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Frostburg Mining Journal.
J. B. ODEK & BKO.,
ELEVENTH YEAR.—NUMBER 19.
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
JRUHL, M. D.,
FROSTBURG, MB.,
*TTAB confined his practice entirely to
IT the treatment and cure f CON
SUMPTION and all diseases of the Hespi
ratory system, and will positively attend
to no ntlicrcases.
Office hours, daily from 9 to 11 a. m.
(Sundays excepted.)
No books kept and cash required for
medicine. Cases treated by coirespon
dence.
Office at McNeill’s Drug Store.
Aug 6-lf
The Tobacco from which the
“Little Carrie” Cigars
(Sold only at Oder’s Palace grocery)
ARE made 1s grown entirely in conser
vatories, and the cigars arc made on
mahoganytables by thoroughbred Cu ans
In swallow-tail costs and white aid gloves.
When a man smokes one of these cigars,
he walks on air, and dreams that lie has a
diamond scarf-pin and a sixty-five dollar
suit of clothes, mid just mairicd rich. It
makes the breath sweet, and keeps the
teeth white, and whl force a moustache on
the fnr oothest lip in five weeks. Any man
who wants to start a railroad can do so
with these cigars without fear of failing
to make a connection or putting m a cross
ing In less than three hours.
It permeates the house, window curtains,
close.sand clothes, with fraeranee dc hcate
and the exquisite scent of heliotrope, new
mown hay, jockey club and white rose. It
will fasten the front gate every night, and
carry ia the paper in the evening,
the cats from the garden, drive the hens to
water and “hardly ever” fail to make one
feel liettei all over. No well regulated
family can properly ktep house without
them; fur the man who smokes tins cigar
will never cut wood too long for tue
stove, ntver swear when he puts up stove
pipes, never step on a lady’s train, join a
club or go down near tha posloffiee after
supper.
Valuable? 1 cstimonials.
Untnrrli.
Mt. Savage, Allegany County, I
October 24th, 1881 (
Dear Sir ;—This certifies that I had (nr
years been suffering with Cal rrh in the
head ani Bronchitis, and had tried seven
doctors, at different times, but got no re
lief from any of them. I saw your circu
lar and concluded lo give y> u a trial, which
I did lo my satisfaction, for I a n now a
well man. Some of iho physicians in fact
gave mo up ns incurable, fori was spitting
blood; had a heavy cougli and always fe'l
like going to sleep. I hu eu. ed your
medicines ns vou directed and found them
the only medicinesth .t gave me any relief.
I remain yours with respect,
Theodore Hall.
Conwniiiplion.
Lonaconing, Aug. 18,1881.
Dr. J. DM— I am very proud to inform
you that I feel a great deal bet'or In health
since I began taking your medicine. Feel
ing more comfoi table and eas>— I expert
to be able to come up and visit you in a
few weeks. Il I become ill again I will
let you know by letter.
1 remain voura respectfully,
John Young.
Washington, D. C., Oct 13,1881
Db. Ruhl ■.—Dew sir—l tupposo you
think I am very neglectful in nut writing
to you about my health. As this is the first
chance I have hid I hasten io write you a
few Hues, and as wo have gom. io business
it takes all our time away from us oi I
would have written sooner. lam feeling
veiy well since I’ve been home. 1 omy
cough once in a while; I have some ol the
mtdicine yet. I think in n short time 1
will he cured. Very respectfully,
Mbs. Rose, Kozel,
*No. 1818 14th Street, N. W
Catarrh with Asthma anti
Hrouchiti*.
Wbstkrnpobt, Md , Aug. 27,1881
Dk. J. Ruhl —Dear Sir —l am feel ug
some better; the Asthma I think ia a great
deal better; 1 have not laid a full attack ot
it lor over a week, but I still spit up con
siderable of that green stuff. 1 think my
head is belter. I have a little more than
half < f medicine yet. I have slept mole
since I have been taking yonr remedy
than I did fi r two mouths previous, and 1
cannot help but tell vou that I feel gteaily
improved. Myshuulders are bitter; 1 do
not feel so mucu soreness about tin m. M y
faith is still firm in your remedy, and 1
trust that God may bless you am! crown
you with success wherever you may go.
Yours respectfully,
Oliver C. Fazknuakkii,
Catarrh and Dyspcpslii.
Frostbdbo, Mu., Get. 9,1881.
Dr. J. Duhl—l was taken with a severe
headache which continued (or about five
weeks; there was something in mv nostril
—it would neither go up nor down; alter
taking the second or third dose of your
medicine I lelt redeved. I also had pains
in my stomueh and side and eveiythiug 1
ate disagreed with me; now I can eai any
thing. lily stomach (or a while fi.lt as if it
was on fire but your medicine relieved u.o
in one week. You have done me more
good than all 1 have tried and I think in a
few weeks 1 will be entirely cured.
Yours truly, Heniiy E. McKenzie.
Asthma and Dyspepsia.
Lonaconing, Aug. 28,1881.
Db. J. Ruhl— Dear Str—l feel u good
deni improved since 1 begun taking youi
medicine. I have laid no cougning, and
rest well at night; 1 am able to <lo justice
at the table at meal time. I will cull soou
and have a talk with you.
Yours respeclfu.ly, Joseph Presley.
Heart Discnse,
Barton, Ucl. 26,1881.
Dear Doctor— My hoy is on ti.e memi
now, and has been getting biller evei
since be baa been taking med cine of you.
Ashford Wabniuk.
Borukn Shaft, Uct. 7, 1881.
On the 15th o. July, 'BBO, I was taken
sick with a pain in my 101 l side near my
heart; I suffered terribly for over a yeui
and all I could get done me no good ; 1
became w on-c and tlio doctors con d not
tell what was the matter. Purple spits
formed all around my waist and 1 wm> m
very bad health, On August 1,1881,1
went to Dr. Kulil and stated my ease to
him; be lold me it was the Heart Disease,
and gave me some mubiciue which 1 took
and befre ono week I lelt rclievid, and
now feel as well as I ever did I thunk
Dr. Ruhl for saving my life as no other
phys clan could do me any good, when 1
V, cut lo him I was at once relieved.
Nov 19-tf Mary E. Williams.
FROSTBURG. ALLEGANY COUNTY. MARYLAND. SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. IBH2.
Isotllaneons AdTrrlisement .
DR. C. C. JACOBS,
PRACTITIONER OF
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
OFFICE in Paul’s Or era House build
ing, Main street. Frostburg, Md.
CHARGES VERY REASONABLE.
Oct 22-v
wm°tr
CATARRH
11/ HIGH has withstood all treatment
Vi and if of twenty years standing
; lease call at
DR. RUHL’S OFFICE.
paid when cured.
Nov 12-tf
THOMAS’
Boot, Shoe, Hat and Cap
EMPORIUM.
The Latest Novelties in
Boots and Shoes
are now displayed on hit counters. Every
style of OENTLEM EX’S HATS
Ai\’l> CAPS AT LOW PRICES.
I also keep constantly on hand a larg
supply of Leather and Shoe I’iiiil
ingM. An inspection of my slock before
purchasing is requested.
TRUCKS A SPECIALTY.
WILLIAM THOMAS,
Main street, I rostuuig, Md.
t&~Agent for the Peerless Remington
Sewing Machine. IM ay 7-t f
BooksIBooks!
WALTER B. SPILL
1> KSPECTFULLY call the attention of
V flic citizens of Frostburg and vicin
ity to Ills large and handsome assort
ment of
Genuine Novelties
To he found in no other eetihhshmont in
town. His slock consists of ihe latest
An eriean and Imported Attract! >ns in
the way of
TOYS.
Also a complete line of ALBUMS —
Photograph, Autograph am.' Fioiul.
CHINA GOODS
Of every desciipton for the ewito rc;
HOOKS i-nti rtaining and Ins motive;
School Book* a specialty.
HUNDREDS OP NOTIONS.
Would also ask an inspections of mv
PICTURES, fully believmg Unit you will
purchase Iteiore leaving.
Nuts. Fruits and Choice Confectionery
always on hand.
WALTER B, SPILL.
Main Sircel, Frostburg, Md.
Jaufilf
~Ft £ PORT OF TRUSTEES
—OP—
/ ISescany Co Almshouse
Juno 10,1881, to Jan’y 1,1882,
1881. RECEIPTS.
Juno 10. Amount levied $4,000 00
. “ “ Cow and calf sold 39 00
$4,039 00
EXPENDITURES.
Groceries and provisions $1,425 53
Dry goods 170 97
Labor and services 318 22
Farm 361 89
Clothing 155 43
Fuel..., 8(' 20
Stock 38 10
Coffins. 40 50
'tickets to paupers 26 10
Cash balance, Jan 1,1882 ... 1,513 56
$4,030 00
ASSETS.
Banon and Pork 3,500 lbs
Lard 600 11.3
Beans 1 bb 1
Codec i “
Rice 4 “
Dr.id apples i “
Dried peaches jr “
Sugar 40 Mis
Hogs 50. i lbs
Oats 120 hu
Corn 165 bids
Hay 3 lous
' ill feed 1,400 lbs
Coal 2 tons
Fodder and straw, large supply.
FARM PRODUCTS, 1881.
Wheat 203 hu
Corn 250 bids
Potatoes 250 l.u
Hay 6 tons
Oats 161 bu
STOCK.
Gno 1 horse o 8
Cows 5
heifer 1
FA i MING IMPLEMENT’S.
Wagons, plows, etc., suflfeienl for every
purpose and it. good sen ieeable order.
WHEAT IN OHOUND.
Seed last fail 35 I usbeis
NUMBER CF INMATES
Ma’cs 26
Females 29
Children 8
MEAI 3 FURNISHED Tl. AMI'S.
Number 207
We as Trustees consider tkc furniture
now on band—beds'Bids, betide g, etc., —
ful.v twenty-live per cent bdlcr now limn
when we found il at the time if Ink ng
possisiiou two years ueo, and we . an also
say the same as concerning the f.rm im
plements.
JOHN WILfj>ON,
JOHN WIEBEL,
PETER UMOLiSE,
Janl4 Trustees.
ATsT 12-4 DEPENDENT PAPER.
JMett ffocttj).
A Printer’s Protest*
Ob, why don’t people form thoh
And finish off their 6’s—
Why do they make such crooked o’s
And such confounded tTs ?
Why do they form such shocking 6*B,
And /*s with ague tits?
Their </’s and h* s aro too much
For any printer’s wits.
What a human eyo ia without sight
la an i without a dot.
J 1 a are such curious, crooked things,
We recognize thorn not.
K ought to stand for kusaodnoea,
Bat comes in well for kick.
V s and wi’s are mischievous,
While n’a just raise Old Nick*
O’ a aro rarely closed at all,
And p’s are shaggy things.
Q’s might as woll bo spider logs,
And r’s mosquito wings.
Borne people make a passing s
Who never cross a t;
Others use the self-same stroked
To form a u or v.
W’ s got strangely mixed,
Jl *s scorn on a spree;
Y ia a skeleton on wires.
Zounds, how we swear at * /
& yet, just think what typos got
From drivers of the quill I
They call us such a careless sot,
Aud scribble on at will.
Well, they will scribble, ana wo must sweat
And vainly try to please,
Till thoy go back to school and learn 1
To make their a, b, c’s.
—Albany Press.
JWwt Jtoig.
TWO LETTERS,
SOME UNCOMMON PROCEEDINGS AN ENT
THEM,
Paradise Vale 001., August 12.
Dear Mat: Women out here are as
scarce as stra berries among the E-qui
nism, and what few there are invari
ably are the wives of somebody, and
hold themselves away above “hiring
out.” Everything is topsy-turvy. There
ia nothing for it but to import. The
only girl 1 knew East married another
fellow, but I trust to your judgment.
Rise to the occasion. Pick me out a
good-natured girl. Represent to hei
the delights of Western life; put me in
as good a light as yon can; appeal to
her compassion; persuade her; draw on :
me; get her trousseau, buy her ticket, j
ship her, aud'tluu —gratitude pales be- i
side Ihe feeling I shall have fo- you. \
This is written at a sort ot breakfast—
the coffee is execrable. I have the con
fidence of desperation in your success.
Hopefully thine, Victor Bkaculy.
The recipient ol this epistle pondered
long. He knew of but one who would
not presently become uncongenial in
spite of the broad margin of qualities
given. She was a little mite of a woman,
fiery and tough as whipcord.
Hardin put on his hat and overooal
and went out, bailed a street car.and ter
minutes after was standing in a room
sweet with flowers and bright with sun- |
shine. The door opened and in swept a
small creature, dark with glistening
teeth and flashing eyes. She came up to
Hardin.
“Well, lovely morning, isn’t it?”
holding out her hand.
“Extremely so.” There was a si
lence.
“ Have you anything on your mind,
Mat?” looking gravely at him. “ Won’l
you sit down ?”
“ No, thanks.” Then in desperation
ho took out Beachly’s letter and flung it
down on the‘fable before her.
“What do you think ol that?” he |
said, and watched her while she read.
“ Well,’ she answered, thoughtfully, |
when she had finished; " there is Maria J
—Maria Knabbs—do you know her.
She is very strong and good-tem
pered—”
“I was thinking of you, Miss Made
line'”
“Mel of mel”
“ Why not," rather ashamed.
“Do yon think we women aro mere
merchandise ?”
“My dear young lady, yon aro too
hasty. Listen, if yon knew him aud
loved him would yon hesitate ?”
“That is a distillation with an im
manse difference.”
“ No. I come and tell yon of a man
who is in want of a wife and that he is
true-hearted an.l chivalrous.”
“You never told me anything of the
sort.’’
“ And you refuse to go because you
don’t happen to know him ?”
She laughed at the. simplicity of the
answer.
“ Pray do yon think women are so
wild to get married that they will go
hundreds of miles after a husband?”
" They’ve gone a great deal farther
and been just us happy as those who
stayed at homo.”
“ You are always more or less rude.
Now you can go.”
“By all means; bnt first let mo tell
you. Now yon have dependence and
semi drudgery, there yon will have
probable happiness and certain free
dom. I wait for your answer,”
The door shut and he was gone leav
ing the fetter.
Madeline sat staring at it till she
heard hot sister-in-law coming, then
i thrust it into her pocket. Her sister-
in-law was very canons, but ber cun
Bity was bullied. This made her cross,
and she took refuge in nagging as only
a professional cun. Madeline was mo.i
patient than usual until evening;
then there was a storm of the kind tha
docs not clear the atmosphere. Mud.
line went upstairs and dashed oil' the
following:
Mr. Hardin :
Will be ready to start West ti-mor
row morning by the 5;50 train.
Madeline Wort,
The next morning Hardin found
Madeline at the depot, us collected and
composed as if she had been Mrs.
Beachly for twenty years. He bought
her tickets, checked hor trunk, chose a
seat for her, procured a gnide-b ooß >
explained about the changes of trains,
inquired after her sister-in-law, and
finally after bidding her good bye,
prompted by some sudden misgiving,
came back jnst as the train was moving
and lifted her hand to his lips. The
next moment she was alone, the train
fairly started, and Madeline—shivered.’
On, past town and country, through
hills and across rivers. Madeline had
enough frenh vitality to enjoy the pres
ent; so it was not until the Rooky
mountains came fairly into view that
her old self disgust and apprehension
gained the upper baud.
The cars at l ist slackened lhair speed
for a m nuent at P . Madeline
j sprang off. Three miners sprang on
One mail bag was pnlb-d ! uto the car,
another thrown out. Madeline’s trunk
was tossed on the platform, and the
train rushed on. Madeline sat down on
her trunk desolately enough. Alter
waiting a few moments and seeing no
one she vented her contempt on her
unprotected heal, unprotected by any
self-justification. Suddenly she heed
stops, and looking up saw a tall, broad
shouldered young fellow, in a blue
shirt open at the throat, gray pantaloons
tucked in ids boots, and a large, slouch
ing hat. He hesitated a moment, then,
lifting liii slouch bat, -aid;
“MissWier?’ j
Madeline rose to her feet, the color
in ber cheeks.
“Yea.”
There wa; a pause. Mr. Beachly was
btoui-hed and perplexed, although he
had received a telegram several days
ago:
i "Sho is onmimr. Got a preacher.
| Name—Madeline Wior. Hardin,”
! But this was something very different
■ from the lady he had had in his mind.
! Ho looked down and saw the long black
lashes that swept he hot cheeks I It
would he better without doubt to have
: it over.
“Miss Wior,” ho said, gently, “the
clergyman is waiting; will you como?"
Madeline roar, nd followed him. She
1 felt herself lifted into a buggy, then
moving swiftly through the air, she saw
the mountains in their beauty around
her, but she did not perceive them
| After tugging up hill and trotting two
; or three miles, the horses stopped be
fore an unpainted, rough-looking frame
bouse. Beachly jumped down and
helped Madeline out; ho led the way
: into the front and principal room, which
J was darkened and oof.l, and possessed
a certain masculine tidiuess. A man
came forward, he was introduced—the
Rev. Mr. White.
It was the Episcopal service ; she re
membered it well —the min.ster began
l in a pleasant, deep bass tone. The ser
vice was ended; he went on talking in a
conventionally solemn touo on the du
ties of married life and its responsibili
ties. A breath of cool air touched
Madeline’s hand; sho raised it and
louk.fi at the gold ring on tho third
finger curiously, then glanced up at
Beachly. There was just the glimmer
of a smile on his face. Like a flash
Madeline resi zed it; she swayed, and
would have fallen Tho next thing she
was conscious of was a leisurely voice
saying in the easiest tone:
"Take a journey of a fow thousand
miles, and try it, suppose—"
j Madeline made a movement and
opened her eyes. Beachly turned
quickly and bent toward her, the minis
j ter moved outside and proceeded to
' light a cigar, Madeline gazed long and
earnestly into the depths of the blue |
eyes bent on her.
; “ Victor I” The name was pronounced
gently, questioningly. A light wont
over Bo.iclily’s face.
"My Madeline,” ho answered. Made
line regarded him wonderingly. Yes
: terday seemed ages ago.
i “It is so much better than I deserve,"
sho said, wistfully.
“No,” ho protested, and brought a
chair and sat down. “You are the em
bodiment of my ideal. It is the fulfill
ing of our destinies. Yon will not re
gret it. I will perform my vows and
you will cease to wonder."
Madeline smiled, but looked troubled
also.
“I did it in a fit of temper," she
said.
“You needn't mind; it was all foreor
dained,” he answered, reassuringly, and
then branched off in a matter of fact
tone and explained all his plans, asked
her advice, described tho scenery, and
they had an easy, comfortable talk,
while tho clergyman wared near.
! “ I must write to Hardin.” Boaoblv
said, when the preacher came in to
make his adieux. And this was the
letter he dispatched next day :
My Dearest Mat—l promised grati
tude in my last, but now I cannot tint
regard yon. my dear boy, as an instru
ment of destiny. In tho sumo light I
regard my letter, which 1 should be
ashamed of if it were not that one must
judge a thing by its fruits. As for my
wife, language sinks powerless. Tho
manner of our mutual acquiring is not a
safe precedent. I acknowledge it is
simply a gloriena isolation. Destiny in
j tho nineteenth century! Onmo out and
see ua. Have more land than 1 know
what to do with. Would be happy to
make you a wedding present.
Forever and ever,
Paradise Vale, Col. V. B.
Bardin shrugged his shoulders and
then laughed.— Detroit Free Press.
Iltattltang.
Styles In Canes.
Why, they change almost as often as I
tho out of women’s dresses do, said a j
manufacturer of walking-sticks to a
Now York reporter. “ 1 have been in ,
this business since it was established j
by my father in 1841, and during that
time I have learned that new shapes in
sticks must be invented every year.
When this place was first started it was
tho only ono in Now York which carried
on tho business of making walking
sticks exclusively, and one of tho few
in the country; but since that time,
when my father had a small cellar in
Cortlandt street, tho business Las ;
grown, and now I think there must be
a score or more firms engaged in it in
this city alone. A good cane is an old
man’s friend, and a handsome one is a
young man’s pride. One may as well
bo out of the world os out of tho fash
ion, and tho young man nowadays who
doesn’t carry a ‘ crook,’ may as well go
to the nearest dock and throw himself
into the river. When I say crook, 1
mean the latest thing out in canes. It
is similar in shape to the curved handle
| stick which has always been in vogue
but generally carried by old gentlemen.
There are two stylos, the shepherd’s
crook, shaped like a fish hook, and the
Zulu crook, a plain carved handle.
Both styles originated on the other side,
as do most of the fashions in canes.
The Zulu is from Paris and the shep
herd from London. They were intro
duced there last spring and took the
place of the crutch, which was so popu
lar last year. These new stylos are
made from natural woods with handles,
and yet there are a great many made
with chamois or buffalo horn handles.
When I was a young man a whalebone
cane was the proper thing, and since
then there have been the agate topped
Malacca, the bamboo and burked sticks
of different shapes. The makers here
get woods from all over the world, the
most expensive being the Malacca,
which comes from the swamps in the 1
Straits of Malacca, and tho leopard
wood, olive and make wood from Africa.
America can supply the wants of the
world for pretty barked wood. For
canes the ash plant, very popular
among Englishmen, comes from Great
Britain where it is cultivated to a great
extent for cane use alone. When used
as a walking-stick it is never varnished,
but carried just as it was pulled. The
fancy woods (such ua Malacca, Penang
and Walkeo bamboos) are generally
mounted in gold or silver with ham
mered heads and often cost us much as
830.”
largest Organ in the World.
The-lnrgest organ in the world is in
the Royal Albert hall, London. Tho
magnificent hall in which il is placed
is oviform, or egg-shaped, tho organ
standing somewhat above the level of
the lower floor.
Above are three galleries, and over
these a grand tier of boxes extending
completely aroun the auditorium.
The hall is eapabhj of holding from
twelve to fourteen thousand auditors
{if 1 remember rightly), and it will to
seen that only an organ of great power
could adequately fill so largo a space.
The organ case is massive and strong,
although not of ornate design, and the
I pipes are of nearly pure tin (ten per
1 cent, alloy only), and their bright pel
ish gives the organ a very beautiful and
imposing appearance.
Tins organ has four manuals and a
complete podale. In addition it has
thirty-two combination knobs (eight
over each keyboard), and a largo num
ber of combination pedals, by means of
which an almost endless variety of
effects can be instantaneously ob
tained. All tho bellows and blowing
apparatus are placed in a large room by
1 themselves, this room being always
kept perfectly dry and of an even tem -
■ perature. The effect of some of the
solo rt-sisteriria very bountiful, and the
tone of the full organ grand and majes
tic in the extreme, when mu.-io which is
: adapted to so large an instrument is
played The total number of registers
(actual sets of pipes) is one hundred and
eleven, and tho whole number of draw
stops one hundred and twenty-five.—
1 Youth't Companion.
: England has 402 gas companies, in
-1 eluding both houses of parliament,
The King’s (jnest.
The king rode fast, the king rode fart
11 Now, by my crown,” quoth he,
11 If 1, id all the lan I, shall tind
A maiden of contented mind—
Be she of high or low degree,
By Pagan rite or Chrlitiaa signed—
My consort she shall bo.”
But when he chanced the maid to meet,
So well content was she,
Bho would not wed—but, deaf and blind.
Went on her way; “ Alack, I find
I’m caught in my own web,” quoth he;
“This maiden of coutoutud mind
Is too content for mo.”
—Century Magazine.
HUMOROUS.
The man who was itching for office ;
was elected by a scratch.
A girl who has a felon on her finger
and a fellow on her hand has as much
as she can attend to.
One who signs himself “A Poet”
writes asking us for our club rates, j
Nothing; nothing at all. Bring along
i “the piece you have just dashed off’
1 and we’ll do the clubbing gratis.—Som
j erville Journal.
A shipwrecked sailor said 'they were
out ot provisions in an open boat foi
twenty days. “How did you live?”
“Sure, sir, we dined on one of the
officers. It was the first mate we’d had
in a month I”
According to a veracious bnt unknown
scribe, an lowa editor was challenged to
j fight a duel. He promptly accepted,
and chose axes as the weapons. Then
! he issued a supplement and named forty
{ rods as the distance.
A bear came fooling around a Wis
i oon.ffn farmhouse the other day and
the farmer's wife seized the wheelbarrow
and made a rush for him. That beai
started quicker and ran further thai
ever in his life before.
This is the Man who has had a Notice
in the Paper. How Proud he is. Ho is
Stepping Higher than a Blind Horse,
j If ho had Wings he would Fly. Next |
I week the Paper will say the Man is u
j Measly Old Fraud, and the Man will
j not Step so High. —Denver Trihunt
1 Primer.
The agricultural editor of the New
York Herald has been much agitated
over the question: “Will the coming
woman smoke?” Being a married man.
ho has arrived at the wise conclusion
that it depends upon whether the com
ing woman will want to smoke. If she
does she will, and no amount of remon
strance will alter her determination in
the least.
A Texas woman is gradually becom
ing petrified. Her feet and hands are
already as hard as stone, and when hei
cheeks undergo the same metamorpho
sis she will be fully competent to entei
a newspaper office, draw a chair up
alongside the editor and reel off the fol
lowing legend: “ I have here an illus
j trated history of the Patagonians four
full-page engravings in each number to
be completed in seventy-nine parts at
fifty cents a part making three superb
volumes worth their weight in gold
which no library should bo without and
it yon will put yonr name here at the
head of my list 111 furnish yon the first
three numbers gratis and yon give mo u
little notice in your paper and will yon
pntdownyouruame.’’ Norristown her■
aid.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Try planting sunflowers in yonr gar
den if compelled to live in a malarial
neighborhood.— Dr. Foote's Health
Monthly.
The London Lancet urges upon the
public the importance of breathing
through the nose in damp, cold or
foggy weather. It is nature’s respira
tor and protection to the delicate.
When yon get chilly all over aud
away into yonr bones, and begin to snif
fle and almost struggle for yonr breath,
just begin in time, and your tribulation
need not last very long. Get some
powdered borax and snuff the dry pow
der up your no-trils. Get your camphor |
bottle and smell it frequently; pour
some on yonr handkerchief, and wipe j
your nose with it whenever needed .
Your nose will not got sore, and yon
will soon wonder w hat has become of
your cold. Begin this treatment in the
forenoon, and keep on at intervals un
til yon go to bed, aud yon will sloop as
well as you over did.
In some of the large establishments
in France the best antidote fur lead
poisoning wan found to boa lemonade
made of weak SQlpuutio acid, hut
after a while the workmen became dis
gusted with the taste of this liquor,
and refused to drink. It was observed
that two workmen in one of the fac
tories were entirely exempt from lead
colic, and upon inquiry it transpired
that they made free use of milk.. The
director of the works at onco ordered
enough milk every morning and even
ing for 'all of the workmen, and from
that time all symptoms of lead poise 1 ’
ing disappeared. The suggestion id.
worthy ol attention on the part of all
. persons who are exposed to the poison
ous action of lead, to make free use of
milk. It is at puce an agreeable and
eesily-attainable remedy.
Proprietors.
W HOLE M MHKB, 539
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Horn far Paalirr .um.
Experience has proved board floors
for poultry houses to be injurious to
the fowls. No amount of cleaning can
keep them free from vermin and bad
odors. Glean, dry earth is the propel
flooring for hen-houses. It should
have an under strata of solid, packed
earth. This should be scraped at j
least once a week and again sprinklecy
with road dust mixed with air-s lackey
UyMb
Feeding Corn Stalk*
A Maine farmer says: Farmers justly
set a high value on well cured com
stalks, but some find a difficulty in get
ting their stock to eat them as cleanly
as thev wish. I have overcome this
difficulty this winter by sprinkling them
with hot brine. I withheld dry salt
from the stock for a while, also husks,
and made a brine by putting salt into a
watering pot and pouring on hot water;
gave the husks a bountiful sprinkling
and fed them the last thing at night,
instead of feeding them in the morning,
as formerly. I think if I had tried this
plan years ago I should have saved a
great amount of fodder that was thrown
out and trodden under foot.
Farm mid Darden Notes.
A teaspoonful of saltpeter to a pail of
(rater will kill worms in the roots of
squashes.
Oombs and wattles of fowls may be
prevented from freezing by oiling' them
10 as to prevent their getting wet.
Sweet apples are an excellent feed
for cows, if supplied in moderate quan
tities and under favorable circumstan
ces.
Some people think that grapevines
will grow anywhere because in their
boyhood they found strong, luxuriant
wild vines growing in damp places. Do
' uot make a mistake. Vines on low
lauds suffer much by the winter. Hill
, sides and lean soils are good for grapes
lor hard winters. For manure that of
the oowyard is good.
Him. about Harm.
Oats should be bruised for an old
horse, but not for a young one, because
the former, through age and defective
teeth, cannot chew them properly. The
young horse can do so, and they are
thus properly mixed with saliva and
turned into wholesome nutriment. There
is no nourishment in bad hay, and cheap
ness should never tempt you to use it
Damaged com is also exceedingly inju
rious. Sprinkle hay with salted water.
It is more easily digested. For a sad
dle or coach horse half a peck of sound
oats and eighteen pounds of good bay
are sufficient. If the bay is not good
add a qu. rter of a peck more oats. A
horse which work < harder may have
rather more of each; one that works
less should have less. Rack feeding Is
wasteful. The better plan is to feed
with chopped hay from a manger, be
cause the food is not then thrown about,
and is more easily chewed and digested.
Recipes.
JonNNTOAKR,—One cup sweet milk,
one cup wheat flour, one and one-hall
cups com meal, one tablespoonful
sugar, one egg, batter half thesizeof an
egg, one teospoonfnl cream tartar, one
half a teaspoonful soda, a little salt.
Bake in a tin about four inches by eight
inches.
Apple Dumpling.—Make crust as fol
lows ; Prepare and boil, as for eatings
four medium-sized potatoes. When
tender mash fine and to two cupfuls of
potatoes add the same quantity of sifted
flour. Mix together with a chopping
knife so as to keep light. Now add a
cupful of butter and chop in with the
knife. Add salt and mix to a paste
with very cold water, doing all with the
knife. Have apples chopped. Divide
the paste, roll into squares, pat in the
center of each some of the chopped ap
ples, bring the corners together and
pinch the edges. Have ready some
small square cloths dipped in water and
floured on the inside. Put a dumpling
into each, leaving room to swell, tie up
and boil an hour; serve at once.
How to Boil Rice.—Few cooks seem
to know how to prepare this article of
food properly, so a hint or two will not
I be out of place here. The rice must be
carefully picked over, and then washed
in cold water anti., tis free from all the
j loose starch which may adhere to it, 01
! until the water looks clear. Then dry
it. It can bo put in a flo<r sieve for
this purpose. In placing it over the
Are, use three pints of watef'fco a cup of
rice and a teaspoonful of salt. The
water must be boiling before the rice is
added. Boil precisely twelve minutes,
and then pour off the water. Then
place tho saucepan with the rice on the
back part of the stove, where it will be
kept warm without burning, for ten
minutes longer with the cover partly
removed. In this way it is not soggy,
or too soft, and every grain is cooked
separately by itself, After being cooked,
if left covered, it will soften, and the
grains will burst open in their delicate
tenderness.
| Floral decorations, either of real ox
artificial flowers, are coming in vogue
for wedding cakes.
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