The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-08-31
Ghelemnrrat-S Star
STRYCHNINE AS \ SHEEP
FEED.

wool Markets and Sheep.
Ii could have only Il single rem
edy for the Ills that sheep are heir To
l'would prefer salt before all others
A little strychnluc hid away in piece.
Of meat or liver and scattered around
the sheep pasture is Thought b, man,
10 prolong the number of their DAYS
In some localities What. nv deal
sir,' you rxclaim. do you mean % sa,
that sheep can safely use that poi
snn - And why not, pray? hav,
taken many small doses OF il myself
with benefit. Now the taste OF many
things Is not natural but acquired
The sheep in some high northern
attitudes have cultivated an appet etite
for dried fish and are almost wholly
wintered upon them: and those OF the
Shetland Islands cat seaweed and
would Craze on the waters, il they
could. like Peter. only learn TO walk
upon them. All sheep, my friend, are
not alike any more than men neither
dO they all have the same tastes nor
appetiteS once owned fine Shromp-
shire ram that would chew a plug of
tobacco like sailor-and the worms?
Well. guess they did not think much
OF him. for he reached patriarchial
aye. and left behind him when de-
parting Il progeny more numerous
than Brigham Young's. had an old
eve some years ago that would crowd
right in among the pigs and drink
more soured milk and greasy kitchen
slop than any two of them, and yet
A&er 1anlbs seemed all the better for it.
so You will perceive that 'strychnine
may be safely used in proper way,
and will benefit your flock. but as
sheep require much exercise 20 keep
them in health. it is always better to
cover It over with Il board so that they
will have to hunt around for IL awhile.
EVIDENCE OF WANING YOUTH |
No woman Is pleased at the thought |
OF growing old. But age is not indi-
Gated either by wrinkles or gray hairs.
Both are frequently visible upon girls
0f 20. while the woman of so can
sometimes claim exemption. Aids to
beauty have obliteratcd the marks
that once told tales, so that even mir.
rors with their reputation for truth
fulness don't give one away"-awful
phrascEevcn to herself.
There are. however, ways by which |
q woman knows she's growing old.
Fvr instance, when Miss Jones refuses
Invitations to picnics and all.day ex.
curSiOnS that she once nSidered |
great fun. prefcring wrapper. a ham.
mock and Il novel to an hilarious
crowd. melted butter and bugs Of all
s'ffs In edibles Of all kinds, she feeIt
aqualm. for she knows old age Is de.
sccnding upon her. M
Again, when she heSitates between
an ovandy that will not launder, but
that Us ''too dainty for anything"
and gingham that's as much more
servccable as it is less beautiful, and
finally chooses the latter, she rushes
home in great purturbation of spirit
to see II this proof OF advancing an
tiQuity is confirmed there.
"A desire to learn new patterns in
ana to talk about servants
ARE also deplorable symptoms, and the
woman who works out directions for
lace in "A paper may take it as posi-
Tive pr'of that she's growing passe.
There are other signs, such as losing
HE fdea that ice cream is the ne plus
ultra of delight in diet. and chOsing
fnther. for steady regime the sub
stsntial sandwich, but any one of
these Is serious and should be looked
to at once. for they are all. in the yer.
naculaE "gve.aways."