Iron County register. [volume], November 29, 1894, Image 7

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STORIES OF FOREST FIRES.
Hears Eating: Fishes Boiled In the Fonda
Snakes in the Flames Tan.
Black bears feasting on parboiled
fish is one of the sequels to the recent
fires that raged in the lumber districts
of central Pennsylvania. John McCur
ry, who lives near Driftwood, tells of
this strange incident in backwoods
life:
A terrific fire had swept over a low
lying district about a half mile from
the Susquehanna river, devouring the
fallen hemlocks and underbrush with
a firceness that was startling. The sec
ond day after the fire, when the ground
had become cool enough to allow
traversing, McCurry started into the
burned district to look after some park
piles. He followed a deep ravine for a
mile or more, when his course changed
and he made his way in the direction
of the river. In May last, wlen
this stream overflowed its banks and
the twenty feet of extra water deluged
the narrow West Branch valley, it
formed lakes and ponds where before
had been dry land. In one particular
6pot, which was much lower than the
surrounding country, being naturally
swampy, the river water made a pond
from two to four feet in depth. This
water was kept quite fresh by the con
stant accession made by a strong spring
in the neighborhood. The pond was
hemmed in on all sides by rhododen
dron, swamp hemlock, and water birch.
In addition to the interest attached to
this pool because of its very odd forma
tion, was the fact that it contained fish.
Lumbermen who stood by its edge on
several occasions saw the unmistakable
movements of quite large fish in its
murky depths. They had been carried
in with the strong sweep of water dur
ing the May flood, and were caught in
the pool when the water receded. The
men who saw the fish declared that
they were carp of large size.
This pond was directly in the wake
of the recent forest ifire, and its bor
ders of hemlock and birch fed the
flames in their mad race across coun
try. As McCurry neared the pond, but
befora he was in sight of it, his atten
tion was attracted by a low growling
much like the noise made by a dog
when gnawing bones. Climbing up
from the depths of the ravine, McCur
ry, who was now within fifty yards of
the pond, was surprised to see two
monster black bears busily engaged
devouring something at the water's
edge. One of the pair was evidently
afraid of the other's movements, for he
kept up a constant chattering as he
chewed at some white-looking object
which he held in his forepaws. It was
some time before McCurry could de
termine what the bear's feast consisted
af.
Suddenly one of the black fellows
made a lunge into the water and waded
carefully across the pond to where
something lay floating on the surface.
When bruin picked the object up Mc
Curry saw that it was a fish. The old
fellow waded back to shore and began
devouring his prize. It was some time
before the bears had gotten all they
wanted. This done, however, they
shambled off "across the burned dis
trict in -the direction of greener lands,
much to the chagrin of the young
woodsman, who, aside from a small ax,
tvas unarmed.
When the bears had departed Mc
Curry made bold to investigate the
sause of the bruins attention to the
pond. He found on the surface of the
lake several dead fish. The water was
decidedly warm, and the true situation
soon presented itself to him. The forest
fire had heated the water in the pond
to such a degree that the fish died and
Boated to the top. The bears in their
meanderings discovered this feast of
3sh and helped themselves.
Another incident of the recent forest
fires in the Pine creek region is related
by Sam Campbell, who works in the
woods near Black well's. Sam was one
of a crew of men sent out to "back
fire" (fight fire with fire), and he de
clares that their experience was most
thrilling. While setting fire to a
thicket that crowned a rocky ridge, he
and his crew were startled to find
themselves suddenly in the midst of a
lot of rattlesnakes. The forest fire
was advancing up the side of the hill
at a rapid rate. Its whistling, whir
ring sound as it devoured hemlock tops
was terrific, and the men were bent on
building a line of fire to start toward
it, hoping that when the two lines met
the fury of the flames would be
subdued for lack of material on
which to feed. It was while
thus employed that they encountered
the snakes. The ground seemed to
be literally alive with rattlers, the rep
tiles crawling in the direction of a
rocky bluff not more than one hundred
yards distant. The men were all
equipped with high-topped leather
boots and paid little heed to the snakes,
stepping on them as though they were
but harmless old sticks. Campbell says
that the rattling made by the reptiles
could be heard above the roar of the
distant flames. The "back fire" made
by the men caught dozens of crawlers,
and they were burned to death. When
the flames advanced so close that the
snakes saw further escape was impossi
ble, they would coil up in a heap, dart
ing their heads angrily at the tongues
of flame, then suddenly relapse, when
the heat overcame them, a moment
later to be devoured.
Campbell also tells of a strange sight
which he and his men saw on this trip.
They were crossing a strip of burned
ground when the attention of one oi
the men was attracted by a moving ob
ject in the boughs of a big hemlock.
The crew stopped to investigate.
Aliout twenty feet above the ground
on a large limb near the trunk of the
tree sat a full-grown catamount, and
in her paws she held a kitten. It was
evident she had taken refuge in the
tree from the advancing forest fire.
The kitten seemed almost dead, while
the parent "cat" was apparently dazed
from heat and smoke. The old one
swished her tail nervously to and frc
and gazed down at the men as they
huddled around beneath the tree. -One
of the crew felt his foot come in con
tact with something soft, and glancing
down discovered the half-burned bodj
of another catamont kitten. The
mother had evidentally failed to reach
a point of safety with both her young,
or having done so had lost her hold on
this one, and he fell to death in the fir
below. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A Pleasant Situation. Young Hus
imnd (in a low tone to his wife, who
meets him at the railroad depot witfc
her mother) "Didn't I telegraph you
not to bring your mother to the sta
tion?" Young Wife "That's jut tt hj
mamma has come along. She wishes
to speak to you about it. Site opeaaa
Jits telegram." Truth,
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.
Steamed Suet Pudding: One cupful
of stoned and chopped raisins, the same
of chopped suet, one cupful of brown
sugar, the same of sour milk, one tea
Spoonful of soda, and flour enough to
make a stiff batter, and steam three
hours. Add spices to the taste. Coun
try Gentleman.
To Clean Glass Globes: When the
globes belonging to chandeliers have
become very dirty with smoke they
should be soaked in warm soda water.
Then add to the water a few drops of
ammonia, and wash the globes with a
well-soaped flannel. Rinse in clean
cold water, and dry with a linen glass
cloth. Leeds Mercury.
Legs of Turkey Devilled: Make
devilled sauce in chafing-dish as per
recipe below. Put in uncooked second
joints and drumsticks of two turkeys,
boned, cook over hot water pan for
fifteen minutes and finish over open
fire for ten minutes, cover on, being
careful not to burn. If cold roast or
boiled turkey is to be used, cook five
minutes or until thoroughly heated
through. X. Y. Observer.
Fried Apples: Use fair tart fruit.
Wash and dry the apples, remove the
stems, blossom end and core, but leave
the specimens otherwise whole. Slice
thin and drop into an oiled or buttered
frying pan, the fat in which must be
hot. Turn to prevent scorching, and
when tender and brown serve imme
diately. Good Housekeeping.
" Oatmeal With Apples: Core an ap
ple for each person to be served: peel
and fill the center with surgar and a
little cinnamon. Hake the apple, and
when ready place one of them in the
center of each saucer of oatmeal and
serve with sugar and cream. Any
kind of fruit may be used in the same
manner. Children especially will en
joy this. Western Kural.
Corn Muffins: Put one cup of .yel
low or white meal in an earthen dish
and mix with it one-half cup of flour,
a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt and
a heaping teaspoonful of baking pow
der. Add enough sweet milk to make
a stiff batter, then add a tablespoonful
of molasses and a teaspoonful of melted
butter. Hake in small muffin tins that
have been well greased. Farm and
Home.
Oyster Shortcake: Make a nice
rich pastry and bake in a pie plate;
while it is baking boil one cup of fresh
milk and half a cup of butter, thicken
with a little cornstarch moistened with
cold milk and stirred in, season with
pepper and salt and while it is boiling
drop in one quart of oysters. Let them
remain until they swell. When the
pastry is done split it open and spread
the oysters between the pieces and
some on top. St. Louis Republic.
Coffee Caramels: Put in a sauce
pan one pound of sugar and one claret
-lass of strong black coffee. Let this
boil until it forms a sirup. Stir into
the mixture a tumblerful of good, fresh
milk or cream, and continue the Inkl
ing until the sirup is almost cracking.
Pour the mixture on to a marble-slab
that has been moistened with salad-oil.
As soon as it is cold cut into squares
with a knife; divide the caramels and
keep them in tins. Pittsburgh Tele
graph.
NOTES ON DECORATION.
Sensible Suggestions Regarding Household
Arrangements.
Let no piece of furniture be bought
that is not solid and of honest strength
and durability. The parlor table may
be plain, but let it be so genuine that
when prosperous daj-s come, and it is
relegated to the sitting room, nursery
or sewing room to give place to its
more elegant successor, it may yel lie
useful and substantial. As nearly as
possible buy every bit of furniture with
the idea that it is to last your lifetime,
and try to choose such pieces as will be
comfortable and satisfactory twenty
years hence. Scratches and marks that
use always brings can be "dressed out"
of good wood, but ill-shaped pieces will
be an annoyance.
Ciold embroidery holds a very promi
nent place this season. In many of the
best designs the pattern is in gold
thread solely; in others, where colored
floss silks are used, gold threads are
freely intermingled. In the former
case the silk grounds are single col
ored. Favorite combinations are gold
and white, gold and yellow, gold and
blue, gold and crimson. Of these the
light Japanese silks with gold outline
embroidery are likely to be the popular
favorites, because they are now offered
at unprecedentedly low prices, and
give a great of show for the money
qualities that especially commend
them.
In buying carpet of any or all kinds
the housewife will be better pleased if
she buys those of small designs, either
arabesque or conventionalized floral,
and -which largely cover the ground
floor, both as a background to furni
ture, old and new, and as a rest to the
eye. Carpets so chosen will not be
come monotonous, and will readily
adapt thtmselves to changes from one
room to another. Dark carpets are sel
dom satisfactory, as they are too som
ber and show dust badly. They are
only suitable for rooms of many win
dows. Light carpets soil easily and
add to the glare of very light rooms,
while those of medium tone are best
adapted to wear and to the cheerful
furnishing of usual rooms. Ingrain,
tapestry, body brussels and all grades
of velvet have bordering woven to
match. This is priced by the 3ard,
according to its width, which may be
from nine to twenty-two and one-half
inches. The buying of a border is a
matter of taste. Square or large rooms
look more thoroughly finished if the
carpet has a border, while in long, nar
row rooms a border unpleasantly de
fines the lack of width. Carpets with
out borders make over letter, and in
rented houses it is undoubtedly better
management to have borderless car
pets in all rooms. Decorator and Fur
nisher. Bustles Again.
The first step towards the revival of
the bustle has been taken. This is
shown in the new organ pipe skirt. It
is the skirt of the sea;on. and rescm
bles in a marked degree the bustle of
the past. The skirt is very full, lined
with haircloth and arranged in four or
two-box plaits at the back. These
plaits stand out prominently and are
padded ten inches from the waist line.
Over the hips the skirt fits with glove
like smoothness flaring towards the
bottom. X. Y. World.
"It must be strange for the Span
iards to feel that they are ruled over
by a mere infant." "Why?" "It's so
uncommon." "Humph! It's plain yo
never had an infant." Harpers Bazars
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
GOOD ROAD PROBLEM.
Report oC the Officers of Uncle Sam'aj
Agricultural Department. ;
The agricultural department is about
to issue -elaborate information on the,
subject of "good roads," which con
gress has directed the department to'
investigate. The publication will em
brace the entire proceedings of the
nation?! road conference, held at As
bury Park, N. J., July 5 and 6, at
which every shade of opinion on im
proving roads was presented. Roy.
Stone, the special agent and roai en
gineer of the department, will also in
clude "i number of addresses on the
road question. He makes no report,
so that these addresses practically
constitute a report. Mr. Stone says
among ether things:
The main question is how can a peo
ple having no surplus capital build
good roads? For an answer we must
go where they have done it success
fully and study the methods. First,
we must btudy all the economics pos
sible in construction. Second, we
must find 'jut all the parties to be
benefited and see that each bears his
proper shars of the cost, whether or
not he belongs to the immediate lo
cality or even to the present genera
tion of men. Third, we must look
into local questions of road materials
and transportation, and into all latest
improvements in road implements and
machinery.
But who is to do all this? And that
brings us to the first practical step in
general road Improvement, namely,
that every state should have a perma
nent commission composed of citizens
of the highest character to undertake
this investigation and recommend the
necessary measures to the legislature.
I. STERLING MORTON', SECRETARY OV
AGRICULTURE.
:o watch the workings of these meas
ures when adopted and to secure any
possible improvement in them. The
next step is to make the best possible
use of convict labor in road building.
My own impression is that state prison
convicts will be best employed in the
preparation of road materials in quar
ry camps or gravel pits, where they
can be guarded and secluded as easily
as in prisons, and that county prison
ers and tramps should do the grading
and all other preparatory work on the
roads.
In regions where rock is plenty, by
using the best machinery for crushing
stone and employing the convicts only
in quarrying and handling it an
amount of material could be produced
sufficient to macadamize all the roads
in the state as fast as they could be
prepared, and in addition to furnish
ballast for the railroads as a considera
tion for their giving reduced rates on
road materials.
Of their own motion the railroads
are ready to contribute largely in this
way toward road improvement. In
their correspondence with the depart
ment of agriculture on the subject,
many have proposed to make half
rates or haul at bare cost whenever
a general advance toward road im
provement shall begin, and the state
commission would be in a position to
make better terms with.them than any
private individual or local authority,
and better than we could do on behalf
of the general government without
the power to offer any definite assist
ance on its part in return.
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
Poor ventilation is undoubtedly fa-
rorable to the development of tuber-,
culosis.
Do you favor stanchions for cows?,
we are asked. We were never much
of an admirer of stanchions.
Get a separator and power, and
make the bull or the dog furnish the
power according to the size of the ma:
chine.
Cool the cream from a separator im
mediately to a low temperature. If it
is to be kept for two or three days cool
to forty degrees. '
If the cow kicks you may know that
there is a cause, and if it is not re
moved at once she may contract the
kicking habit for good.
The same cow may not give the
same quantity of milk or milk of the
same quality day after day. There is
often a very marked difference.
How much grain is proper to feed
with ensilage? we are asked. That
depends on how much corn there is in
the ensilage. Mr. Gurler, in American
Dairying, says that when there is
enough corn to make forty bushels to
the acre, he feeds mature cows five
pounds of wheat shorts and five pounds
of granagluton feed. Farmers' Voice.
The Gypsy Moth's Increase.
Some years ago an injurious insect
of Europe, known as the gypsy moth,
accidentally made its escape from a
collector in Massachusetts. It has now
increased to such numbers that a
pppsy moth commissioner has been ap
pointed with a view to exterminating
the pest before it spreads to other
states. Should it spread over our
country it will do more damage than
any species which we now have, un
less its natural enemies should greatly
lessen its numbers. It does not con
fine its food to any particular plants,
but attacks most every green veg
etable. Road ma king as a Science.
I believe in roadmakingas a science.
If we had the means, we should teach
it here. As 11 is. we do all we cznhj
encouraging bicycle riding, as I know
ot no other single agency through
which so much has been accomplished,
up to date, as through intelligent road
sport. B. L. Whitman, President Colby
University, Waterville, Me.
Convict Labor Not Wanted.
Don't use convict labor in building
roads. Convicts are justly crushed
and must not directly or indirectly
compete with honest labor. Good
Roads.
IMP
RIPENING TOMATOES.
A Plan That Worked Splendidly Daring
the Past Season.
It does not seem to be generally,
known that tomatoes do not require!
sun, but ripen best in warm, darkj
places. One can hardly pass along by
country homes without seeing in the
kitchen windows rows and rows of
this delicious fruit in all stages of
ripening and decaying, too, perhaps.
For sunstrokes are common among
the "love apples," and exposure to too
much light and sun heat ruins them
altogether oftentimes. The accom
panying illustration suggests a simple
and suitable box or closet for storing
tomatoes while they are in process of
ripening. It is only a dry goods box,
fitted with sliding shelves and a snug
door. The time needed to fit this upt
is scarcely worth the mentioning)
when one reflects upon the rich, red
fruit thus saved from "spoiling." The
closet may be large or small, with
more or less shelves, according to the
amount of the fruit raised. When
filled it should be set in a warm, moist
place and inspected from time to time
in order to remove any of the fruit
that may have ripened, before there is
possibility of decay and consequent
harm to the rest The convenience of
the sliding shelves is apparent here,
as a whole shelf full may be inspected
at a glance by slipping out the shelf.
Darkness is the important thing, and
the closely-fitting door at once secures
that, leaving only the necessary
moisture and warmth to be attended
to. American Gardening.
SUNLIGHT AND TREES.
A Subject That Is Soon to Be Investi
gated by the Government.
Trees, as a rule, develop best in the
full enjoyment of light, air and heat,
but their capacity for growth under
opposite circumstances varies greatly
with the species. The yew, for in
stance, will thrive and "make wood"
rapidly in the densest shade; or, in
other words, in situatious where the
oak would barely live and the larch,
elder and birch would fall into rapid
decay and early death. In open places
maples, sycamores, elms and several
other species grow into healthy,
rugged trees in a short time, while in
shade they "shoot up" slim and spin
dling, with scraggy limbs and thin,
poorly-colored foliage. Conifers such
as the spruces and firs have the
greatest capacity for growing in the
shade and preserving their foliage in
rich, healthy colors despite the re
moval or partial shutting out of the
light. In this country sufficient data
to enable one to catalogue forest trees
according to their capacity to grow in
partial darkness has not as yet been
collected, but rules based on European
experience have been carefully formu
lated and laid down down as guides
for those engaging in arboriculture.
The leading botanical writers of the
country are now agitating the subject
of "Sunlight vs. Trees." and it is not
at all improbable that the whole mat
ter will, within the near future, be re
ferred to the United States division of
forestry, so that a series of experi
ments and observations may be carried
out by government experts. St. Louis
Republic.
About the Wintering of Onions.
We are asked how to winter onions.
Do not try t winter them. They are
too perishable too fool with. They
will rot and shrink, if kept, and should
be sold as early in the fall as possible.
Still they can be wintered. W. Atlee
Burpee gives several ways of doing it
and they are practical. They can be
pitted like apples, covering somewhat
more lightly and leaving a chance for
ventilation at the top. Or they can be
spread in a dry loft, piled up a foot or
more high, and at the approach of se
vere weather covered with straw, hay
or matting. Light freezing does not
hurt them, if they are allowed to thaw
gradually and not handled while
frozen; but if exposed to a tempera
ture lower than fifteen degrees above
zero, they are liable to rot. They can
be wintered in slitted barrels and in
crates and baskets in the cellar quite
successfully. Farmers' Voice.
Leaves Changing to Branches.
Meehans' Monthly says that only in
the present century has it been clearly
understood that every part of a plant
is but a modification of one simple
form as usually expressed, every part
of a plant is only a modified leaf blade.
But even the leaf blade is a modifica
tion, and leaf and branch have such a
close and common origin that one may
be transformed to the other. The gar
dener knows that many leaves, such
as those of begonia, will produce buds
which ultimately become woody
plants. Even a cabbage leaf will often
show a tendency to produce a woody
stem, and an illustration is given of
one, sent by a well-known grower, in
which the upper portion of the midrib
has started off on its own account and
formed a stalk with small cabbage
leaves projecting from it.
Fruits for the Market.
The varieties of fruits and vegeta
bles in the city markets are not al
ways the best in quality, unless from
nearby localities. Those from a dis
tance are grown with more regard to
their keeping and sweetness. The
watermelons shipped from Georgia are
of the Kolb's Gem variety, which bears
transportation well. For home use
the Georgians use a variety known as
the Rattlesnake, which is of excellent
quality and flavor, but cannot be sent
a long journey to market.
How to Treat Scours in Calves.
Writing of a cure for scours in calves
an Otsego county farmer gives the fol
lowing: "I have a recipe that 1 have
used for the last ten years, and it has
never failed. I had trouble with my
calves one spring in scours and so I
tried this recipe. Take wheat flour
and scorch it until it is all thoroughly
scorched to a dark brown; then mix
with scalded milk thick enough to
make into a pill about the size of a
butternut. Give three or four times a
day. I have cured calves that could
not stand up in this waye "
SKETCHINGS AND ETCHINGS.
A bust of Herod the Great, believed
to be authentic, was recently discov
ered at Jerusalem. It has been bought
by the Russian government for the
Hermitage museum at St. Petersburg.
The price of Rembrandts continues
to rise steadily in the art markets from
year to year. The fact is tempting
forgers and touchers-up to impose
works as his that slightly suggest his
mannerism.
William L. hj.kixs, the railway trac
tion magnate of Philadelphia, has
offered through the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts a prize of S5,000
for the best American picture painted
by an American artist.
George du Maurieb, the novelist,
and Alma Tadema, the artist, were
students together at Antwerp, and re
sembled each other so closely that they
were hardly distinguishable apart until
du Maurier lost the sight of an eye and
began to wear blue spectacles. .
Rosa Boxhf.uk's paintings are scat
tered all over the world, and not many
galleries have more than one or two
specimens. It was therefore noted as
a curiosity that at a recent art exposi
tion at Frankfort-on-the-Main there
were no fewer than nineteen of her
paintings.
EARLY THANKSGIVING DAYS.
Tite first recorded Thanksgiving was
the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles.
Tite first national Thanksgiving
proclamations were by congress during
the revolutionary war.
The first national English Thanks
giving was on September 8, 158S, for the
defeat of the Spanish Armada.
The New England Thanksgiving
dates from 1G33, when the Massachu
setts Bay colony set apart a day for
thanksgiving.
There have been but two English
Thanksgivings in this century. One was
on February 27. 1372, for the recovery
of the prince of Wales from illness; the
other, June 21. 18S7. for the queen's
jubilee.
THE MARKETS.
New York, Nov. 24, 1894.
CATTrK Native Steers .$ 3 75 520
COTTON Middling 55 b
FLOL'H-Winter Wheat 2 85 3 05
WHRAT No. 2 Red 57 59'i
COKX No. 2 (si). 53?i
OATS No. 2 33?s& 33H
POKK New Mess 13 75 14 50
ST. LOUIS.
COTTON Middling 5 5J
BEKYKS Snipping Steers... 5W (Ta 5 75
Medium 4 45 (Ti 5 35
HOGS Fair to Select 4 25 fg 4 60
SHEEP Fair to Choice 2 00 2 70
FLOCK Patents. T. 2 50 fii 2 65
Fancy to Extra do.. 2 00 2 35
WHEAT No. 2 Red Winter.. . oOWb SOft
CORN No. 2 Mixed O 45J,
OATS No. 2 30 6H 30',
RYE -No. 2 5;4S 53H
TOBACCO Lufrs 3 50 On 10 00
Lptif Hurley 7 00 (ft 16 00
HAY Clear Timothy 9 00 (f& 11 50
BUTTER Choice Dairy 17 & 20
EGOS Fresh lfl 17
PORK Standard Mess (New). 12 50 (& 12 75
BACON Clear Rib & 1
LARD Prime Steam 6 6"i
CHICAGO.
CATTLE Shipping. 4 00 ( 6 30
HOGS Fair to Choice 4 15 & 4 87
SHEEP Fair to Choice 2 25 (ft 3 15
FLOUR Winter Patents 2 50 2 70
Spring Patents 3 00 3 50
WHEAT No. 2 Spring 575
No. 2 Red. S3H 54 'i
CORN No. 2 494
OATS No. 2 & 28
PORK Mess (new) 12 12HO 12 37J4
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Shipping Steers 3 25 5 50
HOGS All Grades 4 20 4 60
WHEAT No. 2 Red 48.& 49
OATS No. 2 30H 3P4
CORN No. 2 41 42
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR High Grade 2 40 2 90
CORN No. 2 51 & 52
OATS Western fe 36
HAY Choice 15 00 15 50
PORK New Mess 13 ViYt'Si 13 25
BACON Sides - 7Vi
COTTON Middling. 6 5
LOUISVILLE.
WHEAT No. 2 Red 53 54
CORN No. 2 Mixed 43!4 44!
OATS No. 2 Mixed 32 33 M
PORK New Mess 12 b) 13 00
BACON Clear Rib 7Mb ?X
COTTON Middling 5'4
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
x-ightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due tc 5te presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free froia
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will net
accept any substitute if offered.
thrive on Scott's Emulsion -when all the rest of their food
seems to go to waste. Thin Babies and Weak Children grow
strong plump and healthy by taking it.
Scott's Emulsion
overcomes inherited weakness and all the tendencies toward
Emaciation or Consumption. Thin, weak babies and growing
children and all persons suffering from Tjoss of Flesh, Weak
Lungs, Chronic Coughs, and Wasting Diseases will receive
untold benefits from this great nourishment. The formula
for making Scott's Emulsion has been endorsed by the med
ical world for twenty years. No secret about it.
Send for pampkUt em Scott's Emulsion. FREE.
Soott 4t Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists. 60 cents and I.
Highest of all in Leavening' Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
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As there was no president to re
ceive foreign ministers! or to give in
structions to the ministers of the United
Colonies, this duty devolved on con
gress, and there is, among other things,
an account of the reception ot the
Duteh minister in 1783, with his re
marks and the reply of the president of
congress. In the same year congress
adopted a list of "ceremonies to be ob
served at the first audience of foreign
ministers with congress." When Mar
quis de Lafayette returned to France
in 1778 congress gave him a letter com
mending him to his king. Congress
carried on a correspondence with the
king of France without an interme
diary. In tbii Work-sv-Day World
Men and women continually break down
through mental strain and physical effort.
The true repairer of vitality thus impaired,
a perennial fountain of health and vigor is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which restores
digestion, enriches the blood, and healthful
ly stimulates the bowels, kidneys and liver
when they are indolent. This comprehen
sive remedy also subdues malaria, rheuma
tism and nervousness.
"Was there a party here to look at the
house!" Snapp "Well, I don't know what
you might think, but he seemed to me to be
a regular picnic." Inter Ocean.
The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c
"Mrs. Sxobbt has a great deal of style."
"She has I Mercy, 1 wonder whose it is?"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
It takes more courage to endure than it
does to act. Ram's Horn.
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar re
lieves whooping cough.
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
We cannot do any man a greater wrong
than to misjudge him. Ram's Horn.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
"Well, Mr. Joskins, I see your boy has
left college." "Yes." "What's he ini"
"Debt." Harper's Bazar.
that there is one rheumatic, neuralgic, sciatic, and all-pain
remedy, as harmless as water, and sure as taxes It is
St, Jacobs Oil used by everybody, sold everywhere.
BE IN TIME FOR
Ever (treen, no fading or
dropping off of leaves, un
excelled for Christmas
Decorations. Size 15x30
incbes. Price, 10 cents.
Three styles:
"MERRY CHRISTMAS"
"HAPPY NEW YEAR"
"CHRISTMAS and NEW
YEAR'S GREETINGS"
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Parker (at the football game) "Tame
sort of a show, isn't it!" Barker "Tame!
You're the first man I've heard express that
opinion." Parker "Maybe I'm not in the
humor to appreciate it. 1 became a member
of the stock exchange a month ago."
Truth.
N Society
women often feel
the effect of too
much gayety
balls, theatres, and
teas in rapid
succession find
them worn out, or
"run-down" by
IV V V7lM II the end of the sea-
l?h " "n- They 8uffer
Tnh "y. U. r5 x Tom nervousness,
flft!""0 A sleeplessness and
XW-gTy - irregularities. The
""W smile and good.
spirits take flight It is time to accept
the help offered in Doctor Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. It's a medicine which
was discovered and used by a prominent
physician for many years in all cases of
frmfllp ramftlaint" fit norvnftB S t
female conmlaint " and the nervous dis
orders which arise from it. The "Pre
scription " is a powerful uterine tonic and
nervine, especially adapted to woman's
delicate wants for it regulates and promotes
all the natural functions, builds up, invig
orates and cures.
Many women suffer from nervous pros
tration, or exhaustion, owing to congestion
or to disorder of the special functions. The
waste products should be quickly got rid
of, the local source of irritation relieved
and the system invigorated with the "Pre
scription." Do not take the so-called
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only put the nerves to sleep, bnt get a
lasting cure with Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
"FEMALE WEAKNESS."
Mrs. William Hoover, of Bellville,
Kichlana Co., Uhw,
writes: " I had been
a great sufferer from
female weakness ; '
I tried three doc
tors ; they did me
no good ; I thought v
I was an invalid for
ever. But I heard
of Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription,
and then I wrote to
him and he told me
just how to take it.
I took eieht bottles, i
I now feel entirelvxU
well. I could stand Mrs- Hoover.
on my feet only a short time, and now I do
all my work for my family of five."
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ry Ask jronr local deal
er to procure some of
the Windsor Christmas
Wreaths. As we do not
sell them at retail.
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Manufacturers of all kinds
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