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The silver star., 1897-12-16

Special Agent A. J. Wedderburn. OF
the department Of agriculture. has Just
issued the following circular: by
direction Of congress the department
OF agriculture is investigating the
character and extent of the adultera-
tion Of foods and drugs. 1t is gener-
ally believed that adulteration. So
phistication. Imitation and misbrand-
ing Of foods. drugs and liquors exist
to very great extent. Many Of the
states have enacted laws to prevent
such practices. and 1t Is very desir-
able TO know how these laws have
been enforced and with what results.
As the general public is largely in
terested In this matter. as II affects
health. morals and legitimate trade. II
Ia thought proper to ask the co-opera-
tion Of the press in securing accurate
Information on the subject The pub.
hcation OF simple request for infor.
nation on this subject. to be furnished
the newspaper asking it. or sent dI.
rect to the chemical division Of the
department OF agriculture. will In all
probability secure n large amount OF
valuable data which will materially
assist In properly carrying out the
work.
The silver star., 1897-12-16
Consress,nrn We're Dry.

Washington. Dec. ff.-After n spasm
or virtue thnt lasted Just twenty four
hours the committee on rules OF tho
senate and House Of Representatives
authorized the sale Of liquor again M
the cnpitol restaurants. Tho reason
for the relnpsc is snld 10 hnye hccn
pressure on the pnrt Of thirsty states.
men. who declared that they would
oring the matter up on the floor and
,N nsmand vote unless the bars were
". aown again. This frightened timld
members who have both prohIbifinn'
ists hnd brewers In their districts. ana
they blended with the committee on
rules. II there IL anything the aver.
nge member OF Congress hntes 10 vote
upon II u question Involving tenn nor.
ance and religion. md so the commit
zee CAV" way nnd permitted the 6aa
70 N opened for flight drinks"
The silver star., 1897-12-16
w. J. BRYAN ENTERS MEXICO.
He Is Given Flattering Reception by the
People of Tint Country.

Laredo, Tex. Dec. l0.-W. ]. Bryan
arrived in this city last evening. and
after being Immediately transferred to
the special car on the Mexican Nation
al Railway. accompanied by several
prominent Mexican officials dispatched
by President Diaz to meet them. he
crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico.
As soon as the Mexican side was reach
ed, the train was brought TO n halt, and
a telegram from President Diaz well
coming Mr.. Bryan TO the country was
read. The train then pulled up to the
station. where n large crowd of the
representative people of Laredo was
awaiting his arrival. Several speeches
of welcome We're made, to which Mr..
Bryan briefly responded. Preparations
have been made all along the line for
his reception. Mr.. Bryan was repeat
edly referred to in the speeches which
We're made by purely Mexican citizens
as ''our great silver friend
The silver star., 1897-12-16

no hesitation in recommending some
quick-acting heterogeneous fertilizer In
connection with the other elements in
a mature or declining peach orchard.
Another practice popular in Michigan
and undoubtedly beneficial. Is the early
sowing of rye in August to serve as
winter mulch, and in spring to be
turned under as manure. With our oc-
casional warm spells in winter. the use
of some means to act as mulch, and
thus maintain uniform condition OF
temperature in the soil. cannot be
overrated. saw in Tennessee some
peach orchards mulched with straw for
the same purpose. certainly a reason
able practice.
The silver star., 1897-12-16
THE UNION PACIFIC SALE.
It VIII BE Postponed in Response to
Senate Resolution.

senate Resolution.
Washington, Dee. 10.-With the eN-
ception of the offer of $4,000 600 re-
ceived some time ago from the Union
Pacific reorganization committee for
the governments interest in the Kan
sas Pacific, which was promptly de
clined. the government has received no
intimation as to the purpose of the COM
mittee with respect to the sale set for
December 18th. The government is
now in a position to bid at the sale
and but for the resolution adopted by
the Senate to-day. asking the President
to apply to the court for n
postponement. There is no doubt
that it would have done so.
should the committee have failed
TO make an acceptable offer. The
Senate resolution. however. changes
the situation. Attorney General Nc
Kenna will soon begin the preparation
of the necessary papers in the case and
will at once ask the court to set n date
for the hearing in the argument. in sup
port of motion for postponement. The
attorney general has no doubt that the
motion will be granted upon the show
ing he will be able to make.
The silver star., 1897-12-16
AN Insurance. swlNpLEn.
A New York Man who Has Collected On .
Number of People.

New York Man who Has Collected On .
Number of People.
New York. Dec. 11.--Charles ZanOli,
the barber who yesterday pleaded gull
ty of defrauding an insurance COM
pany and who admitted that since 1888
he had collected insurance on four
wives, one mother-in-law, one daughter
and one employe, was arraigned In Po-
lice Court again to-day on the charge
Of being a suspicious character. He
was remanded till tomorrow to give the
detectives time to thoroughly investi-
gate his record and ascertain whether
the lives Of all these people, whose in
surance Zanoli obtained. were lost
through natural causes. The charge
made by the insurance company will
not be pressed until this curious Sc
quence of deaths has been thoroughly
explained.
Zanoli asserts that all persons on
whose lives he collected insurances
died from natural causes, but admits
collecting 1855 on an insurance policy
taken out in his own name after he had
represented to the company that the
dead body of an employ named
Schmidt was himself. While prosecut-
ing his insurance business Zanoli
sometimes travelled under the names
Of Braune and Suhme. The police
have no definite evidence TO warrant
the charge of murder.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

What great mistake II is to con-
tend that time taken from toll for
sleep and recreation is time lost There
is no greater fallacy. for sleep and re-
creation form. as it were. the cement
put in TO fill up the joints in order
to keep out the weather and preserve
the edifice. A man does not necessar-
lily require riches. honors or office-al-
though the majority OF us naturally
have an ambition to attain one of these
desiderata-but he does need food
work and sleep. 1t follows, therefore
that he should use every means to
promote life, and among these there
are three things 10 be kept in mind
When a man denies himself sleep, food
and the exercise work gives both to
brain and body. he is robbing his life
OF Its full term. Let him be cheerful
also. for the body is like an engine-ii
will run well and long If it is well oiled
Contentment and cheerfulness are the
oil which keeps the nerves from wear
ing out.
The silver star., 1897-12-16
Gnod Point. Anoni PEACHES.

+. NJ. Augur. in Farm and Home,
writes; The essential elements of sue
cess with peaches are: l. Seed from
natural pits, free from any taint OF dis
ease, with equal care In getting buds:
q Healthy trees. planted on high. dry
land. where no peach trees have stood
before. with moderate, clean culture
up to July. yearly mot afterward) so as
to secure only well ripened wood In
autumn. 3. The yearly application of
some perfect manure. potash included.
These things are ali important. There
are few other points which desire
TO emphasize: First. the practice of
moderation In the early years of n
peach orchard. to be followed after nm
turity by very liberal management.
second, never let an orchard bear n
breaking crop: moderate crop OF large
peaches Is more valuable than n very
heavy crop of small peaches; besides.
1t Is far less exhausting. Again. the
practice OF cutting back the branches
80 as to reduce the number of bIo..
SONS helps the matter Of thinning ana
promotes growth OF more new viz
orous wood to bear fruit the succeed.
ing year Last spring made an an
plication OF 600 pounds per acre OF Ssh
and potash. TO each ton ccpsIs,Ing n,
1900 pounds OF ground fsh and 600
pounds OF potash. My leading object
was to plant between the peach rows
strawberries for plants and fruiting
but the effect upon the eisat-venr.oid
peach orchard was excellent ..he fruit
upon these trees was perhaps M ane as
! ever had. and the growth and prom
ise next year are the best. This was
only part OF the orchard, snd I seri-
ously regretted that II had not been
over II all. From this experiences. and
~M ] have observed elsewhere, ! have
The silver star., 1897-12-16

The Society for checking the Abuse
Of Public Advertising. founded four
years ago in England, has been highly
successful in awakening the sentiment
of reform. The Thames River is by
act of parliament protected from any
advertising whatever on its banks; a
series of guide-books calls attention
to recent advertising disfigurements Of
beautiful scenery; the council of Lon
don has condemned some monster
boardings erected for advertising pur-
poses, and the superior courts have
enforced the prohibition of sky signs.
America stands no less in need of such
an association and such sentiment.
"The way in which shall help" ex-
claimed a young matron recently. lis
by never buying such articles as l see
advertised amid natural scenery or in
Objectionable methods. They shall be
impressed upon my mind as something
to be stunned"
The silver star., 1897-12-16

writer in the Living Church saw
this sign on the door of a Chinese
laundry in Chicago: Please help us
to remember the Sabbath day to keep
1t holy by bringing your clothes to
the laundry before ten o'clock on Sun
days" Only one of the Cinnamon
was acquainted with the English Ian
guage, and all were apparently heath
en-. The irony was obvious. and the
lesson for people calling themselves
Christians quite as plain.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

There is time-honored notion that
a nap after meals promotes digestion.
and, filled with this belief, large
number of persons habitually take a
nap after dinner. and think they are
doing precisely the best thing for
their health. There are other good au-
thorities, too, who claim that sleep
during digestion clouds the mind and
predisposes those who indulge in it
to apoplexy and stupidity. A French
scientist has made this subject a
study. and by exhaustive experiments
has discovered that sleep does not aid
digestion. but rest and horizontal po-
sition are of great advantage in pro-
noting the proper conditions for per-
feet digestion and assimilation of food.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

One alderman In Minneapolis sen
fenced to six years Mt hard labor for
soliciting bribe. and two more In
Taunton. Mass. indicted for the same
offense Is enough to convince almost
any one that the life OF an alderman
b not all It In cracked up to be.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Miss Willard wants workingmen 10
have palatial clubs where they can
lounge and rest as in saloon. Isn't
that kindness at the expense Of their
women and children?
The silver star., 1897-12-16

A discharged hired man In Michigan
sued his employer for back wnges, and
the employer Offset" by charging ss
barrel for three barrels Of cider the
hired man had drunk. Which ia fur
ther evidence that there Is more than
one way Of skinning y cat,
The silver star., 1897-12-16
Fan Pruning of Grapes.

For many reasons. heavy pruning
which is necessity for the grapevine
had best be given in the fall. So soor
as the leaves are off. the cutting ava,
OF superfuous wood may remain. Their,
can be no bleeding. as the cut will dr.,
up at once. There is some circulation
OF sap all through the vine durin,
warm weather in winter. Pruning in
the fall concentrates this sap in tn,
buds that are left. and they alway.
push more vigorously than when tn,
vines are left dangling on the trellise.
All winter. AS soon as the pruning IL
done. the support of the main win,
should be loosened. and II should b,
thrown on the ground. In most casei
snow will be enough protection. but 4
the vine is where the snow blows away
some straw held down by a slight GOV
ering OF earth will be needed Vine,
thus treated will winter without injury
however low the mercury may fall. TIL,
vines should be put up on the trellis IL
spring so soon as danger from lat,
frosts has passed. II the vines are un
covered except by snow, put them IL,
as soon as the snow melts. Lying OF
the ground and protected from winds
the buds might push too early and b,
injured. They are not liable to thi,
on the trellis.-Ex.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Trials for 'lese majestic in
practice, means criticism of the en-
peror-are SO common in Germany that
William II. appears to be law unto
himself. A well-known diplomatist af-
firms, however, that it is not so.
The silver star., 1897-12-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AORiCULTURALiST.
Some Up-to-D Date Hints About Cuitlva-
tien Of the Soil and Yields Thereof
horticulture. viticuIturc and Fieri-
culture.
succe..ful Corn Ral..nE.

WO weeks ago we
published the ex-
periences Of a mum
ber OF farmers tina.
exhibited corn al
the Illinois state
fair. Since that
time more reports
have come in and
we give them here
with:
Chas. J. Shep-
The silver star., 1897-12-16

When you see man and his wife on ths
streets together on a week day they an
either going TO attend the funeral Of rels.
tive or are on their way to have their Bic.
lures taken -
The silver star., 1897-12-16
Cabbages in Winter.

The old plan of burying or putting
cabbage in trenches during winter or
for winter use has become obsolete,
and a more simple and easy plan has
been adopted. American Gardening
explains this as follows: Where cab
bage Is grown on a large scale for
shipping purposes. the best plan is to
lift the cabbages and stack them two
tiers deep and as closely as they can
be placed in an orchard, or wood, II
convenient, and cover with leaves to
the depth of two or three inches, the
leaves to be kept in place by
slight covering OF earth. In this way
the heads will keep perfectly sound all
winter, and they can be easily taken up
as wanted for shipping. For family
use cabbages can be kept in the same
way, only it will not be necessary to
make the second layer 1t is quite i'm
portant to keep them a little below the
freezing point 1t has been suggested
to keep them in some convenient build
ing. but this plan has always resulted
in failure. as the dry atmosphere is
fatal. Cabbage must be kept moist and
cool. The slightest whiting renders it
unfit for the table.
Impaction by Corn Stalks.-Jefferson
Bee: Mr.. Lew Dimon, of this city, buried
four fine cows from his farm up in Har-
lem township last Friday. They all
died the night before, and were the
victims Of corn stalks eaten In unlim-
tied quantities. They had been turned
into the cornfield after husking was
over. and ate too much OF the dry
stalks. In some localities where sim
liar cases have occurred this malady
has been called the corn-stalk disease,
but Dr. Williamson, who examined
these cases. says 1t is no disease at all,
but natural consequence OF taking
In more dry food than the gastric
juices can handle. He found In the
first stomach Of the dead cows q large
solid roll or bundle of material. which
was packed so hard that nothing could
phase II but an axe. and this condition
brought on speedy death. Farmers
should take warning from this case.
and allow their cattle to eat tho stalks
sparingly at first. Up In Calhoun
county man lost ten head In a single
night. With cattle at the present prices
1t will pay better to be very cautious in
this matter.
Beef and Butter.-Prof. r. L. Hack
er OF the Minnesota experiment sta-
ton has been testing the comparative
cost OF making beef and butter. So he
fed four steers along with his herd of
COWS. giving them. however. q ration
for making beef. while to the cows was
given the feed appropriate for milk
and butter production. After sIx
weeks feeding he figured the cost of
the butter at three cents per pound.
while the beef was 34-1O cents per
pound. as nearly as he could estimate
1t from live weight. II is fairly TO
be presumed that In the cost of but
ter the labor required to make IL was
not estimated. II is probable also that
the cows experimental on were In full
flow Of milk. and therefore could. for
n short time. produce butter at very
low rates But the animal has TO be
kept twelve months with much iess
product Of milk. In order TO enable n
to mako this low record.-Ex.
A few elms and naples tudiciously
placed will make the farm home mora
cheerful.
The loss OF fat In the whey IL often
greater from tho richer milk.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

The forty women who want to mar
ry Luetgert unavoidably suggest ire
mendous temptation to the father Of
wickedness.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Pisos Cure. for Consumption has been
family medicine with us since 1861. 4
The silver star., 1897-12-16

what has become OF the bearded Iadv,
"Shc had her beard made over into :
and has gone in for foot ball.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing syrup
For children teethinE softens the gums retluces ipa
nation allays pain, cures wind collie cents h.ss
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Educate Your Boweis with Cascarsts.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation foreyef
1Oc. 25c IfC. G. @. fail. druggists refund money,
The silver star., 1897-12-16

FITS Permanently Cured. :, hts or pcrvou,r.....
first days use OF DIR. khne's Great Neryc R..,.eNa ~
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and t,.s,.
DIR. r. II. KLINE Ltd. 9Ji Arch ST., Philadenhis -
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Delapidated Farm Houses.-In dr,v.
Ing about the country one cannot heir
noticing many places where the own.
er's lack Of thrift In evident In the di.
lspidated condition Of much about IN,
house. barn or farm. The fences ma,
need repairing. The sheds may show
signs OF weakness. Gates may have
lost hinge and become uselcss. Th,
evidence Of habitual neglect may b,
seen In many ways about the place. and
the aggregation Of these little thing,
which result from carelessness o,
thoushtlessness goes to give the farm
run down appearance which II does
not deserve. and which II would moi
have II care was taken 10 keep thinss
In = condition Of good ordsf.-Wiscon. I.
sin Asriculturist.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

.'what is the difference between violin.
ist and hddlerf "a fiddler always know
how to play Money Musk" -A'"s
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Artificial heat IL seldom necssss,,
In buildings for the stock. The nat.
urai heat IL better. and In barns proo.
erly built and taken care Of tAe ~.
ural beat will b all that d aeolpe1.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Should you chance to WOO a damsa,
Keep your wits alert and handy.
Do not send her just your picture
When she wants box OF cnndv
The silver star., 1897-12-16

A few elms and NAPLES judiciously
placed will mako the farm home more
cheerful.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

.'Daughtcr. do you think yonng Tompkins
means hnsnesst "of course, papa; l have
The silver star., 1897-12-16

ine new boy has convinced Grover
that marriage is a grand, sweet yell.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

Wheat in the South.-The Dixie Mil.
Ter. Nashville. Tenn. says: Six week,
ago indications pointed to the seed
ing Of the largest area OF wheat eve,
sown in the South. II is need, ess tt
say that the drought has largely up.
set these calculations. while man,
small growers will SOW little or none
owing TO the high prices Of seed wheat
Conditions have improved some durins
the last week. as We have had ligh,
though general rains. This will onl,
help the situation insofar as the when,
already sown is concerned, as when,
sown now can not promise good re
turns with any degree Of certainty
With all these hindrances we believ,
80 per cent. or perhaps an averar,
area. Will be sown. However. We musi
not lose sight OF the fact that no IA,
II has made little progress, and. shoult
we have cold weather early, will 70 In.
to winter quarters in poor condition.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

The loss OF fat In the whey IL often
greater from tho richer milk.
The silver star., 1897-12-16

a dose. The effect is magical In days
gone by other alleged cures have bssa
marketed with the promise to take effect IN
thirty days or more Five Drops begins
to cure at once. Immediate relief is felt
The manufacturers of Five Drops have
thousands of testimonials from reliable
people, copies of many of them gladly
sent upon application. In order to more
effectively advertise its merits the CON
pany will for the next thirty days sead
out 100000 of their sample bottles Of this
positive cure for 25 cents bottle by mail
prepaid. Large bottle, 800 doses, u (foF
thirty days bottles s2.50.) Those suffer
ing should write to the Swanson Rhsu
matte Cure Company. l67-l69 Dearborn g.,
Chicago. Ill, and take advantage Of TIN
generous offer. This company is reliahla
and promptly fill every order
The silver star., 1897-12-16
. DROPS limp,s SIS 'ss s.n. ss, .,;..,. :. .

i've remedy for rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, asthma and kindred all
ments. The trade mark is self.
explanatory. Five Drops msks
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
RUSSELL TALKS-WHAT THE FIG
URES SHOW

There is a Russell-Butler plan of
capturing North Carolina next year.
That much may be put down as certain.
The plan has been conceived, but
whether it shall work out as planned
is a different question altogether-"a
horse of another Color A South Car
enthusiastically an innocent abroad"
has been in our state and turned up
recently in Washington. He talked
with h indefatigable interviewer of
the Post, and gave to it what he had
from the governor, now Judge Russell,
playing in his old role. He represents
the tsar as highly elated over the polft-
ical situation in North Carolina and as
confident his gang a pull through by
hard work. His gang is, mind you,
composed OF the Butterflies, the saw
ages" and that part of the radical
party that has not repudiated him, his
acts. his sayings, his usurpations, HRS
gymnastics on the political spring
board n his general and particular
makeup. Yesterdays Messenger re-
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IHE sEMEWEEKLY MESSENGER: FRIDAY, OCTOBER ]. 1897

timent. original or borrowed, but prob.
ably h latter, that the best way to
secure the repeal OF a BAD law was to
enforce it. ParentheticalIy, let us add,
as we intimate that Grants saw was
appropriated, hat the great Lincoln's
very short, but immortal, speech at
Gettysburg-but a brief paragraph as
to length-contained the now famous
saying that ours vas a government of
the people and by the people and for
ne people. He was not the real au-
thor Of It. 1t was by a New England
school teacher, who embodied the
proper American sentiment into a
school reader or speaker in the early
thirties. We suppose that Lincoln had
read the book n become familiar
with the rich and impressive declara-
ton as to our form Of government. He
was a true American patriot, YVES of
the people himself, and believed in the
people. We have forgotten the name
OF h Yankee author, but we once
knew it and have written Of it since we
have lived in this city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

and Is helping him to pay on his In
debtedness incurred by being q partner
In @ badly conducted publishing house
at Hartford. Conn. He has received
$40. 900 for his book turning 1t all over
to his creditors. but he still owes $2o.-
600. He has been offered $50. 900 for q
series Of lectures by Major Pond. It 10
not known as to his acceptance Of the
offer.
Bret Harte's last book. Three Part
ners," Is said to be much in the vein Of
his very popular and clever earlier pro-
auctions. 1t Is q sequel to "Barker's
Luck" and The Tribune critic says the
tale lis so good that 1t almost eclipses
its predecessor. 1t Is not only longer
and more complicated, richer in cpl
sodes and dramatic surprises, and
therefore more interesting. but II Is
in Bret Harte's best vein. The Pacific
Slope has no lost its charm for him. or
its Inspiration"