in pairs, and were common enough
to make it hazardous for a man to
walk in the valleys alone and unpro-
tected, particularly after dark. l re-
member on one occasion having slight
adventure with lion that almost scar
ed me out of my wits. With a pal
was working a claim in the mountains
near Ouray. Winter came on, and one
day, before the very cold weather set
in, we went to the town to get supplies,
leaving our little cabin on the noun
tain alone. 1t came on to snow soon
after we got to Ouray, and we did not
get chance to go to the claim for full
ly week. AS we slowly climbed the
hill noticed the tracks of mountain
lion leading toward our cabin, and
when we reached the house found that
we had forgotten to close a window in
the side. We had lost sight of the
tracks, and the sight of the open win
dow caused me to forget all about the
animal and its presence. l started for
the window and was about to put my
head into the apartment when there
came terrible growl, and the next in
slant a great yellow body darted
through the opening. right over my
back, its claws catching my buckskin
and ripping 1t open to my waist, turn
ing me completely over into the snow.
My pal whipped out his gun, and the
internal lion turned on him, making q
fearful leap in his direction. Before
he could shoot, the beast was upon him.
and selling him by the slack of his
jacket, shook him as II he had been a
rat. l was on my feet by this time,
and drawing my revolver, 1 sneaked up
and put bullet right through his head.
He dropped, and my pal drew his
breath freely once more. Neither of us
was hurt, but the lions skin. i'm another
week, was serving as rug by my cot"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
An impressive Monument.

The public has watched patiently the
progress of the Grant monument in
Riverside Park. The long delay that
followed the laying of the corner stone
served to detract greatly from the pub
lie interest In the undertaking, ami
those who contributed to the fund had
almost lost hope of living to see the
tomb completed. Ground was broken
for the monument in the spring of 1891,
but 1t was not until three years later
that the first stone was set in place
The great crypt of the monument and
the vault are now completed, and work
will soon be commenced on the dome.
From the level of Riverside Drive to
the top of the monument the distance
is 165 feet, and the dome will be $50
feet above the Hudson River. Sur
rounding the dome there will be bal
cony about $50 feet above the river.
From this point which will be open to
visitors when the monument is CON-
pleted, one can see for thirty miles
straight up the "Rhine of America"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Telegraphy bv Induction.

A successful experiment in telegraph
ing by induction without connecting
wires has been performed by w. III.
Preece, between Oban and Auchna-
craig, Scotland, while the submarine
cable was broken. A gutta-percha wire
a mile and q half long was laid along
the ground from Morven, while on
the island Of Null use was made of the
ordinary overhead wire connecting
Craignure with Arcs. The distance
between the two parallel wires was
about three and half miles. Using =
vibrator as transmitter, and telephone
as receiver, the usual messages were
successfully transmitted till the cab,s
was repaired.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
TRIM THE SHRUBBERY.

In many country and village door
yards or lawns, the shrubbery consists
of rose bushes, lilacs, wistaria and hon
eysuckle. Often these have not been
trimmed for years, and they present
a most ungainly mass of tangled
growth, often rendering it quite diff
cult to obtain even q fair view of the
house by the passers-by. This I'M
trimmed collection is frequently sup
plemented by rampant growing ever
green trees, that were all right for the
first five or six years Of their growth,
but they were neither cut back nor
topped, and many of them now have
branches spreading from ten to twenty
feet. Where it Is not thought best to
remove them entirely, cut off the lower
branches close up to the body of tree
for a distance of about eight feet. This
will remove the foliage that obstructs
the view, and the remaining lower
branches will droop little, giving the
tree pleasing appearance. Other
fruit and ornamental trees, by branch
ing low, may obstruct the view, but
judicious pruning will regulate this
trouble.
Use the pruning knife freely on the
shrubbery, and If the bushes are IF
some desirable kinds try to improve
the flowers they produce. Turn down
the sod about them, applying well-rot-
ted manure, ground bone, or wood ash
es well mixed, and you will be more
than paid for your trouble. Let this
pruning be an annual operation.-New
England Homestead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Discovers a Petrified Man.

Peter McNabb, fern gatherer,
found in his wanderings through
forest near Columbus, Ohio,
what seems to be the petrified remains
Of a unexpectedly prehistoric man.
He says it was brought to light by a
recent landslide. One arm and one leg
are missing, the remaining leg being
drawn up against the stomach and the
head dropping upon the breast. In size
it is little above the ordinary, and APP
pears to have been buried In a sitting
posture. Hundreds look at 1t, but no
scientist has yet examined it.-Chicago
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Norman Wore Trousers First.

1t has remained for an American wo,
man to discover that trousers were
first invented and worn by women.
Among the most ancient nations,
points out Mrs. Evans, wife Of the
President Of Hedding College, in Him
oils, the trousers are still worn by the
women, while the men go about In more
or less abbreviated skirts. There is
therefore nothing modern about bloom
Org
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
FAILING IN THE HEN BUSINESS

FAILING IN THE HEN BUSINESS.
The reason why so many fail in the
hen business, and others hesitate to 60
In, is because of the desire to get liv-
ing with little brain labor. Men will
work three hundred days in the year
shoveling dirt.who would not spend the
few hours daily necessary to care for
a flock Of hens capable Of returning far
more than the earnings now secured.
1t Is easy to grub, but it is hard to
grow. Because of this fact, there will
never be overproduction In the hen
business.-Maine Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18

The Macungie Progress says thar
apples may be kept two years by sim
ply wrapping them in newspapers. In
order not to make a failure of the busl-
nens, however, only newspapers that
have been paid for should be used.
otherwise the dampness resulting from
the dues may cause the fruit to spoil.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18

sity to protect most Of our crops from
fungus pests. and as the lime In this
mixture has the same effect as the milk
of lime, we urge their combined use,
thus reducing the cost for the destruc-
ton of each pest to the minimum"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
NEW POINTS ABOUT PARIS
GREEN.

Paris green of standard quality con-
tains about "a per cent. of arsenious
acid, of which per cent. is soluble
In cold water and 8 to 8 per cent. in
boiling water. A new process" paris
green now on the market, according to
the Mass experiment station is not
paris green at all, but combination of
lime and arsenious acid with a small
amount of copper oxide. 1t contains
from So to 63 per cent. of arsenious
acid. About the same quantity of its
arsenious acid Is soluble in cold water
as in standard paris green, but in boil
ing water from Is to 20 per cent. is
soluble, or more than twice as much
as in true paris green. 1t is suggested
green may be caused by putting this
substance into heated lime mixtures,
TO the heat generated by the chemical
action i'm mixing the two, or to the heat
developed by the sun on globules of
water standing on the leaves. If this
Is true, paris green should never be
put into liquids until the latter are
tnOrouShiy cOoieu, dhu eSpecldlly Is
this true of the new process paris
green. or by using the water with Bor-
deaux mixture, much more OF the poi
son can be sprayed without injury 70
foliage than II paris green alone is
used In the water. One gallon of the
milk of lime to 10 gallons of the water
containing paris green as ordinarily
used Il lb. to $50 to 200 gallons Of
water) will be sufficient. As Professor
Maynard truly says, The use of the
bordeaux mixture has become a neces-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
A Victim of False Pretences,

L. ID. Gordan of Jefferson City, found
huge black snake the other day which
had checked itself to death in trying
to swallow porcelain egg which it had
carried OF from neighboring hens
nest.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18

There are more Englishmen in Bos.
ton than in any other city in the United
States, the population being estimated
at $4,000.