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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26
In White Lawns

we have everything from 5 cents a yard to
80 cents. Our s and 10 cents quality Is
extra value.
DOTTED SWISS for Dresses and Lace
Curtains runs from s, 10, 12K to 10 cents
yard.
Our best DRESS SWISS from 20 to Is
cents.
In WHITE PIQUE. a very pretty line
in short lengths at 1919 cents.
In LARGE CORD beautiful goods at 20
cents a yard.
A Hard Wire Twist Cord for Children's
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26

The base Of Ayers Hair Vigor is a
refined and delicate fluid, which does
not soil or become rancid by exposure
to the air, and which is as perfect a
substitute for the oil supplied by nature
in youth and health, as modern chem
iStry can produce.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26

inat ought to be conclusive as to
decided advantages. One mill works all
through hard times making money
wnile a northern mill doing the precise
work has to shut down and await
better times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26
Glad Tidings Of Great Joy.

Clothing and Ladies' Yacht Suits At 4
cents.
In WASH PIQUE. in colors. Brown.
Gray, Tan, Blue and Pink. for l2L- cents
Cannot be matched for less than = cents
elsewhere
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Success is the reward Of Merit" not
of assumption. Popular application ia
years, people have been using Ayers
Sarsaparilla, and today it is the blood
purifier most in favor with the public.
Ayers Sarsaparilla cures.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-26
Oh. My Heart!
Palpitation-W k-Unc
scious at Times Sleepless
Asthma Kidney Troubles

RecoveryW ould Seem Ikea Miracle
Yet Hoods SarsapatiIla Cured
81 had been in very poor health for
several years, and two summers I was SO
weak I was obliged to lie in bed 3 months
at q time. I was all run down, had
Unconscious Spells
lasting for an hour at a time. The
doctors thought the trouble came from
my heart. 1 used to say that il I could
only be up around, 1 should be so thank
full, and that it would seem like a miracle
If I should be we'll. The neighbors all
know Of the poor health I had been in,
and how much better l am now. l had
asthma for many years, and some nights
Could Not Sleep
my breathing was attended with so much
difficulty. Sometimes I would nave to
sit bolt upright in bed. As my general
health grew poorer, my asthma grew
worse. I had kidney and other troubles
and seemed to be generally 'out of sorts.'
1 heard so much OF Hoods Sarsaparilla
tina I decided to try it, and l experienced
great benefit from it.. I nave recon-
n it to many people, and I cannot
say too much in praise of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. / have not been in bed for over
a year on account of Illness" MRS. s.
WATSON, 432S. Columbia ST., Warsaw, Ind,
Hoods s s. ,
Is the best - in fact the One True Blood Puri-
ner. Sold by all druggists. Get only Hoods.
Hoods. Dill. cure liver ills; easy to
AAOON > Z lllS take, easy to operate. &c.
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Hood's s es;;n.

[1OOQ'S Pills take, easy to operate: asc.
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FRIDAY. MARCH 26. 1897.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12

pounds would digest Fs nc

pounds would digest IS pounds of feed.
required nine pounds to support herself
and should return the remaining nine
pounds to her owner.
We must feed the COW just what she
needs to maintain and produce the
greatest possible amount of milk. select
her food for her. for if you turn her out
where she has access to a straw pile or
other coarse fodder she will fill her
stomach with food that she does not
need, and it will occupy the space inthe
stomach that should be filed with nu-
triment to produce milk. There is an
other thing ! have noticed, and that is,
that in examining Jersey herds we
find the animals are generally advanced
in age. Large cows are not as good
for the dairy, as they have to carry too
much weight. and it has a tendency to
wear them out and they put on beef
and break down and wear out.-Prof.
I. L. Hacker in Farm News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
COWS FOR THE DAIRY.
How They Are Selected at the Mime.
sofa Experiment Station.

How They Are Selected at the Mime.
sofa Experiment Station.
We must first determine what we
want the animals for, and then select
those which are adapted for that par
ticular purpose At the university we
keep a careful account of the cost of
keeping each COW of the herd, with a
view of determining the cost OF a
pound of butter made from the milk of
each COW. The cost varied from eight
to twelve cents a pound, some animals
costing so per cent. more than Others in
producing a pound of butter We di-
vided the herd into two classes and
found that the division that cost the
most to produce butter had tendency
to put on flesh more than the others.
In order to be doubly sure that our
conclusions were correct, we made a
second test with the same result. Now,
why was this? | examined the two
classes individually and found that
the spare built cow. with deep body,
was the best dairy COW. In both divi-
sions all breeds of cows were repre-
scented. What we wanted to find out,
If possible, was how to be able to tell,
without making mistake, the animal
that would make butter the cheapest.
Careful investigation developed the
fact that it took one pound of food to
maintain 100 pounds of animal weight,
80 that an animal that weighed 900
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

If person will once manure an or
chard, he will become so interested that
pruning and spraying when needed will
be almost sure to follow.
Have you sick young tree in the
orchard? Grub it out and plant new
one that is healthy. Fall is good time
for that, for if you do not get the job
done now it won't get done at all.
If the black knot appears on the plum
tree, it can often be effectually checked
by saving off the knot and painting the
wound with linseed oil, to which little
carbolic acid is added and enough oxide
of iron to give it color.
This is the season of the year when
the farmers wife is happy. The rush of
the harvest is over and she can take a
little leisure. The anxiety about some
thing to cook has also ceased, as she has
plenty at hand; life ripples much more
pleasantly than earlier before crops
were garnered and vegetables matured.
Grapes can be grown almost any
where. and every farm. garden and vii
lage lot should have its vines. Perfec-
tion requires high, well-drained, strong
soil, well fed. Let the trellises run
north and south, and be open to the
sun. Currants and gooseberries can
be grown between the rows if land is
scarce.-Rural World.
Blackberries of Great Size.
In California new blackberry has
been introduced called the mann
moth" being hybrid between the dew
berry and blackberry, the fruit having
NIL the characteristics of the blackber-
ry, and is also larger than any other
kind. The canes grow thick and stout
until four or five. feet high, when they
begin to run, growing over 20 feet in
length, the tips taking root like the
blackcap raspberry The canes do not
therefore spread from the root and
overrun the field. 1t will prove very
valuable acquisition If all the claims
in it's favor are true.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12

have lost sight of the real work to be
done. All of our great highways for in
tSrstate commerce are either water
routes or railroads. OF the latter there
appears TO be sufliciency, if we can
draw any conclusion from the cessation
of railroad building. Roads are
now wanted to transport products
to the railroads, to the mines. to the
coast, or to other roads which lead TO
one of the three first mentioned. In
other words. we need what are called
neighborhood roads. and not roads en-
gagged in interstate commerce. or even
state commerce between distant points
The latter, as well as the former, is
carried on over railroads where water
routes are not available.
1t seems clear that the federal gov
eminent has nothing to do with roads
within the states. few miles in length.
that are needed to reach longer lines en-
gagged in state or interstate commerce.
If it had the power to construct such
roads, it would be difficult to do so on
an equitable basis. Some of the states
have many roads of this sort built at
local expense; others have none at all.
or next to none The same remark ap-
plies to states some portions of which
have fine systems of turnpikes, provided
at their own cost. without state aid,
while other sections have no good roads
at all. The injustice of taxing all parts
of the country alike for local roadsis APP
parent at glance.
The agitation In favor of good country
roads is so important in itself that it
ought not to be complicated with ex-
traneous questions The main point is
to utilize the money already expended.
Ii is not the small amount of
money and labor expended on our roads
that has left so many of them in bad
condition, but the want of intelligent
supervision and direction. 1t is not in
the interest of good roads to instruct
the people who need them to wait for
the federal government to come to their
relief. To a considerable extent at least
the same is true of the state govern
ments. These local roads can be built
with local resources if they are proper
ly utilized.
AS to the use of convict labor for the
making of these. no doubt that is pos
sble in some parts of the country. In
this state, however. it is not possible
under the present constitution, which
provides, in section 253, that persons
convicted of felony and sentenced tc
confinement in the penitentiary shall be
confined at labor within the walls of the
penitentiary, and the general assembly
shall not have the power to authorize
employment of convicts elsewhere. ex-
eept upon the public works of the COM
monwealth of Kentucky, or when, dur
ing pestilence or in case of the destr-uc-
ton of the prison buildings. they can
not be confined in the penitentiary."
County roads ace not public works OF
the commonwealth. and hence are not
within the exception. This, however,
might be cured by a constitutional
amendment if the people desire to male
the experiment of convict labor on
country roads. There would still re-
main, however. the difficult matter of
apportioning the expense.-Louisville
Couirer,Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
Road Improvement.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
They Present the Economical side
the Good ROads Question


they Present the Economical Side of
the Good Roads Question.
There are, it is estimated, 100000
miles of highway roads in the United
States. about 20 per cent of the roads of
all the world. Great Britain has l20.-
600 miles of roadways, and these are
some of the best in the world. Germany
has 275,000 miles of roads, and some of
them are as poor as the roadways of a
great country can be. France, which
has taken an enlightened view of the
good roads question for many years
and has spent by governmental or local
authority more than $1.000000,000 on
highways, has a road mileage of 100000,
more than any other country. Russia,
with an enormous area. has only TO-
900 miles of roadways, while Italy, a
smaller country. has $4,000.
For a considerable time the agita-
ton in the United States for good roads
languished for the reason. perhaps,
that by the American system of subdi-
vided local authority whats every
body's business is nobody's business"
and, controversies being frequent as
to the liability of OPTIONAL, state or mu-
nicipal authority for needful expendi-
lures, very little was done. The Nation
al League for Good Roads was organ
lied in 1892 Ito awaken general inter
est in the improvement of public roads,
to determine the best methods of build
ing and maintaining them and conduct
and foster such publications as may
serve these purposes" AT the beginning
Of the agitation, the good roads ques-
ton did not make much Roadway, and
it was not until the popularity of BIZ
cycling grew that the demand for i'm
proved roads became organized, and
since then considerable Roadway has
been made. A computation which finds
much favor among the advocates of
good roads is this: There are approx
mately, though the number is steadily
on the decline, 100000 horses in the
United States (there were 100000 by
the census of lS9O), and there are about
100000 mules, principally in the south,
the annual cost for fodder for these ami
mails being $1,5OO,OOO,0OO. On fine stone
roads one horse can haul as much as
three horses can haul over the average
dirt road of this country. 1t is esti-
mated that it would be necessary to
build about 100000 miles of macad-
amized roads in the United States in
order to have as good system of pub
lie highways as is found in several En-
ropean states. AT $4,000 per mile this
would involve an outlay of $4, 200, 900 900,
a pretty large sum. But if half of the
draught animals could be dispensed
with by the building of such roads,
there would be an annual saving of
$700,000,000 in the food bill. Conse~
quently, if road bonds were issued bear
ing three per cent. interest 100000
miles of macadamized road could be
built without increasing the annual ex-
penses one dollar-N. Y. Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
EVERYBODY INTERESTED.
A Kentucky Editors Comments on
the Road Movement.

The movement for the improvement
of our country roads is one in which all
citizens ought TO take an interest. AT
the same time, il is necessary to under
stand the conditions that surround the
question.
There was a time in the history of the
country when there was a great contro-
versy over what was called internal i'm
provements. This included turnpike
roads. The right Of congress to expend
federal revenue for such purposes was
strennously combated. On the other
hand, it was defended on the ground
that these roads were to be national
ghways-avenues of interstate COM
merce. That was before the day of rail-
roads. The latter have superseded the
necessity of building turnpike or other
similar roads for the uses of interstate
commerce. The federal government
has assumed a supervision over these
highways of commerce. and there are
those who insist that it ought to pur-
chase or confiscate them all and operate
them. Conditions have entirely changed
since the time when it was insisted that
congress should construct turnpikes.
Our artificial highways for long-dis-
lance commerce are all railroads, with
the exception of few canals.
When the good-roads convention at
Nashville, therefore. insisted on the con-
struction OF country roads, partly at the
expense of the federal government
partly at the cost of the states and
partly by conv;c! labor, It appears to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12

joists with rammed clay, lay on rough
boards, then a layer of paper, after
which cover with matched flooring.
For walls use two by eight studding
IL inches apart nailed to floor joists.
Line on both sides with paper and
matched boards. The space between
the outer and inner covering of the
wall may be filed with dry sawdust
or short shavings. On inside set two by
four pieces three feet apart, running
horizontally around walls, line with
paper and board up with matched
boards placed vertically. On outside
nail two by two strips vertically over
every third studding and finish with
siding or ship lap.
At height of ceiling, place two by
six collar piece on two sides, notched
one inch into studding. On these set
two by eight studding IL inches apart,
running past collar pieces and nailed
fast to studdhg. On top of side joists
place strips to raise floor at sides to
give inclination toward the center
about one-fourth to the foot. Other
Joists have thinner strips. Lay on a
two-inch floor, leaving the center open
eight inches and each side and end
open six inches, except at four-foot in
tervals let boards run through center
and to walls for ties. All around the
ice floor place flaring strip six inches
wide flared two inches in height. Cover
this floor with galvanized sheet iron,
number 20, fitting it up to edges of far
ing boards and bent down to form
apron to discharge drip water through
opening at center. All joists are first
riveted and then soldered water-tight.
Below the apron suspend a water
trough arranged so there will be no
splash over its edges and yet free
circulation of air. AT end of trough
have a waste pipe which may be carried
to any convenient point and discharged
through trap, which will prevent in
gress OF air. On top of drip pan lay
two by twoinch strips one inch apart
on which to place ice, leaving cutters
between for free flow of water to CEN
ter discharge.
In filling with ice set the cakes in
closely, but not extending beyond the
floor, fill up to plate on wall as closely
as practicable. Fit light floor at
level of plate for ceiling, to be COW
cred eight inches deep with shavings
or hay, leaving an opening in center
10 inches square for ventilation. Have
gables facing north and south and fill
ice chambers through north gable. Fit
small shutter ventilators in each gable,
arranged to be closed from ground by
a cord in damp weather. A trap door
will provide passage for ice in filling ice
pan.
For lighting storage room fit win
dows with three sash on north side,
have entrance on same side with shed
over door and double walled and packed
door. Shed or vestibule should not be
larger than necessary to handle goods
and if double walled will save ice. The
cold room must not be entered except
when necessary, as ice is melted every
time door is opened. If ice is wanted,
iemove il from above. Paint the house
white.-T. L. Hiles, in Orange Judd
Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
STABLE AND DAIRY.

More good cows are spoiled every year
by careless milking than any other way.
A very little milk left in the udder at
each milking will cause the best COW
to decrease.
Fix it in mind that it pays to have the
stock comfortable, to say nothing Of the
humanity of it. They will make gain
more rapidly and give better profit on
the food consumed.
Frosted grass is not good thing for
colts, nor is there much virtue in it for
any stock. If the cattle remain on pas
ture after hard frosts come, see that
they have something besides the grass
to eat.
If a farmer has not the time to train
colt himself, competent man can be
found to do it, who can in few weeks
have colt so trained that a buyer can
see at once what qualities it possesses.
Any outlay will be more than covered in
the price.
In sending unframed horses to mar
ket breeders seem to overlook the fact
that 1t is not merely the form nor color
nor condition which determines the
price which animals will command. The
chief thing buyer wants to know is
what a horse can do.
Figure the actual cost of milk re-
quired to make pound of butter, and
the value of pound Of butter in the
market; if you do not get the profit
which is apparent from these figures
it is because there is some leak in your
method and management.-Farmer's
Voice
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
A Queer Graveyard.

I'm little hillside graveyard west Of
Moorehead, Rowan county. Ky. is one
of the queeresi graveStones in an the
United States" remarked c. H. Mum
setter, of Willard Ky THE stone
marks the last resting place of Johnny
Martin, one of the principals of the
famous Rowan county war between the
Martins and Logans on the one side and
the Tollivers on the other. In the feud
more than so men were killed, and the
governor of the state at one time was
compelled to negotiate for peace with
Craig Tolliver Martin was taken from
the officers of the law while en- route 10
Lexington for safe-keeping-the Tolii-
yer gang later hanging him near Farm
ers and Kidding the body with bullets.
But Martins friends evened up scores
by practically wiping out both feud
and the Tolliver faction on the streets
of Moorehead two years later On Mar
tins gravestone is the following IN
scription: stop, stranger; tread not
upon the grave of one who never forsook
friend nor forgaye an enemy Johnny
Martin lies here. '"-Columbus (Ol
Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12

Any milk having large amount of
sediment is suspicious. Particles of
dirt are sign that germs are album
dant. Thus dirty milk may be danger
Gus as well as disgusting. The dirt in
milk consists mostly of particles Of
dead skin and manure, which fall into
the pail from the body of the COW dur
ing milking: but dust in the stable,
and dirt and dust in the vessels used
for handling milk, and unclean attend
ants, are also common sources of dirty
sediment in milk.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
COWS WEAR EARRINGS.

Queer Ukase Issued by the Belgian
Director of Agriculture.
A COW is the last creature one would
expect to see with earrings. yet every
COW in Belgium has got to wear them
now. The director-general of agricul-
ture has issued regulation that all
animals of the bovine species are to
wear earrings as soon as they have
attained the age of three months.
This is hygienic measure, intended
to prevent the Introduction into Bel
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
The Dairy.
CONVENIENT lCEHousE.
Every WeIl-ReguIated Dairy Farm
Should Have One.

EVERY Well-Regulated Dairy Farm
should Have One.
Build entirely above ground. Avoid
dampness. A square building is best
II small. The cold air room may be
OF any size of floor to accommodate
quantity OF goods to be stored. The
height of the room in clear should be
five feet. The ice chamber is placed
above cold storage room to secure cir
culation of cold dry air. Provide for
ten or twelve-foot depth of ice for
eight by eight floor or less. For
larger floor add to depth of ice. This
will insure supply all summer and
genuine cold storage.
The foundation may be two by twelve
hemlock set on ground. Floor joists
rest on it and are nailed fast to the
studding. 1t is best to have floor above
level of surrounding surfaces and drain
age must be perfected to carry off sur
face water. Fill the space between the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
BRIDGE ON PIERS AND SUPPORTED
BY TRUSSES.

ported very commonly do. Fig. shows
a more permanent and solid construc-
ton, rough stones being laid up in
cement for supports. with truss be-
tween the middle and each end. the ends
of these trusses being supported by pro-
jecting rocks at the bases of the piers.
Such bridge is thoroughly supported
and will well repay the extra labor in
construction, provided the stream to be
bridged is of any considerable width
and the bridge is to be used to any great
extent am ually.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12

Nisitor-Mrs. MiXem, see that your
nephew hay quite knowledge of the
art preservative. | wonder where he
could have acquired it?
Mrs. Mixem-Oh. naturally enough
His ma knew more about preserves than
nost anyone ever knowed. Boston
Courier.