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CURIOUS FACTS.

In Kansas whole sections OF land
have suddenly disappeared, leaving
only fathomless lakelets to mark their
location.
There are $50 mountains in the
United States which have height ex'
ceeding 10000 feet. The greatest
number is in Colorado and Utah.
The bullet which killed General
'Stonewall' Jackson at Chancellors.
Vile, lis said to be in the possession OF
MIR. Isaac B. Wheeler, of Highland
Fallr;, N. Y.
The Forth bridge, in Scotland, is
constantly being repainted. SO vast
is the structure that it takes fifty tons
of paint to give, it one coat, and the
area dealt with is something like l2O
acres.
Food is served in one of the London
restaurants on electricity heated
plates, so that the guests can eat lels'
urely and still have the viands con-
tinue warm until the close of the
N cal.
The frog barometer, used in Ger
many and Switzerland, consists OF a
lar of water, frog, and a little
wooden stepladder. If the frog comes
out and sits on the steps, rain ls ex'
pected.
A mosaic map of Palestine, thirty
feet long by fifteen broad, has been
discovered at a village between Salt and
Kerak, east OF the Jordan. The pave
roent is believed to belong to the fifth
century after Christ.
When lions end tigers are born in
captivity, the greatest care has to be
exercised to keep them for several
days in the dark and undisturbed, as
otherwise the mothers will almost in
variably destroy them.
When a suspicious-looking person
approaches one OF the tellers in the
Bank of France a private signal is
given to concealed photographer, and
in few seconds the suspected lndlVld'
ual is secretly'photosraphed.
A French statistician has calculated
that the human eye travels over two
thousand yards in reading an ordinary
sized novel. The average human be-
ing is supposed to get through 2ooO
miles of reading in lifetime.
Z The smallest piece of real estate
ever offered for sale by auction in New
York was put up to-day in a partition
sale. It is a triangular lot with a
frontage OF eight feet on st. Nicholas
avenue, depth of three feet on one
side and length of eight feet nine
inches on the third line.
The method of lighting up the In
terror of the human body. or some
parts Of it, was shown recently at Bal
timore at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons. Prof. Friedenwald, by
means of flexible rubber tube,
passed o small electric lamp into the
stomach of patient, and the room
being darkened, over two hundred per-
sons were able to watch the working
Of the patients internal organs
through the transparency" created
by the light in the abdominal wall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-31
POULTRY NOTES.

Anything that will make milk will
make eggs.
A red comb is the sign that the hen
has eggs for sale.
Some breeds are better for you than
others, but any of them are profitable
if we'll cared for.
Hens all laying, cocks all growing.
This is as it should be on every farm.
How is it on yours?
Bran, cut clover, ground oats with
hulls sifted out, and small amount
of corn-meal makes an excellent egg
producing diet.
The sale of pure-bred poultry is
steadily increasing in the Northwest,
and no section is more favorably stu.
ated for it's development.
A Wyandotte hen will increase in
weight till she is three years old, and
at any time will cook tender if in good
condition when killed.
The next time you are in town ask
the hatcher for some fresh bones. A
block and sharp hatchet or ak will
put them in shape for egg-production
if you have no bone mill.
Red mites are the worst enemy of
sitting hens. Sometimes it is neces.
sary to change location of the nest
entirely. Get ahead Of them by pre-.
pairing hens and premises beforehand.
Select your very best hens for
breeders. No matter if you have no
pure-breds among them, you can i'm
prove by selection. But pure-bred
male will aid wonderfully in the work.
Soft feed should be mixed in the
morning in troughs that should be
turned over or hung up when the hens
are through feeding. Do not feed soft
feed where the hens can scratch straw
and chatf into it.
Russia exported 1000, 900 eggs in
1870, and 1850. 900, 900 last year. The
eggs are sold in Russia at from six to
ten ceuts a dozen. They are exported
to Hungary and then sold to Germany
as Hungarian eggs; and finally go to
England as German eggs.
If you keep fowls give thema chance
to pay their way. Do not let it be
your fault that they are not doing so.
Good care and good blood will do
this. If they are common stock only
the addition of rure-bred male will
be one of the surest ways, and one oi
tho first steps to be taken.
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Cold Caves,

In the southern and western part of
Missouri, especially in the Ozark re-
gions, there are many irregular
shaped openings in the earth, which
the logical geologists term "blow
holes" or "cold caves" and from
which cold blasts of air are constantly
issuing. One OF the unique theories
advanced to account for the blowing
phenomenon is that the temperature
of the cave 1s abnormslly reduced by
the ammonia in the enormous deposits
of bat manure. Whenever the out
side atmosphere is above a temperature
of forty five degrees Fahrenheit these
elbow holes" may be found at work.
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1t is not the best watchdog that barks the
most. The old watchdog lays low and seizes
the burglar before he knows it. In the treat.
ment Of rheumatism many sufferers talk too
much and do too little. If they want to find
out what is best for it, let them get st. Jacobs
Oil and use it. 1t is good watchdog against
the intrusion Of pain, 1t goes to work
quickly and surely, and seizes hold of rheu-
matism for the purpose of driving 1t out, and
holds on until its purpose is accomplished.
1t is, therefore, the best remedy, because it
takes the best means to accomplish its end.
as many who have suffered for years with
the ailment will testify. The cure is the
same in chronic or inaammatory cases. With
patience and free use of it, the worst cases
Of long standing have been finally cured byit.
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KEEPING FARM ACCOUNTS.

". L. Hoge, an Ohio farmer, says
in the American Agricultural: How
msuy farmers keep an account ; that
is, an expense andeecssh account? All
farmers should keep such record of all
mcneys received and expended on the
farm. How many when asked the
question. How did you come out this
year, did your income exceed your ex-
penses, etc, ? for the life of them they
cannot tell. They know they had q
living and sold little hay and corn
in the fall, also few. hogs, probably
cow, but they can't tell ct what price.
The farmer Of all men has time every
evening to jot down in small book
the days sales and expenses; how in
teresting at the end of the year to
count up each side of the account. and
see how you stand. Have a cash ac.
count and Gil account for receipts /;
that is, put down all moneys spent off
the farm on one page, and on another
all received. Give the farm credit fer
all house rent, such as dwellings,,
barns, etc., at what you would have to
pay for same if rented. Credit farm
with all feed sold or kept for use, all
cattle, hogs, sheep and horses sold,
pasture wood, your own living, etc.
Charge farm with all labor and ex-
pense, taxes, improvements, etc. Don't
get your services too high; estimate
your own services by what you would
be willing to pay another map for the
same work. I urge farmers to try
this plan and you will become better
acquainted with your own business,
and be surprised at the end of the
year.
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THE FUTURE OF HAY FARMING.

The desire to cultivate as much land
as possible in order to get the most
possible from it has led to general
neglect of meadow and pasture lands,
says American Cultigator. Only when
it was found that the soil had lost 30
much fertility that it would not pay
for cultivating was it seeded down or
left to grow up with such herbage.
both weeds and grass, as nature pro-
vided.
The result is that most of the land
now in grass is by that very fact dis.
credited as being presumably fit for
nothing else. Yet there is in all grass
land constant tendency to increase
in fertility. It is so even when the
land is left to grow up with weeds and
bushes. These shelter the surface, and
hold the leaves that fall on the land
from being blown away. The decom-
position of these leaves gradually
builds up soil, and to this must be
added the excrement from animals fed
on the herbage which the soil is still
able to grow.
Usually when the improvement OF
grass land is determined upon the sod
to be turned under and rot is regarded
as an important part of the soil assets.
Improving the land as meadow or
pasture by manuring it and still keep.
ing it unplowed is hardly ever thought
of. Yet as in most cases this grass
land is, even with manure, not quite
rich enough for profitable cropping,
the experiment is worth trying of ap-
plying to it such manure as can be had
and see what the increased grass or
hay product will be worth.
This is done successfully in Eng
land. Why may it not be also in the
older parts of this country? The de-
mand for hay is generally good in all
Eastern cities. Will it pay to fertilize
grass 80 as to make the growing Of hay
profitable If it will not pay to
maintain fertility in grass land. the
logical sequence is that all hay or
grass taken from it helps to reduce the
fertility 30 that the soil will be worth
nothing for the production OF any
kind Of crop.
1t is likely that in the future, as in
the past, most of the hay crop in this
country will be produced in the years
when the rotation between cultivated
crops and grass requires that the land
be seeded.
Our climate is not moist like that OF
England. Hence it cannot keep a
good sod many years without plowing
and reseeding. This also is SO much the
best for cultivated land that there
need be no fesr that the profits of cul-
tivated crops will 80 lessen the amount
OF land in grass that there will not be
hay enough to feed with grain and
coarser fodder, nor that it will fail to
be supplied at reasonable prices.
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Soreness from wounds or amputation
comes from the entrance of microbes ;
the preparation kills them.
Not in a dozen years has the demand
for breeding ewes of all breeds and
classes been so strong and widespread
as now, and if Congress passes a rea.
sonable wool tariff, the spring and
early summer months will see genu.
inc, old-fashioned sheep boom of mag
nifcent if not unparalleled proper.
tions.
Wlere the sheep have to paw in the
frozen snow for their feed, sore feet
mus. lie expected. The hard snow is
SHARPLY crystalline and wears the soft
horL Utmost like resp. This explana'
tion will account for much of this
trouble now complained of. The sharp
crust also accounts for many sore noses.
American Sheep Breeder.
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The First Man DreSSmaker.

As far back as 1730 there WAS in
Paris man dressmaker, and probably
the first of his kind. His name was
Rhomberg, and he was the son of q
Bavarian peasant from the neighbor-
hood of Munich. He owed his success
TO his genius for concealing and rem
edying defects of figure. E[e drove q
beautiful carriage on the boulevard,
and had an escutcheon in the shape of
a pair CT corsets and an orcn pair Of
scissors painted on the panel of each
door. He left large fortune to his
heirs.
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Detached Catering.

1t is possible in these days to get
almost any detached service from ca
terers. Lemonade alone will be fur
nished on demand by the gallon, and
at rate little higher than its home
manufacture would cost. Coffee, too,
and nothing else, is sent out by some
establishments in vessels specially pre-
pared for the service. In these the
drink is kept very hot, fresh, and, in
fact, at the perfection standard for an
entire evening. New York Post.
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Vase ffSa. q Single Emerald.

In the Cathedral of Genoa is pre-.
served, and has been for 600 years, q
vase of immense value. It is cut
from single emerald. When ex-
hibited it is suspended around the
neck of a priest by cork, and no one
is allowed to touch it but him.
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Travelling through Osceola, No., on
his way to fairer country, with his
possessions in big wagon, a dis.
gruntled citizen displayed on the
sides of the van this device: '1n God
We Trusted in Missouri We Busted" I"
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Paris is making the venture OF lay
ing down mahogany roadways. The
Rue Lafayette has been pulled up ano
relaid with real Brazilian mahogany,
of q peculiarly fine texture and color.
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No-To.Bac for Fifty Cents.

Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobaccoi
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The Nebraska Legislature has repealed the
bill passed two years ago placing premium
on the destruction of the Russian thistle.
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Owing to the unusual snowfall in Switzer-
land the chamois have become so tame in
some places that they visit the stables IN
eearch oF food
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Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
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ton, aliays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. q bottle
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Too Much Bark.

Honolulu now has o magnificent
new opera house.
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After six years suffering was cured by Pi.
SOS Cure.-MARY THOMSON. 29H Ohio Ave-,
Allegheny. Pa. March 10. 1884,
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JUST try 10c. box of Cascarets. the finest
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Z Halls Family Pills are the best.

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PICKED UP ON BROADWAY.

streetin unconiouson
hospital examination her found
morphine
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-27
A WORD OF WARNING
Madrid taper Says Spain's Patience
May Soon Bc Exhausted.
"D0NT MONKEY WITH LIONS TAIL"
Is the lnclcaant Advice rendered
Americans.
GEN. LEE HAS ENOUGH FUNDS.
M More Relief WIN he sent Until
lie Asks for Rehabilitation
Farce.
ZEN. LEE HAS ENOUGH FUNDS.

Havana. May 2s.--isl Diaro do Ia Marine.
IN leading editorial Today, says I'VE SEQ
In the American dispatches evidences that
there are certain classes In the United
states not sufficiently alive 10 the i'm
portancc ot the advice Don't monkey with
the lions tail These classes are remark
nhc for tho eagerneas with which they
invade jurisdiction in affairs which, like
the Cuban war. are exclusively the affairs
OF Spain.
"'rhc persistence with which they rceog-
ni1e the heliScrency of the insurgents Is
crazy aud ridiculous Tho conservatives
oi the United States should not iorgct that
the Patience OF spain may soon become eN-
haustcd. The Spansh government has
given abundant proofs of It's GOOD viii by
ignoring the many ipConvcniepces that
have been caused by the resolutions In
congress These interests should be thataA
full to VIZ Tor our ahnegatiop We have auf-
ferod, But In case the sword should be
unaheathcd Spain would certainly net be
the heaviest laaer In the fight
Spain has sent 2oo,Ooo men to Cuba
to settle a domestic difficulty. What would
shc not do in the event OF n foreign war
with the nation which for century
abused our patience by ignoring Spanish
honor and chivairy; President Mckinley
should consider this carefully, and II he
rs to deal VITA MS az onomlcs lot him take
the advice of an enemy aud no longer
trinp with uR -
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WEATHER INFORMATION.


The area Of highest pressure overhs.
the South Atlantic States aud is moving
eastward OF the coast The lowest pres.
sure area is central over the Central ami
Southeastern Rocky Mountain slope rte
weather IS clear at Dodge CITY, Jackson
vile, Kansas city, Memphis. New or
leans and oklahoma, and is partly riouly
10 cloudy elsewhere. Precipitation amount
.ng to 10 of an lrch or more Is reported
from Corpus Christi and 81. Louis.
Tcxun Cotton Region DuIIctin.
Texas cotton rer.on bulletin for tins
twenty-four hours ending ut a. M. ve--
terd1S. 18th meridian time.
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MCCOY Won IN.
Wore O'Dricn Ont In Ten Hounds.
OntrInssed His Man.

New York, May 26 I'rrTy 600 passed
through at tho turnstile at tho Palace Attn
letlc club tonight to see tho middle
weight boxerH. Kid Mccoy who recently
returned from South Africa, and Dick
O'Bren of Boston. These ucn met In iios-
ton two years ago and fought twenty Ave
rounds to draw. Tonight they mot at
catch Weights for twenty-five rounds,
O'Bren had the advantage In weight Me-
Coy was the favortc in the betting. AZ
much as 100 to 40 being laid on him,
and ton Of money was wagcrcd at odds
OF . and TO !. Mccoy was The bottor ring
general He simply wore down his oppon-
on,. who despite his gameness. was out
classed. and after they had only half gone
through the tenth round Referee Charles
White stopped the fight and declared Me-
Coy the winner.
0'Bren was badly beaten and the action
Of the referee was commended by all the
spectators.
O'Brien's handler said that he weighed
IO3 pounds. Mccoy said that he weighed
i5G pounds. but he looked fully five pounds
heavier.
Both men stripped in excellent condi-
ton.
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been compelled to shut up as a result Of

been compelled to shut up as a result If
the Wilson tariff law
They were shut up. asserted Mr. Jones.
because ii would not be profitable To the
monopoly TO shut up the other conrapies
Mr. White uDem.. CALI n mrmher of
the finance committee. said face Innsly
that Ia the distribution o; tavoge hy this
hiil he desired to have h- State receive Il
snare. II the policy Of this hill was 10
be maintained. then the ratio could not bo
lowered and afford adequate protection 30
the American companies lie said he
would vote for the committee -utc
Mr. Jones answered Mir White develop
ing some divergence OF views hutwcen
these two minority members OF he finance
COMMITTEES.
Mr Stewart pop., Nev) whose posi-
tlon toward the hill hal been subject q
interest. stated If there Was TO be tariff
hill ;he products of Nevada, Including
boraX, should receive adequate protection.
Mr.. Caifery DER. La remarked that
his associate tC's..e) appeared 10 favor
the policy OF General Hancock. TINT the
tariff is local matter and II there are
TO be any benefit he (Whlte) wanted his
shnro.
vote was then taken IN Mr. Vests
amendment II was the fire., vote on the
bin and was followed with close attcn-
ton.