Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 10, 1898, Page 7

——aeEeEEE Why He Wasn't There. The Rey. Dr. Fourthly—Mr, Wrap- pemup, I didn’t see you at chureh yes- terday morning. Grocer—No, doctor. So many of yeur congregation came to get supplies for their Sunday dinner that I couldn’t get away in time.—Chicago Tribune. A Race Against Fire. ‘Fhe crew of a steamer from Spain discovered in mid ocean that flames were raging in the hold, For ten days they bravely fought the flames. If men would fight as persistently against dis- orders of the stomach there would be fewer premature deaths. The best! Wearon for such a fight is Hostetter's Ston ach Bitt A Bad Dilemma, “Madge is crazy about her three sol- suitor afraid to accept any one 1 for fear the others might get promotion first.” Not Under the Glamour. “Aren't the autumn leaves beautiful, { Aunt Priscilla?’ “No; I hate them; they bring spi- ders in the house.” Flirtation is like a piece of chewing gum. the longer you keep it up the less satisfaction you derivé from it. What some people don’t know they are always talking about. Sten Cold Fasily ? Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying | tickling in your throat? Would you feel relieved if you could raise something? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise more mucus in the morning? Then you shoud always keep on hand a bottle of | \ If you have a weak throat you cannot be too careful. You cannot begin treatment too early. Each cold makes you moreliable to another, and the last one is always harder to cure than the one before it. Br. Ager’s Cherry Pectoral Biaster | protects the lungs irom colds, Help at Hand. i If you have any complaint whatever avd desire the best medical advice you can pos- sibly obtain, write the doctor freely. You will receive a { proupt reply. i Address, DR. J. C. AYER, | Lowell, Mass, | CURE YOURSELF! U @ for unnatural , discharges, inflammations, oul uarauiecd irritations’ or ulcerations fo stricture. “ of mucous membranes, Prevents contagion. “Painless, and not astrin: THEEVANS CHEMICALCO, gent or poisonous. t CINCINNATI,O. Sold by Druggists, { ip 1 wo 5 days. or sent in plain Wrapper, y express. prepaid, for $1.0, or 3 bottles $2.75, Col Circular sent on’ request WHISKERS DYED A Natural Black by Buckingham’s Dye, Price 50 cents of all druggists or R. P. Hall & Co, Nashua, N.H, i ——s | JOHN W.MOREIS, | i ENSIO Washington, D.C: Ss ‘ull LF euscesstully Frosecutes Claims. | syrsinlast war, Sedjudicating claims, atty alueo | om a quick vellet sod suren Worst | faces. send for bok of testimonials an lays? Geatment Free. b=... GhtaN’S OMS, suastate, | = se) ! ‘D—Case of bad health that R-I-P-A-N-§ ill not benefit. Send 5 cents to Ripans Chemical Ca., New York, for 10 samples and 1,000 testimonials, | PREM Serer | : ay | HGiosses, wot FHGMNSON’s Eye Water, | Look for It. Here it is. Now you know by this sign quite numerous.”— ; Cheney for the last 15 yea: ‘ the insult. They Are Reliable. The American Farmer is sincere in what it says and whenever it endorses an article, be it machinery, proprietary medicine, or a man individually, we want our readers to believe that what we say we have good reason to under- stand is true. For a year or more there have been endorsements of the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company, of 167 Dearborn street, Chicago, by this paper, People have written us_ to know if this company is responsible, and if its remarkable remedies, for the : cure of rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspep- sia, catarrh, kidney troubles, etc., real- ly had merit. We have therefore been at extra pains to investigate, and once again we add emphasis to our former endorsement of that company. There may be isolated cases here and there which, probably through neglect in fol- lowing directions, or from exposure or some unexplainable reason, the won- derful Five Drops remedy does not do the work. But it is a case where the exception proves the rule. Mr. Swan- son is a gentleman of character and personal integrity, and, we believe, would no more attempt to deceive the public than the writer of this article, They still offer to send ‘a sample bot- tle of “5 Drops” for 25¢ or a large bottle, 300 doses, for $1, prepaid by mail or express. Address as above. Mortifying, “The case against you is perfectly clear,” said “the judge. “You stole a package out of an express wagon. li was found in your poss n. On be fnmg opened it was found to contain campaign circula The sentence of the court is that you be confined in the county jail sixt “4 “Your hon protested the prison- “considerin’ the value of the goods, you make it one day for stealin and fifty-nine days fur bein’ a durv fool?’—Chicago Tribune. PAT ‘Ss. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors, Leroy 8S. Bufiingtpn, Minneapolis, ., Acetylene gas lamp; Oluf L. , Mayville, N. D., lifting attach- ment for plow Ole O. Hateli, Foss- ton, Minn, punching and shearing ma- chine; Olaf Hoff, Minneapolis, Minn., grain bin; Albert C. Houghland, Greenleaf, Minn., oil can; Arthelow M. Randolph, St. Paul, Minn., pneumatic concentrator; William Smith and G. 5 ioe | s, Proctorknott, Minn., car bolster; Waldemar E. Spanier, Devils Lake, N. D., grubbing machine; Free- man P. Wilson, Minneapolis, Minn., bicycle support; John Zieber rgo, N. D., coupling for traction engines. Merwin, Lothrop B Johnson, Pater neys, 910 P-oneer Press Building, St. Pz Practical. said Mr. Stormington experience in play- ting. Your of construction painfully impractical; painfully so. Why, there is scarcely five min- utes in the piece that the star isn’t on the stage.” “But I—er—I theught a star rather liked that sort of thing.” “Not these days. You must leave him at least twenty minutes in the sec- ond act, so that he may go around to the box office while the mcney is being counted.”— hington Sta Pa’ erience. “Say, Pa,” queried Willie, the otyer morning, while preparing his geogra- phy lesson, “how many motions has the earth?” “I don’t know, Willie.” replied the fond parent, he bound a_ towel soaked in ice-water about his throb- bing brow, “but they are numerous, Shicago News. How's Thist ‘We offer One Hundred Dollars reward forany ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have ‘known i rs and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga- tions made by their firm. ‘West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, ; O.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. ‘Testimonials sent free. Price de per bottle. Sold by all drugcist= Hali’s Family Pills are the best. The Course He Pursued. The Friend—When Pistol Pete insult ed you by offering you a glass of whis- k and threatening to ‘shoot you if you didn’t drink it, what did you do? The Prohibitionist—I—er—swallowed New York Journal. Mr. E. M. Da » Division Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road at Clarksburg, W. Va.. will be transferred to Cumberland, Md., on Dec. 1st, vice W. R. McIntosh, re- signed. Mr. F. Fowler, Traveling Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road in West V: ja, will succeed Mr. Davis as Division Freight Agent, | with headquarters at Clarksburg, W- Usually, Tommy—Paw, what is the differ- ence between a liar and a prevaricat- or? Mr. Figg—It’s a difference in weight. —Indianapolis Journal. Dr. Frank Powell (“White Beaver”) Has resigned his’ commission, and is again practicing medicine, Fourth and Cedar streets} St. Paul, Minn. 10 tate WRITS iaohiris A true friend is one who never throws things up to you. It dosn't fatten a hungry man to make him laugh. St. Jacobs Oil CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Soiatica, Lumbago, Spi, Bruises, Soreness, Stiffness, “THERE IS SCIENCE IN NEATNESS.” BE WISE AND USE SAPOLIO ‘FARM AND GARDEN, MATTERS OF \ INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cul- tivation of the Soll and Yields Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and Floriculture. A Novel Method of berries. i From Farmers’ Review:—The culti- vation of a spring-set bed of strawber- Ties is most costly during the first month and a half after setting in the field, Attention must be given them at a time when the grower is most busy with other farm work. The best way of reducing this work that has come under the writer’s notice and has been found by him satisfactory is practiced in some of the fields of West- ern New York. The young plants are dug in early spring, the roots shorten- ed to about four"inches, and the dead leaves trimmed off. In shortening, the Plant is held in the left hand, the thumb and forefinger embracing it at the collar. All roots that hang be- low the little finger are cut off with a Pair of shears. The trimmed plants are then set in rows a foot apart. They are shaded, if they need it, until they take hold and are mulched with well- decayed, short stable manure. During the month or six weeks that the plants remain in the bed they are sprayed fre- quently for diseases and insects and watered if they become dry. Before they are removed the ground is thor- oughly drenched, so that they may be packed close together upon trays and taken to the field. The splendid root system they develop in the bed pre- vents the danger of a check when set. During this time the fleld is being thoroughly prepared. After harrowing it the weeder is run over it once each week or ten days, to kill the weeds, ex- pose grubs to the crows and keep the surface loose and open. The plants have thus a mellow ved, well warmed, in which to start. They are not check- ed, as is often the case with April-set plants for which the ground has been plowed, perhaps necessarily, before it was in fit condition. After the plants are set the treatment is the same as for ordinary plantations. Besides the advantages mentioned this system is admirable in that the plants may be sprayed much more thoroughly in much less time and with much less fungicide than when set in the open field. Further, unless the field be dis- ease infected, plants grown and treat- ed in this way will, after being set, seldom need a spraying during the first year. The setting of these plants in the field comes at a time when the greatest rush of spring work is over and. may be taken more easily, When plants come from the nursery in poor condition they can be treated to best advantage by this method and losses in the field thus prevénted. Lastly, plants so grown are fully as good as pot-grown plants, and for this reason should be valued by persons that never think of setting out a bed until the fruit begins to appear in the markets. Surely enough to commend the method to the grower!—M. G. Kains. Planting Straw- Soil for Apple Orchards. The soil for an apple orchard should be selected with a great deal of care. It used to be the idea that any soil was good enough for the apple orchard, and we find in many cases apple or- chards set out on soils entirely unsuit- ed for them. Some people have the idea that the poorer the soil the better it will be for the apple orchard. This opinion evidently arose from the ex- perience of people in setting out or- echards on very rich land and finding them unsuited for them. They quite naturally inferred that if the rich land was not good the poor land must be good, But rich land is not suitable, for the reason that it occasions a too great growth of wood and not enough of fruit buds. As we say, “It all grows to foliage!” Land should be rich enough to in- sure a good growth of wood, but not too rich to permit fruit buds to de- velop in large numbers, Generally a meadow will be found unsuitable, for the reason that the soil-water stands so near the surface that the roots are soaked during a large part of the year. The water does not have to lie near the surface to do this, for, as is well known, the roots of apple trees penetrate very deeply into the ground, sometimes sey- en or more feet. The hill location is generally best for the apple orchard, for the reason that there is no underlying sheet of water. The drainage is nat- ural and rapid, and the roots are al- ways able to do their work without in- terference. A medium clay soil is gen- erally good, for the reason that in it the fertility is held till taken up by the roots. A sandy soil gets rapidly poor, and when fertilized leaches so badly that much of the manure is lost, Pasturing Meadows. In the management of meadows there are too many who seem to think that they can eat their cake and still have it and a great deal of pasturing is done that should never be permitted, says Iowa Homestead. Many think that as soon as the hay crop is removed it is good economy to turn on the cattle and thus make a continued use of the field on the theory that nothing should be allowed to go to waste. Many oth- ers pasture the meadow in the fall to consume the growth of grass after re- covery from the cutting. Economy is a good thing, and, other things being equal, he will prosper best who per- mits the least waste. But there is such a thing as making a saving at too great expense, and much of the pasturing of meadows is of this class, for it is done at the expense fof the future hay crop. A newly cut meadow for instance, is not a stubble field from which a penny saved is necessarily earned, It is the place where the next year’s haycrop is to be grown and should be managed with that idea in view. To pasture the meadow in the fall may save some feed that is worth saving, but. it may also leave the ground so bare that when winter comes great injury is done to the grass roots and it may not recover, When one secs himself short of pasture, either in midsummer or later in the fall, and the meadow shows up well with consider- able feed on it, there is a great temp- tation to turn the stock on, and there may be times when it is really the best thing to do under the circumstances as they actually exist. It is better, for instance, than to let the stock suffer when it is that or nothing. But such circumstances should not be permitted to occur. To provide a fodder crop in a corn country is so easy that there is no necessity for it to occur, and the management of the meadow should be carried on for the meadow’s own good and with an eye single to the largest possible hay crop. Basic Slag on Clay Land. Experiments conducted in the west of England by the Bath and West society have brought some useful results in Manuring with basic slag on clay land to light, after three years’ experience, says Farmer and Stockbreeder (Eng.). These are briefly (1) On certain soils, the full effects of basic slag are not apparent until a considerable period has elapsed; but (2) the development of these effects may be, and probably is, hastened or retarded by the condi- tion of the season following the appli- cation of the manure; and (3) that it may perhaps be’assumed that the bene- ficial effects of the slag are not only maintained over a very considerable period, but that there is also a marked tendency to increase observable in these efforts from year to year, such as would seem to point to a gradual im- provement in the general condition of growth, and probably also to the pro- duction of a condition of food-avail- ability in the soil, which is specially favorable to the growth of leguminous plants. The stimulus given to clovers so far as has been observed, has not been carried out at the expense of the ordinary grasses, Where Are the Wild Pigeons, In response to an inquiry as to the cause of the disappearance of the once abundant wild pigeon, the information is here given that the wholesale butch- ery of these birds resulted in almost exterminating the species, says Wiscon- sin Agriculturalist. The market hun- ters followed the birds to their nesting grounds, where countless thousands of wild pigeons congregated to breed, and a merciless slaughter was indulged in, year after year, until few of the species remain. The larger portion of the pig- eons (old birds and young squabs, in- discriminately) were killed on the roosting grounds, and shipped to the larger cities. A smaller percentage was netted or trapped and sent alive in crates to sportsmen’s clubs and asso- ciations for trap-shooting purposes. The trap-shooting sportsmen of Ameri- ca are therefore “accessories” in the nefarious work of destroying the wild pigeons of the country, though the greed of the market hunter is mainly responsible for “the deep damnation of their taking off.” Grape Growing on Little Land.—It is surprising how little extent of earth’s surface is needed to root a grape vine. If it can grow upward and have open space enough on one or two sides to get plenty of sunshine, the area in which its roots can run is matter of comparatively little importance. We have seen thrifty and productive grape vines where there was only three feet space between a house with its cellar wall on one side and the street side- walk on the other. As the sidewalk was made of plank, the grape roots undoubtedly extended under it. But even with this there was scarcely a space seven by 25 feet on the earth’s surface, and this supported for years two grape vines, each of which ran up a trellis as high as the house, and bore every year fine clusters of luscious fruit at the top.—Ex. Sell the Harness, Too.—Whenever a horse is sold, the harness in which it has been used to working ought always to go with the bargain. No two har- nesses were ever made to fit alike and especially where the pressure comes on the shoulder or neck in drawing. The skin under the old harness has been gradually toughened by pressure on one spot, but with the new harness the pressure is shifted, it may be only an inch or two, but it comes where the skin is tender and will quickly break when exposed to the collar. If the whole harness cannot go, ,be at least sure to secure the collar with any new horse purchased, so that the animal can work without being tortured. The col- lar once used for one horse ought nev- er be used for another.—Ex, Hogs Fed on Horses.—A foreigner farming near Delphi, Ind., a veritable ghoul, has been indicted by the state board of health for feeding hogs on dead horses. He found the hogs would fatten for a time on the offal and dead horses, so he bought up all the old cheap horses he could find to feed to his hogs and managed to sel] them off before they died of hog cholera or dis- ease. The state board of health say the hogs so fattened are dangerous to use as food. Any farmer should be in- dicted who will feed dead animals to his hogs, and it is sure to develop hog | cuolera.—Ex. i Yarded Fowls.—A speaker at a New York farmers’ institute said: Yarded : fowls are the modern improved egg machines. Fowls let run anq given free range cannot produce as great a number of eggs, for the reason that they convert a part of their food into muscle and thus reduce their capacity for forming the eggs. In my own case I increased my egg yield 18,720 eggs last year by yarding my fowls. The Crowning Glory of the Age. Man’s enterprise culminated at the World’s Columbian Ex- Position. The memory of it wili be a marvel for all time. The fame there acquired will live for years. The manufacturers of Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder appreciate the award to them of highest honors at the Exposition. The significance of the compliment, the splendid character of the endorsement, cannot be underrated. It stamps Dr. Price’s as without a peer among the baking powders. The jury of awards, an exceptionally intelligent body, was headed by the Chief Chem- ist of the United States Department of Agriculture. They found Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder strongest in leavening power, perfect in purity, and of uniform excellence. “Foremost Baking Powder in all the World.” a Sk MeCN EC NE ee ee | Expert and Able to Speak Intelli- t gently. Expert Stephen Little, who has just returned from an extended trip over the St. Paul, Burlington and Chicago Surprised, “I never saw anything more remark: able,” said the young man who claims ! ‘to have spent a great deal ‘of time abroad, “than a little scene I witnessed in Spain. A passenger on one of the | Great Western systems, says: “No one cars became cbstreperous and behaved ; WLO has not recently examined thes with the utmost disregard of nroprie- | Properties b. ny idea of their vale ty. But the conductor didn’t pay the | 8nd infinite progress. The serv ce on the St. Paul, Burlington and Chicago slightest attention to him.” ‘I don’t see anything very wonderful in that.” Great Western is unexcelled. There is nothing in the st to compare, much less to equal it, and it towers monu- | mentally over any cther transportation jin any part of the werld. The train ser- vice of these three corporations is s perd. Until recently the Pensylvania) | limited, out of New York to Chicage, was believed to be ideal, but so tho: ough is the service of the Chicago Great Western, with the buffet cars, with their bulk heads, stained glass windows, and through equipment, that the Pennsylvania peo- ple have ordered their renowned “Chi- cago Limited” into the shops that it pmay be rebuilt, or rather, modernized, after the cars that are in service on the Chicago Great Wester I think the future of this property very great. ‘The earnings are away ahead of what they w ago and the cutlook is br Hopelessly Tangled. Prof. Thinkitout was about to be | married, and had just received an tn- | vitation to his own wedding, which he ‘had absentmindedly mailed to himself. “Well, well,” he mused, “what dees this mean? My fiancee’s name on a wedding invitation! The faithless hus- sy! And, Great Logarithums! There's my name on it, too. Hither she’s un- true or I’m about to be a bigamist!”. Truth. Medicine Costing $2,000 a Dose. Medical science has been enriched by a great discovery. Mme. Honouix, a clever Pariesienne, has found in pre- cious stones a cure for the whole range of human ills; the only drawback in | her panacea being that a dose of medi. cine may cost anything from $250 to $3,000, and a complete cure from $12,- 500 to $15,000. The world of wealth and fashion is flocking to her sumptuously-appointed rooms to drink powdered rubies or to inhale the odor of burnt diamonds. Some Aren’t Even Then. Mr. Fuddleson—I wonder why it is that girls don’t get married as young nowadays as they used to? Miss Cutting—It’s because they have to wait for the men to grow up. Wh. one rarely sees a fellow now who is ¢: pable of earning his own living before he is thirty-five or forty.—Chicago News. Probably Accepted Her Invitation, “A conflict of arms,” he said, “is a terrible thing.” “Of course,’ she replied, blushing prettily; “and so inexcusable, too. 1 hold that the disposition a man makes of his arms is none of a girl’s busi- ness.”—Chicago Post. 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The Laflin & a Powder Co., whose name is fam- ilar to every lover of the gun, are just parle. on the market a smokeless powder which will speedily supersede the old style black powders. ‘Tho ac- oapning ons shows the Laflin & Rand Smokeless Powder previous to granulation. It is absolutely water- proof and 40 grains of this Ley will oF do the work of 80 grains of black der. By using tne La: & Smok our gun will uire no cleaning. The Laflin & Rand Powder Co. are giving free to every dealera supply of shells loaded with Smokeless Powder for distribution to the public. Ask Esc dealer for them. A trial will ouvnee pao 7 te hosel cat- alogue giving ese! jon the Smokeless Powder ‘write the LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. CHICAGO, MLL. Mention this paper when writing. { ph } f ; i f t