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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

the lavish regard for the requirements of
the holiday season is found in the profu-
sion of "giveables" on every hand. inciud-
ing the newest pyro-decorated pieces In
,Inioue pipe racks stein racks, tie holders,
tabourettes, etc. Easy chairs in hundreds
os styles; more than two hundred designs
in ladies' desks. and a great variety of
desk chairs Reception chairs, corner
chairs window seats. and an almost end
less variety Of odd pieces in gilt and in
mahogany. There are displays Of bam-
boo, reed and willow Furniture and a null
gift-chosing both easy and pleasant.
Messrs. W. B. Moses q Sons state that
their stock Of holiday goods. as well as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup cures coughs
aud coEis. Don't go to church public meeting
anc disturb the audience by incessant coughing
but ucs this wonderful remedy At once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
SOME FINE FURNITURE.
More Original and Elegant Designs
CHAN Ever Before shown.

No season in many years, If ever, has
witnessed the production of a greater va
riety. and more original and elegant de-
signs, in furniture than has this season. In
no line is this more evident than in what
may be termed the small furniture" which
is SO greatly in demand for holiday giving
OF course, when the matter of furniture
great or small-is under consideration, the
subject Is in nearly every case associated
in the mind with the establishment of W.
B. Moses &, Sons, and visit to this great
store at this season is in the nature of a
liberal education in what is newest and
best in furniture.
Every department has its Christmas
stock. but Of greatest interest, perhaps,
is the display to be seen in the fifth floor
department. One Of the striking features
O: the exhibit here Is the new Rama, or
African fiber, furniture in many articles of
utility and ornament. Further evidence Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
Charity Rail- q Success.

Although the full returns have not been
made as yet, it is evident from those al
ready in that the charity ball of Thanks
giving night, given by the Catholic knights
for the benefit OF st. Joseph's Orphan Asy-
lum. will eclipse those of the past as a sue
cess. The sisters and orphans of the instf-
tuition have extended their thanks to the
knights and to all who contributed to the
success of the occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09

Major Sylvester, the chief of police, has
recommended to the District Commission
ers that Samuel Payne be appointed a
private of class one of the police force, vice
VIM. H. Heard, resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
witherins EJECT of Knowledge.

"Nherfn8 EMect OF km0WIedee.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Don't you just dote on Strauss Beau.
tiful Blue Danube waltzee - asked the pa.
dant little miss from St. Louis.
They are simply intoierable to me-" an.
swered the coldly intellectual sirl from
known to all travellers. that the color OF
the Danube Is a brownish yellow"
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STEAM CARPET CLEANING.

ANNOTATED STEAM CARPET CLEANING AND
u. 8. Mattress works.-Carpets and Rugs clean
ed Mattresses made to order and remads Iron
Beds. Cribs. Divans and Springs. Once. 6oI nth
ct NV Works. 1905 and 1867 2Sth u.
SEWMYER. Manager. Phone s04. nols-lms
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the general furniture lines, is larger than
they have ever before shown ~ =
The problem OF what to give has an easy
solution by a visit to this representative
esta blishment
The Republican., 1899-03-23
CORN SHOCK TIER.

the shock up SO tight that unless 1t is
very large one can reach around it. 1t
is worth dollars to the lone worker.
Piece A should be 3h to 4 feet long;
crank B 16 inches; rope perhaps Is feet
long, length varying with use. If it is
to be used for tying fodder shocks must
not be less than Is feet. If for corn
shocks alone can be shorter. Fasten
rope to piece A about a foot from the
crank. To use: Stick the pointed piece
into the shock up to the rope, carry
rope around shock, bring it near the
stick drawn up tight with left hand and
turn crank with right until tight
enough. If the loose end is then
brought down and wrapped on handle
the crank will not turn back more than
a few inches. Then put on band and
tie up and the tool is ready to remove
Homer W. Jackson, in Agricultural
Epitomist
The Republican., 1899-03-23
DELICATE CHICKENS.
Their Production for City Markets
Has Developed Into Quite
Little Industry.

For some ten years past certain lit
tie industry has been progressing
industry of luxury, viz: the production
of delicate chickens. You have certain
ly eaten some, for on select tables these
little chickens, of the size of pigeon,
have been seen for some time. Each
person has his chicken, and such
chicken! Succulent, tender, juicy flesh!
The director of the school of bird
culture of Gambler tells how these deli
cate chickens are obtained. The young
chicks are given food in which milk
forms the basis of the nourishment.
Hence the name milk chickens" This
food is made of barley flour mixed in
boiled milk. This is fed exclusively
and it produces delicate and fine fla
vored flesh. The milk chicken should
be eaten when it is at the age of from
six weeks to two months. At that age
it is heavy, plump, and should weigh,
at six weeks, fouB-ffths of pound.
The little chicken CT the farmyard and
fields, which picks up its food behind
its mother, is without taste compared
with the milk chicken" The flesh of
the latter may be served to conva-
lescents and invalids when no other
flesh is permissible.A .AEmily S. Windsor,
in Ohio Farmer.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.
What a Former Resident of Cascia
County, Idaho, Has to Say Re-
garding Western Canada,

Mr.. T. A. Tolman, of Lacombe, Al.
berta, N. w. T., former resident of
Cascia county, Idaho, who moved to
western Canada in July, 1894, write as
follows:
Il brought here "a head of cattle, IS
horses, two wagons, two sets of har-
ness and $3.50 in cash. 1 homesteaded
the southeast quarter of section 28,
township 40, range &c, west of the
fourth meridian, also purchased a quar-
Ter section of Canadian Pacific railway
land. L have been farming more or less
nearly all my life and l am convinced
that you can raise crops 40 per cent.
cheaper here than where 1 came from.
My capital at present counting every
thing, is about $5,00O The yield of nv
grain all round in 1897 was 60 bushels
per acre. This year (1S9S) yield of
wheat per acre 371a bushels, oats so
bushels, barley 35 and potatoes 400 per
acre. 1 consider this is a much better
country for man than where / came
from, provided he is Industrious. You
get free homestead here and Canadian
Pacific railway lands are cheap and the
terms easy. l have now made my
seventh payment on the land purchased
by me and am much pleased with my
purchase, as the land has already much
more than paid for itself. School law
here is decidedly ahead of where l
came from, and there are schools wher-
ever there are settlers"
The Republican., 1899-03-23
SHEEP AND THEIR CARE.

Water at stated intervals twice a
day.
AS soon as sheepis secured change
the feed.
Don't give sulphur in its common
mineral form.
When a sheep is biting itself examine
1t all over.
Feed regularly and change the feed
frequently.
Give salt in due moderation at least
twice week.
If ticks are found free the sheep from
them instaEter.
Keep the feet dry, and on the first
appearance of lameness examine them
and treat with any good hoof ointment.
Keep the floor above the sheep tight.
to prevent draughts and dirt from rat
!ling down and sitting into their fleeces.
Western Plowman.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
POTATOES FOR STOCK.
Tubers Should he Given with
Considerable Caution.

When farmer has big crop of po-
tatoes on hand and the price goes away
below any fair compensation for the Ia
Dor involved in growing them, he nat
urally wants to feed to some kind of
live stock. 1t then becomes interesting
to know what their relative value for
that purpose is. Fjord found in the
low countries of Europe that four
pounds of potatoes were worth one
pound of grain for pig feeding. Henry
i'll this country found that 445 pounds
of potatoes was worth 100 pounds of
corn meal for pigs. For pigs the po-
tatoes should be fed with skim milk
or some other foods fairly rich in pro-
tein. Counting cornmeal worth $1S
per ton, potatoes would be forth 13
cents per bushel for pig feeding. If
cornmeal is worth SIG, potatoes would be
worth ~ cents per bushel.
While l caution your reader from
undertaking to reduce pig feeding to
a mathematical science L think he
would not be far wrong in estimating
the amount of gain TO be derived from
potatoes judiciously fed with middlings
and skim milk as three pounds of gain
to the bushel of potatoes. In other
words the bushel of potatoes added to
the skim milk and middlings will pro-
duce three pounds more of gain than
the skim milk and middlings would
have produced if fed alone. Potatoes
have been fed to dairy cows and to
horses. A French chemist estimate,
that 100 pounds of hay could be re-
placed by little less than 300 pounds
of potatoes. Whether fed to cattle or
horses, potatoes should be fed very
cautiously.-Director C. D. Smith, Mich
igan Experiment Station, in Farm and
Home
The Republican., 1899-03-23

At this time of year farmers who al
low hens to run with the fattening hogs
will find that they steal so much corn
that they will eat their heads off. The
worst of it is that such breeding makes
the hens too fat TO produce any eggs
all the winter. If the hens are cooped
and their wings clipped SO that they
can be confined in a yard, the matter
of feeding can be entirely regulated by
the poultry owner. Feed more whole
wheat than any other grain, giving
for variety loose cabbage that has
not come to head and is good for moth
ing else. Some fnely-chopped clover
is also excellent after the grain is fed.
Too much clover Ia injurious.-Amer-
lean Cultivator.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
FARMERS TOOL CHEST.
There Is No Way in Which n Few
Dollars Can Be Spent to Bet
ter Advantage.

The farmer who does not have tool
chest fitted out with good supply of
the tools most used is at great disad-
vantage. Many times a break may be
repaired if the tools are at hand that
would have required trip to town, the
loss of the time and the paying for the
repairing, all of which might have been
saved. 1t is not necessary for farmer
to have an elaborate kit of tools for his
purpose, but those bought should be
good ones. Nothing costs so much as
cheap tools. They cannot be depended
on and never keep sharp very long at
a time.
Tools should be kept where they can
be found when wanted. A good many
times it is a little trouble to replace
a tool that has been used, but the time
lost in putting it in it's place will be
regained in being able to find it without
stopping to remember where it was left,
the next time it is needed.
The farmers tool chest should con-
tain a square, try-square, a handsaw,
several chisels, brace and set of bits,
a screw-drlver, scratch awl, two or
three planes, a level, hand ak, draw
shave and good claw hammer.
II to these we add a clamp and few
drills and files of several sizes there
is hardly break that may not be tenn
porarily repaired without calling in the
help of a mechanic. With tools to work
with, gates may be made during rainy
days, buildings put up and other odd
jobs accomplished at times when no
other work calls for attention.
With a set of tools to work with the
boys will become skillful in handling
them and develop whatever mechanical
genius they may possess and be better
prepared to save pennies and dimes
later in life.
There is no way that ten dollars can
be spent to better advantage than in
the purchase of set of tools for use at
home.-Farmers' Voice.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
HANGING FEED RACK.

from the floor above the pen an ar
rangement such as is shown in the
Illustration may be found service2ble.
1t is a hanging rack with Stats all
around it and made narrow at the bot
tom so that the flock can reach even
the last spear of hay. There will be no
crowding with such an arrangement.
The feed will not be soiled and the pen
can be kept closed so that the lambs
cannot escape from it. Even when the
fodder is not thrown down from the
floor above such a rack may be hung
near the side of the pen and the hay
thrown over into it from the feeding
floor, giving much more feeding space
to the flock than would rack nailed
against the side of the pen.-Farm and
Home.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
CORN SHOCK TIER.
A Device That Has Been Tried with
Great Success During the Season
Just Past.

Every one who has cut corn knows
the difficulty of drawing shock up
tight; the difficulty of getting it tied
without breaking the band (when tying
with a corn stalk) and when working
alone, the time and ingenuity required
to get the band round the shock. All
such have disagreeable memories of
putting up the band, taking one end
and reaching and straining for the
other only to find it just little piece
beyond the tips of ones fingers, and
then as one pulls the other end little
to gain few inches how the loose end
is like the end of rainbow-you may
travel a long time and never get any
nearer the end. This Device illustrated
in the accompanying drawing, draws
The Republican., 1899-03-23
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
F. j. Cheney 4 Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bot.
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Disagreenble February.

The discomforts of this month can be
escaped by taking advantage of the winter
excursions of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad to one of the many pleasant re-
sorts of the South. This line offers unsur-
passed facilities for reaching the cities in the
South, the winter resorts of the beautiful
Gulf Coast, of Florida, of California, and of
the West Indies. Write C. p Atmore,
General Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY,
for folders descriptive of Florida or the
Gulf Coast.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
HANGING FEED RACK.
An Arrangement Which Keeps Sheep
from InjurIng Themselves or
Their Wool.

The usual method of feeding sheep
has number of disadvantages. When
fed from the floor adjacent to their
pen, the lambs are quite sure to be
found walking all over the hay and
grain, and making themselves general
ly at home in the uttermost parts of
the barn. The sheep, moreover, wear
off the wool from their necks and dis
figure themselves when feeding
through openings in the side of their
pen. Where the fodder is thrown down
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Cost of Nicararun Canal

:, 1he estimates as to the cost of constructing
the Nicaragua Canal vary from $1,000, 900
to Sl5O,0O0,O00. How different are the esti-
mates of the people as to the value of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters for stomach, liver,
blood and kidney diseases. 1t is agreed
everywhere that this remedy is unsurpassed
nervousness and sleeplessness. 1t is such an
agreeable medicine to take. 1t tastes good
as well as does good.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Onion Seed csc and Up a Lib.

Catalogue tells how to grow 1918 bus. per
acre as easily as 100 bushels. Largest grow
ers of Earliest Vegetables and Farm Seeds.
Earliest vegetables always pay. Salzer's
Seeds produce them weeks ahead of others.
Coffee Berry l5c per h. Potatoes 81 20 Bbl
Cut this out and send with lac for great
Catalogue and 10 packages of vegetable and
flower seed novelties to JOHN A. SALZER
SEED COMPANY, LA CROSSE, WIS. TX. !
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Mrs. Crims western paper tells
us about tornado that struck train, and
the only man in it who wasn't hurt was the
baggage man.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-P Perhaps he succeeded
in checking it.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O o is good for
the whole family, 1t is the long-desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself. Has the taste
and appearance of the best coffee at ! the
price. 1t is a genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay. 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain, o.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Crude carbolic acid, one ounce, dis
solved in a quart of water, makes
good disinfectant, and can be used to
good advantage. A teaspoonful of
this solution put in the drinking water
Is beneficial.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, AR.
kansas,

Opens February 90. In the Ozark Noun.
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery.
Unequaled medicinal waters Cheap ex.
cursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address j. 0. Plank, Manager, Room
] II, Arcade, Century Building, or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. lOl N. Broadway, st,
Louis, Mo.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Current Literature.

popular novel," said the caller.
Il am" replied the novelist.
We'll, | have proposition by which we
may both make money Where you say
She glued her lips to his why not add:
Using Stycker's celebrated glue? "-Ph:la
delphia North American.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Coughing Leads to CONSUMPTION.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and sc
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

al hear my friend Meyer has married a
phenomenally ugly woman"
Yes, all his friends, as soon as they have
seen her, want to borrow money of him. -
Fliegende Blaetter.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Truly Grent.

"ls there anything grander than man
yes"
"Wel, what is it?"
"Why, a man that doesn't ask you to
trust him. Detroit Free Press.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

'1 suppose" she said, that you are a
close student of literature?" NO." an
swered the young man with black-rimmed
glasses, I'm student of illiterature. like
dialect stories "-Washington Star.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Not Needed.-Mrs. Flynn-'I wint up to
give me condolences to Widder Murphy
Mrs. Googan-"An' phat for? Sure, WASH t
the good man insured?" - Philadelphia
North American.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Pe-ru-na works harmoniously with
nature to eject the tubercles from the
lungs, and works so successfully that
If there is cure for consumption
Pe-ru-na is the remedy.
Read this letter from Mrs. II. A.
Tyner, of Four Oaks, N. c., about her
daughter, Mrs. L. Keene. She says:
Pe-rg-na Medlctne Co., Colnm6uS,O.
DEAR SIRs:-"My daughter had every
symptom of consumption-supp
of menses, night sweats and great ema-
citation. She was SO low that none of
our neighbors thought she could live.
In May Mr.. G. R. Adams, of this place,
who had taken Pe-ru-na, told me if
anything would help her Pe-ru-na
would. got bottle of it and some
rock candy and began giving it to her.
During the first few days she was SO
weak she could only take half tea
spoonful at a time, but 1 gave it to
her as often as she could bear it. In
less than a week she could walk two
hundred yards and back without rest
Tag; she kept getting stronger, and in
twelve months she seemed to be as we'll
ashne ever was in her life. feel, and so
does every one that knew about her
sickness, that Pe-ru-na saved her life.
My daughters name is Mrs. L. Keene."
The Republican., 1899-03-23

A Woman's Woman-"Yes, she is what is
called 'womans woman All the women
just adore her" "Is she really so homely
as all that t%-Indianapolis journal.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Allowances.

He-What allowance do you think your
father ought to make us when we are mar
ried?
She-Well, l think if he makes allowance
for your faults he will be doing as much as
can be expected of him.-Chicago journal.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
Lanes Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache Price 25 and SOC.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Depends on the Intention-The Deacon
Surely you would not regard as profane
man who uses the expression Gee whiz?
The Parson-"No-if that is what he
means. Puck.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "knows
so much dat it keeps 'em fohebber busy
keepin' dah facks in order, an dey doesn
git no chance to use EN- ''-Washington
Star.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Bill-"So Soosoo has written a new piece
of music?' Jim-''Yes; and it's a bird, too"
Lively" Lively! Why, when they at.
tempted to play it, it put the trombone
players shoulder out of joint! !''-Y onkers
Statesman.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

IT hear that your daughter has brok en-
off her engagement with the count. Is it
true?"
Yes; she ran across a chance to get
duke at the same figure" Chicago journal
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Lawsakes. 1t cured my aches. St. Jacobs
Oil makes no mistakes.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Beauty" sighed the gazelle, 'is, after all,
only skin deep!" well, we pachyderms
amt kicking" replied the hippopotamus,
being altogether deceived as to the motives
of the people who stared at her-Pucl.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Hale's. Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
lieves whooping cough
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

'I care not" said the capitalist, "who
makes the laws of the country, so long as
| can help form the trusts Life.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Sugar is so cheap now that it pays the
grocers to take the sand out of it.-Boston
Transcript.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

He struck it, St. Jacobs Oil struck his
Rheumatism. 1t was stricken out.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

"Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, "the paper
says that a phantom party was given last
night. What sort of party is that" ooh,
it's some sort of ghost of Show" replied
Mr.. Snaggs. - Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph
The Republican., 1899-03-23

"This is the parlor, eh?" tentatively re-
marked the agent, who was looking over the
house. yes" replied old man Kidder,
''but | usu:lly call it the courtroom-I've
got seven daughters, you know."-Boston
journal
The Republican., 1899-03-23

A girl thinks the wisdom of Solomon insig,
nifcant when compared with the smart say
The Republican., 1899-03-23

: See there. A bad sprain cured; and St.
Jacobs Oil cured it.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

The impression made by beauty is more
than skin deep.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Told you so. In one night cured. st. ia.
cobs Oil masters Lumbago.
The Republican., 1899-03-23

Half the men who attempt to tell you q
funny story forget t.-Atchison Globe.
The Republican., 1899-03-23
PERIODS OF PAIN.

Whlle no womanlS enulreIy Tree from
periodical pain, it does not seem to have
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-26

HOT WEATHER FOOD.

The selection of food for hot weather
Is an important question. We should
avoid an excess of fats, cut down the
butter ration and indulge more freely in
fruits and food easy of digestion. One
meat meal per day is sufficient during
hot weather.
An ideal breakfast is Grape-Nuts,
treated with a little cream (Which, by
the way supplies the necessary fat in
very digestible form) a cup of Postum
Cereal Food Coffee, hot, of If cold, 1t
should have a little lemon juice squeez-
ed in; then some fruit either cooked or
raw; also perhaps two slices of entire
wheat bread with a very thin spread of
butter, or perhaps a little Grapefruit
Butter, which is different article than
Grape Nuts. breakfast Of this sort
is so perfectly adapted to the wants of
the system that one goes through the
heat of the day in comfort as compared
with the sweaty, disagreeable condition
of one improperly fed. Once put in
practice the plan will never be abandon
ed during the hot days, for the difference
in ones personal comfort is too great to
be easily forgotten.