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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29
THROUGH TO THE BEACH
VIII MINCTON SEACOAST RAIL-
ROAD NOW A TROLLEY LINE
A Street Car Ran From the City to
Ocean View Yesterday-Side Tracks
Will be Built This Week and the
Line Finished Up-Handsome Su-
burban Cars TO be Here for Opera
lions August 9th.

The electric construction of the Will
mington Seacoast railroad from Will
mington to Wrightsville Beach was
completed yesterday and a trolley car
ran from the city clear to the end of
line on the lower part of the beach.
After the last train left the beach yes
terday morning at 1 o'clock, the force
Of hands engaged in %stringing the troll
ley wire finished that work from the
Carolina Yacht Club to the end of the
line and the last fastening was made.
The ordinary street cars could now be
Operated over the line but Manager A.
B. SHIELDING states that as they could
not accommodate the travel with any
degree of satisfaction, no attempt will
be made to operate the line with electric
cars until the large and elegant subur-
ban cars arrive. He Toe not expect the
new cars till August 9Th.
Meanwhile considerable work is yet
to be done on the line. The trolley will
be finished up by putting on the bells
and clamps, and the feed wire for the
storage battery at Wrightsville will be
strung from the power house in the city
to the battery in the Wrightsville depot.
That wire will feed the storage battery
lO1 u ~ ~ k1iC
large cars. The new dynamo for fur
nishing power for the feed wire is now
on the car at the power house and will
be unloaded tomorrow and placed in po-
lsition at once. Switches and side tracks
are also to be put in just beyond Delga-
do and at Wrightsville where the cars
iare to pass. Work OH the Delgado side
tracks will be commenced tomorrow.
Manager SHIELDING says the entire work
will be completed by next Friday and
Everything will be in readiness for oper-
iation as 500 as the large cars arrive.
There will be o u large vestibuIe cars
each of which is 43 feet long. The seats
are across the cars with an aisle be-
tween them like a regular railway
coach, and each car will seat fifty pas
Isengers. There will also be a freight
and express car Of standard size, "a feet
lin length inside measurement and 40
fleet long over all. In addition to these
Icars, there will be a combination bag
lgage and passenger coach, principally
for winter travel. 1t is 43 feet long, and
when necessary it will be run to the
Istations OF the Atlantic Coast Iii and
the Seaboard Air Line to meet passen-
lgers, take them and their baggage
laboard and go straight through to the
bleach. This car will be particularly
advantageous in meeting the weekend
excursions from Atlanta and Charlotte.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29
Stole a Little Sack of Flour and
Lost His Job.

Bill Moore, colored, resides at Navas-
sa, and is employed in he city at the
freight warehouse of the Atlantic Coast
Line. On Friday Bill hid a twenty
five pound sack of -four behind a door
at the warehouse. He was watched and
yesterday when he carried the flour
away he was arrested by railroad Off
Ger E. Piner end locked up at the sta
ton house. That little bit of -four loses
him a job, and tomorrow in the munic-
ipal court he will have a hearing aid no
doubt have to lie in jail to await trial
at the August term Of the superior
court.
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NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Steady t sI.1o to si-15.
TAR-Ffrm at $50.
CRUDE TURPENT1NE-Flrm: hard
lao; yellow dip $3.50; virgin $40.
Prices same day last year - Spir1ts
turpentine nothing doing; rosin CSC ard
s1.Oo. tar s1.5o, crude t~urpeDtine $1.10
and $40.
Receipts today--I04 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 345 barrels rCsir, As barrels tar,
los barrels crude iurpentine.
Receipts same day last years. casks
spirits turpentine, 1J3 barrels rosin, A
barrels tar, 163 barrels CT .Ie ~turpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-1e0's 4ec: 1905 zoe: zoos s5c:
e F $1-35; In less than car lots
DRY SALTED SIDES-11hc.
BUTTER-35c.
COFFEE@ to lie.
FLOUR - Straighfs $4.2s 20 $3.50:
Ind patents A-te to A7s: fun A7s to
SS.6s
AoLASSElS. house. lie. New Or
leans Brights, = 10 sc. Porto Rtco y
60 sc: Cuba. - to loc-
SUGAR-Granulated $A.75: w. G.. x
Nc. 5. $4-z5: No z. $40: No. .. 1873; NO
II. $3-ss.
LARD-eris~ Basis, Pure nHc.
Compound 81
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Mr.. J.. 7. Bass, who has been manager
for the Virginia Life Insurance Compa-
ny ct Greensboro, arrived in Whining
ton en- Friday and will be assistant
manager here. Mr.. Bass is a good Sum
day school worker and was formerly
superintendent Of the Baptist Sunday
school at Greensboro.
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The Coast Line Auditors.
Especial to The Messenger.)

NSPNNINI " II 4IVsSCI5CI.I
New York, July 26.-The following ap-
pointments are officially announced by
the Atlantic Coast Line management:
George S. LeGran6. auditor Of passen-
ger receipts; r. S. McIver, auditor of
freight receipts; Spencer LeGrand, as
sistant auditor OF freight receipts; H.
H. Mckee, auditor OF disbursements.
and R.. A. Williams, assistant auditor
of disbursements. All Of these officers
will have their Headquarters in Will
mingtOn n. G.
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eumdti

What is the use of telling the rheumatic
hat he feels as If his joints were being dis
locatedf
He knows III his suferings are very
much like the tortures of the rack.
What lie frdnts to kraof0 is what Will per
manently cure his disease.
That, according to thousands OF grateiui
testimonials. is
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NAVAL STORES.


SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Steady at $1.10 to $1.15.
TAR-Firm at s1.50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
s1.4O; yellow dips2.5O; virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year Spirits
turpentine nothing doing, ro5in CSC and
s1.00; tar $3.50: crud t~urpentine s1.1o
S2.10.
Receipts today-110 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 235 barrels resin, 81 barrels
tar, 101 barrels t~urpentine.
Receipt same day last year-62 casks
spirits turpentine, $50 barrels rosin, 120
barrels tar, 116 barrels crude ~turpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-10O's 4Oc; 1905 zoe: Zoos soc;
F F s1.35; in less than car lots.
DRY sALTED sIDEs-11hc-
BUTTED-35c.
COFFEES to lie.
FLOUR-Straights $4.25 to $3.50 End
patents $3.50 to s4.75; full s4.75 to $500.
MOLASSES-S. House 15c; New Or
leans Brights, % to 25c; Porto Rico 80
TO s5c: Cuba % to 4oc.
SUGAR-Granulated si.75; w. c. x.
No. 5 s4.25; No. 7 $40; No. Q 1895; No.
IL $685..
Compound 9hc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina II to SIC;
Virginia Go to 75c; Spanish 20 to 75c.
CORN-S3 to IS.
CORN MEAL-77hc.
EGGS-Firm at 15c.
CHICKENS-Hens so to a5c: rosters
% to soc; spring 10 to zoe.
n. c. BACON-Hams i3c: shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
$500; 5-inch hearts, $3.50: s-inch saps
$500: 6-inch hearts $500.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29

Mr.. r. B. Hartsfield, a former Will
mingtonian who has many friends here,
arrived in the city yesterday and is be-
ing gladly greeted by old friends. He
left here twenty-six years ago and is in
business in New York. He will come
hack occasionally.
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Hoods ~Jdrs0pdriud

1t promptly neutrali1es the acid in the
HOOD on which tE3 disease depends, com
pletely eliminates it, and STRENGTHENS the
system against its return. Try Hoods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29

Mr.. John H. Craig, who recently re-
turned to the city from Elberton, Ga.
where he has resided a number OF years,
has a position with Mr.. Charles M.
|Whitlock as bookkeeper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29

Mr.. Harry G.. Smallbones, Jr., who
has been visiting relatives in London,
Eng, sailed yesterday on his return
home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29
COTTON.

COVTON.
Liverpool, July 2e.-l p. motion:
Spot dull. The sales of the day were
5,0c0 bales of which 500 We're for specu-
lation and export and included 1880
American, Receipts one Prices 1-16d
higher; American middling fair sd;
good middling sd; middling 4 2s-32d:
low middling 4 1850; good ordinary 4
11-16d; ordinary 4 7-16d.
Futures opened easy and closed
steady; American niddling G. o. c:
July 4 45-64d buyers; July and August
4 42-64d buyers; August and September
4 36-64d value; September and October
4 24-64d buyers; October and
4 17-64d@4 1S-64d buyers; November and
December 4 14-64da4 15-64d sellers: De-
cember and January 4 13-64dG4 14-64d
sellers: January and February 4 12-64d
buyers; February and March 4 13-64d
value: March and April 4 1a-64d sellers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston steady at s 13-1sc.
Norfolk steady at 2 i-l6c; net receipts
363 bales.
Baltimore nominal ar SIC.
Boston quiet at &c; net receipts 3 bales
Wilmington firm a SIC.
Philadelphia quiet al 8 5-16c
Savannah quiet at SIC.
New Orleans quiet at g 13-16c: net re-
ceipts 2,301 bales.
Mobile nominal at SIC: net receipts
2S9 bales.
Memphis quiet at sBc; net receipts 2s4
bales.
Augusta quiet at &c; net receipts 2
bales.
Charleston quiet.
Cincinnati quiet at 9tc.
Louisville firm at sIsc.
St. Lou quiet at SIC.
Houston quiet 1T 9 Lite.
New York, July 26@Cotton quiet at
8 1-16c; gross receipts 97s bales; sales 100
bales; stock 135,S25 bales.
Total today-Net receipts 2.7s6 bales:
exports to the continent 1,07e bales:
stock 22S. ss1 bales.
Consolidated-Nct receipts 2,1Ss bales;
exports to the continent f,0i9 bales.
Total since Septemoer met receipts
7,2s4.7s bales; exports 10 Great Britain
1885, PIP bales: France 721, 032 bales; to-
the continent 2.1i3,7 5T bales.
Futures closed steady; July $50: Au-
gust $50; September 7.93: October 7.76:
November 7.67; December T.s7: jan
uary 7.67: February ISL: March 7.e5.
Spot steady; middling uplands 8 1-1sc;
middling gulf 9 5-16; sales los bales.
GRAIN AND P~ROvISIOND.
Chicago, July 23.-Thc leading futures
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH


New York. July s6.-Aoney on call
nominal. no cans oday. Prime fner-
camille paper AZ to 5 q cent Sterling
exchange nominal with actual business
In bankers bills at Si.STS for demand
and at SASSY for sixty days Posted
rates sass and $4.ssis. Commercial bills
S4.Si2 to s4.S5A. Bar silver S. Mexi-
cen dollars AZ. Government bends
steady. State bonds inactive. Rail-
road bonds steady.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29

Geoge w. Phillips, a Young VIII
mington Man. Arrested by Detec-
tive Grenp Last NiEht-He is
Charged With skipping With the
Money and Watch Of q Lady ut
Petersburg. Va.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.
THURSDAY. July "a

THURSDAY. July "a
Receipts OF cotton today-1s bales.
Receipts same day last yeare bales.
Season receipts 20 daie-sIT.s11 bales
Receipts 10 same day last year-2S7,sS2
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 O'clock to-
at the exchange:
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PEANUTS-North Carolina q
Virginia IS TO 7sc: Spanish 20 to =
CORN71 to Sc
CORN MEAI-TK.
EGGSSteady at 1sc.
CHICKENS-Hens 50 90 sc: Toestea
IS to soc: spring 10 to g.
N c BACON-Hams &c: shoulders
&C.. SIDES 10 to lie
SHINGLES-Per Loo. s-fnch s4Ds
s2oo: 5-inch hearts. $2a: s-fneh saps
500: s-inch hearts &Aon
TIMBER
Per II feet-Extra milling. ss.o2L5o
Mil prime .......-..--.. ......ss.oo6e5o
Nil! fair .s4so6s.5o
Common A.oo<74.59
Inferior to ordinary .-.-..... 1.soG4oo
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>@s@G -~ $500
xAvAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTIN-Firm i5c.
ROSIN-Steady at si-19 and $-1a
TAR-Ffrm at $50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
sl.4e: y low dip $3.50; virgin $50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
turpentine SIC: .osin CSC and sl.oo, tar
s1.i0; crude turpentine sl.oo n se.e0.
Receipts today-13 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 20 barrels rosin. 81 barrels tar,
81 barrels crude t~urpsutine.
Receipts same day las. year-l5o casks
spirits t~urpentine. 26i barrels rosin. 1is
barrels tar, SS barrels CT ude ~turpentine.
PRODUCE
SALT-100's 4Oc: 1905 zoe: GOES s5c:
F F $l.S5: in less than car lots
DRY SALTED SIDES-11Ac-
BUTTER-35c.
COFFEE-S to lie
FLOUR-Straights sac to $i.25; n
patents $3.50 to s4.75, full s4.15.
MOLASSES-S. House 15c, New Or
leans Brights. % to CSC: Porto Rico 80
TO 35c: Cuba % TO 40c.
SUGAR-Granulated s4.75: W. Y. c.
No. 3 s4.S5; No. ! s425; No 3 $40; No.
II $500.
LARD-CTierce Basis, Pure uAc;
compound 9kc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina IS TO S2k;
Virginia Go to SPY; Spanish n TO so.
CORN-S0 to 50.
CORN MEAL-75c.
y. G. BACON-Hams 13c: shoulders
90: sides 10 to lie.
EGGS-Dull at II TO II.
CHICKENS-Hens p to 35c; ROSTERS
% to soc; spring 12k to 20c.
SHINGLES-Per 1000: 5-inch SAP
500: 5-inch hearts, $3.50: s-inch saps
So. 90: inch hearts $500
TIMRER--
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Friday. July %.
Receipts of cotton today-0 bale.
Receipts same day last years bales.
This seasons receipts to date-277, S11
bales.
Receipts same day last year-257, 9S5
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
daY III the exchange:
rnrTrrnN- ES;~~,
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Savannah. July 2lTurpentine firm at
1911: receipts 1,03e casks; sales 100
casks: exports is4 asks Rosin firm:
receipts 3.5zs barrels; gales one
ports 7Ss barrels. Quote: A B G S115:
d $40; z SIS: + $50: @ Sis: II $1-s9:
I sos: K $2.55: NJ 1905; " $40: w G
$3-50; W w 1910.
Charleston. July 2s~.-Turpentine and
roein unchanged.
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Saturday. July &c.
Receipts Of cotton today bales.
Receipts same day last year, bales.
This seasons receipts to date-277 ,S11
bales.
Receipts same oar last ycar-25s,9 s7
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
these Miss Hanna has always been his
most ardent admirer.

these Miss Hanna has always been his
most ardent admirer.
1t is said that Parsons first became
intimate with Senator Hanna through
his striking cartoons. 1t is more than
likely, however, that he came within
the senator's favor through the devo-
tion of Miss Mabel, from whom he had
derived his chief source of inspiration
"Pike" Parsons, as he is Familiarity
called by his fellow students, entered
the antique class of the Cleveland art
school in 1897 and continued in the
class of the following year. Then he
was taken in hand by Miss Anna Wal
cles at Cleveland. and at her sugges-
ton studied in New York and Phil
'adelphia.
Miss Mabel and Parsons have been a
most devoted couple during the last
few years. Their intimacy was formed
in early childhood. 1t is said that her
devotion to him has been so fervent
that her will has always been subser-
Went to his.
In his turn Parsons has been her
most constant and devoted attendant
and most intimate associate of the
senator's family.
According to Miss Mabel, the we'd
ding will occur in April, and it is likely
that she will prevail. She is about "a
years old, and until she met Mr.. Par
sons, had always manifested the ut
most Indifference toward young men.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
the ElG.FISTED MAN,

Oh. here's to the man with hand like a
ham,
And fist just as big as his heart:
10 the big, manly chap, be he banker or
drudge,
Owning railroads or driving cart;
TO the man who looks steadily straight In
your eyes
And gives you grip like wise
Such. men as decided long since, once for
all,
That they'd rather be men than be mice.
lie may have skull like the crust of the
earth,
And jaw like the Terrible Turk:
His hands may have spread OH the hclve Of
pick,
Or at some other mental work:
But his heart you'll find good us nugget
OF gold,
And twill always be faithful to YOU
lien here's to the man with Il hand like q
ham
And soul that is loyal and true.
lie may not be verscd In the dinirg-room's
ways,
He may never have donned a dress suit,
Eut he Will stand fast while you're true to
your trust;
Your honor he'll never dispute,
For he's just the friend that will fight to tho
end,
TIL there's no further use to resist
Geo bless him. this man with the hand like
ham,
And heart just as big as his fist.
-. w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
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SHE KEPT ONE SECRET.
True Story OF n Baltimore Woman
Who Exhibited q Lifelong Dis.
like OF Dates.

The one secret that women know
how to keep is, according to unlzind
critics, that of their age. They will
tell verything else that is intrusted
to their keeping, but never, in a mo-
ment of expansive indiscretion, will
they be induced to reveal the number
of their years.
OF course, this isn't always true.
Many feIninines tell their ages and
those Of their women friends with as
much freedom as their brothers would
give the same intelligence concerning
themselves, but one elderly lady who
recently died was, in the matter of
secretivcness, marvel to her acquaint-
ances.
No one except her own brothers and
sisters knew her age. Her husband
did not, though she was married to him
30 years or more. When the marriage
license had to be bought the bride
vouchsafed the information thai she
was more than 49," That was all; so
the hard-hearted best man put her
down as 25 years of age.
In the years that followed she never
spoke of her birthdays. Once, when
she was asked if she were born in June,
she replied that she didn't remember.
Tie natal days of others in the family
were celebrated, but hers never. She
would talk well on any subject in the
world but ages; on this one she was
absolutely dumb.
Before she expired she made sim
gle request of her husband. "Please
don't allow any dates to appear in the
obituary notices or on my tombstone"
She asked. II don't like dates"
And SO her secret died with her, and,
though her women friends surmised
that she must be at least ten years old
err than her husband to justify this
sensitiveness, it is quite possible that
she was nothing of the sort. She did
not look it. She merely had horror
of being reminded of the passage of
time.
This was. of course. very unusual
case, but it is sufficient evidence that
woman can keep secret and she
Will.-Baltimorc News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

The strike of the diamond pol1shers
In Amsterdam is still on.
Mr.. Carnegie objects to being pho
tographed in evening dress.
Hotel and restaurant employees have
organized at Birmingham, Ala.
Arkansas will erect the first state
building at the St. Louis Worlds fair.
Metropolitan police of London look
after 5000 miles OF roads and streets.
Polo is probably the Oldest of ath-
letic sports. 1t has been traced to 600
3. C.
John D. Rockefeller has been giving
money to Washington and Lee uni
versity.
The city government of A)e Soto.
Mo-, has agreed to hire hone but
union mea.
The two tunnels most needed in
Europe now are for the Caucasus and
the Pyrenees.
Rome is to be electrically lighted
70 miles away.
Prince George of Prussia, 76 years
old, is the oldest member Of the house
OF Hohcnzollern.
After two years of effort the work
ers in the paper mills at Lockpo NJ
Y, are to organize.
In capacity the fad of the famous
Apache chief, Geronimo, is the cul-
ture of watermelons.
A dromedary race between Biskra
and Tagurta, Algeria, is being ar
ranged. The distance to be covered is
140 miles.
Thirty steel manufacturers of Great
Britain are said to be planning COM
bination. The capital is said to be
s100,o00,000.
Maine has two citizen who voted for
Andrew Jackson in 1S32-W. H. CHS
ham, of Augusta, and Capt. Joshua
G1oulton, of Scarboro.
In Java there is an orchid all the
flowers of which open at once. as il
by the stroke Of a fairy wand, and they
also will wither together.
The agricultural department now re-
Qulres a larger appropriation for its
administration than any other depart
ment, except the treasury.
BY the census of 1900 only two
states had more foreign-born than ma
tiye-born male residents OF voting age
Minnesota and South Dakota.
Living expenses III Japan have in
creased IS per cent. within few years,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
UNCLE SANS NEW NAVY.
VIII Continue to Rank Fourth, Among
the Worlds Navics, But Will
Really BE Third.

Since 1898 feet of battleships,
cruisers and torpedo boats, stronger
than the two fleets that conquered the
ships of Spain, has been added to the
American navy. The new fleet con-
tains Is battleships, six armored
cruisers, three semi-armored cruisers,
six protected cruisers, four monitors,
% torpedo boats, 16 torpedo boat de-
stroyers and seven submarine boats
in all, rs vessels. OF these vessels, five
battleships, ~ destroy ers, % torpedo
boats and four Submarines" have
been completed, and many of the other
vessels will be finished this year, says
Success. On paper, the American navy
will continue to rank fourth among
the worlds navies; but in reality, it
will be third, possibly second, for it
is we'll known among well informed
naval officers that neither France nor
Russia has the navy it claims. Andrew
Carnegie thinks that we could sink
every one of our ships, and then defy
the world; because, in case of war
against us we could put an embargo on
our food-stuffs, and starve any Euro
pean power into submission. But we
shall not discontinue building. ships on
any such assumption as that. Ger
many is now doing her best to become
absolutely independent of us in agri-
culture, and neither France nor Rus
STA was ever dependent upon us for
bread and meat. England might hold
out long enough to plumber our ware.
houses. For years her people man
aged to get on without southern cot
ton. Such a claim contains truth
enough TO be : drst-rate bluff.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
LITTLE ODDS AND ENDS.

Instead of stalking tomatoes put
straw around them. This will keep
them moist and clean.
Elder bark scraped off and fried
in fresh lard or mutton tallow makes
salve that will cure burns and
sores.
For earache dissolve asafetida in
water. Warm a few drops and drop
into the ear, then cork the ear with
wool.
For catarrh take one-half ounce
of borax, and one ounce of loaf sugar
pulverized. Mix and snuff five or six
times a day.
For cabbage worms dissolve one
half teaspoonful of saltpeter in one
quart water. Sprinkle on the cab
bage in the cool of the day.
For roup in chickens mix together
a half ounce of carbolic acid, one
ounce of sweet oil, and one ounce of
Jamaica ginger. Swab out the throat
two or three times day, confine the
sick chicken by itself, and feed soft
food. Put iron into the drinking wa
ter. clean my hen house with
whitewash and sulphuric acid, and
am never troubled with lice.-Mrs.
Annie Baker, in Epitomist.