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-.ST c>j hAViNc :T.
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aln, on Lui.,: ar.d UrcuulilAl 1 «oi:'vli?a, •eonnnenila
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DAISBURY, N. a, THURSDAY, MAY IT, 1888
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MATRIHOKY.
• To pop or not to pop, that is the question,
Whether 'tis easier for s inau to suffer
in single hlesscdnois Ihc rubs of fortune
i Or ask soin.* prftly girl to shaie his trouble*
{ And by praposing end thin? —to woo,' t«
wed,
| Oo iitotis—nel by a form to tav lie's free
From fill tlie Hide illsu bachelor, poor man
, Is planned v> iilh>~'iia a cornsuui it ion
Douhtedly to he wlsliod. To woo, tc
Wf d
IVrh.UN u family ! Ah. there's the rub;
For in the marriage stu*« i what cares may
come*
When he has taken to himself a wife
Mtiht g've him pause: there's the rrspeqt
That niak' S celibacy of so lotig u life,
For \vi«o would bear the washerwoman's
i crinici,
The butt shirt, the sto »kiti£ full of
holes,
Th • | align of collars with a sawlike edge,
•Hi* Mgin-j keeper's sins, the cat's mis
dee. Is.
And strange evaparatioi of bis brandy,
Wken lie his piietus make
With a plain gold ring? Il'lio \%ottl«i
chambers keep
i Jnd is row I ami fret a solitary life
liui that rl.o dread of endless tradesmen's
bills
(The housekeeping expense*, front whose
doom
No bcn-'dict c.iapcs) pu/./.!e« the will
Alii r.tak -s liiui rather bear the ills li>* lms
Thau l!v toothers that prrhaps are worse.
Thus pru I ".ire hi ikes a coward of a Utatt,
And thus we tec most desperate flirtatious
Oti this account too often end in smoke,
i And prom ms apparently • f giauite
j Are broken like the crust of apple pie,
! Ami liidtes bring "action."
Temple Hnr.
KAIILY MANAIjKMent of
TOBACCO
At 11)3 first good shower of rain oc
curring after the middle of April the
' larger plauts should bo removed from
the { luut bed, and the work of setting
out be counueiiued. A round stick should
be used to make boles far the reception
of the roots. In setting out, take hold
of the pliiuts by tbo leaves, gathering
them together, and then insert the plants
sufficiently deep so that : t!»o surrouud- j
ing soil may act as a support 'o keep
i thcut iu that position. Tliiu is done to
protect the tender bud from the effect
■ "
of the sun' At this time of the year
i tin plants will live vithout any protee—
tion. liater iu /Uu season they sliouid
be prolte/ud by selling up en the south
side a large chip. A piece of bark, or
even a magnolia leaf will afford auffioien/
shade to insure lifo.
At lent oue-fouth of the crop should
be set out at the first planting, aud /ho
remainder can be set out as the season
progress, It is found, however, I hat
the planting from the first to the mid
dle off May gives the best results, both
as to quality and yield If the soasrti is
I favorable, a good eny> may bo realized
from plantings made as late as the mid
i die of June, tut it is hazardous lo
post pi nc to that dtfte.
As soon ns ihu plants have become
well set and begin to grow, the soil
nmui.d the roots should be slightly stir
red with the hoe, and all the grass and
sprouts scraped up. \\hep the plant is
about A'neo high, run two or ihrcf fur
rows willi a jumping scooter iu tha allays
in the narrow way, ard then with the
j hoc draw up a gcod flat hill to the
I lants. Iu the course of ten or twelve
days run two or three furrow* with the
same plow in the alleys the wide way,
' t.ikisg special euro to avoid breakiugor
bruising tbo leaves. This is all the
; cultivation lhat hi needed, vtLor than
I keeping down the grass and sprout* to
make the heavy character of tobacco now
'iu demand. If a lighter quality is de.
sired, cultivation with tl>« plow may be
entirely dispensed with./ Dittivillo To
bacco Journal,
FAIIM GARDENING.
Raising garden crops on a large scale,
wnli all the lubor saving appliances, is
a matter f r bo coDsilciation of ovcry
farmer wl.o is within a short distance of
a good market. It ncur a place where
ninny horses are kept, he rati afford to
raise rye, not so much lor the grain, but
for the straw, which is the most profita
ble part of tho crop, tt hero there aro
many horses there is a good demand for
carrots. Watch ths markets, and sec !
if there is cny crop brought from a
distance lhat may b( raised near at
home. Strawberries often bring better
returns from a nuaa market thah it scut
to New York, orothei largo cities.
DII.KMMA 01' TWO GlitLS.
A stjry is going the rounds about tic
trials and tribulations of a couplo of
young ladies well known in society. On
is the daughter of a prominent whole
sule merchant and tlio oilier a lucinlier
of an old I'rcuoli family. The latter
was one of the prettiest of the brides
maids at a fashionable wedding tins
week. It was on a bright slushy il y
within the past fortnight, that the fair
maidens set out to visit a frt. ad who
resides beyond ( nuatiiie plae-i. 'I hey
had o horse and the surrey tfl go with
him. On this biiglit, particular day,
howewr, the'surrey appeals to have
been obstreperous ar.d not disponed to
go with the horse. It monad along
nicely enough until they were w.uio di.i.
tanco out when Iho vehicle form u u
sudden attachment for the mud in the
road ami decided to remain with it.
The tiercti fore obedient surrey refused
to be- separated fron its new found 1 ive.
11l vain did the horse endeavor to win
back the vehicle's affections. It obdu
rately clung to the mud. That the ani
mal might press his suit under more fa
vorable auspices, as a desperate meas
use, both got out iulo the mud and
uiire.
Hut the fickle surrey still remained
in the mud's fond ombraoo. V tug at
the wheels resulted in uuught but, tjic
soiling of kid gloves. This left the
young ladies in u sad predicament. What
should t'ley do? They cogitated oil the
knotty problem, but could think of only
one way out of the dilemma. That was
to unhitch the horse and ride to their
friend's housj for assistanco. It was a
desperate resort, but there was nothing
else to be done. On attempting to do
this they had sunk to their ankles in
mud. After a desperate tusscl they it
leased their feet, but their rubbers re
mained deep down in the onre. Final
ly the horse was unhitched. They de
termined tn both ride liini to the home
of their Iricnd. To bold on t!ie\ had to
straddle the animal, otic sitting behind
tne other. An out of the way i >vl was
chosen tc avi .d observation. As the
fates would have if, A bend HI the read
brought them rather sudder.ly upon a
pirty ol hunters returning home. They
proved to be a party of gentle. an
friends. One might liuve thought a par
ty of gentleuieu friends would be a god
send to u couple of uiaidoas in such a
plight, but the young ladies not regard
them so.
They were the last people on eaith
they wished to meet at such a moment.
As glances of mutual surprise and re
cognition passed a titter arn>e from the
hunters, while deep crimson blushes suf.
fu»ed the faeei of the maidens. Their
clothing was i.i a very dilapidated con
dition. The bottom of their drosos
nod the whole of their shoes were cover
ed with mud, and all told thoy present
ed a most forlorn sight. Then their po
sition astraddle a li messed hotse was
not graceful, to say the least. It made
their dresses strike them decidedly
higher than wcli mannered drosses are
generally supposed tc be. Tliio was de
cidedly awkward.
It was some tmie before either party
recovered from the'r surprise. When
they did the young men brought the
young ladies their vehicle mid sent them
un their way, but not rejoicing. Before
departing they extracted a solemn prom
ise from CJCII man in the party that he
would never lisp a woid of whet had oc
curred— i promise which every mother 's
son of them has been assiduously viola
ting.—St. Louis Pat- Dispute
lIOW TO KAI.SKONIONS.
I prefer a dark sandy soil that is well
Jruioed and slopes gradually to south,
enough to drain well. Thcu plow tho
ground from futii to six inches deep with
iiilands four or live rods wid> in I leave
the iurr iws open o carry off the surface
water I then harri-v and drag the
-'round till it is well pulverized and lev
si; then rake with a steel hand rako. As
loon as this is done thcse-idcan be sow
jd, aiuftliis should bo doilo as soon ns
die ground can bo got ready in spring"
It oau best be done with the huttd sccd-
Irill. I siw from 4to 5 lbs to the acre
nid from one half to one itich deep nnd
in rows Iroin 1U to 1(1 inches apart. As
won as iho onions aro up so 1 can see
lie in in a row, harrow with a hand har
■u». Then 1 start the wheel lioe and
'ollow with the weeding. I weed them
two or thice times, as required, and
plow them ovo y wook until the tops
lomuiehce to fall.— 1 Correspondent in
Farm if) Home.
MADSTOXHS.
The Dcs Moines (Ia.) leader tills of
a ui'i'latolie belonging to one Turner
I'lvans, of l'uris in tliut." tato, which h:i.s
earned a fortune for its owner, curing,
as lliut paper alleges Ihu must viulent
tjpa of hydrophobia. It sais:
I " his vuluuble litilu static was for
merly owned by a gentleman i.i \ irgiu
i ", whore it is sai l to have effected wou
derlul cores during the past. 130 years.
; 11 LAS been in the bands of the present
owner fur over thirty yaars. During
| this time it has been tcsied several limes
, and bus always givi-n entire satisfaction,
ntver failing to effect a cure."
; On one occasion which the Leader re
| port* Evaus informed one 1). (J. Mctiii
I leu a patient, t hat it' Ihe "hydrophobic
j poison i» in his system the ttono.would
] hold fast to the spot which he (Kvans)
; had scratched ou his arm (lie had been
| bitten in the huudbut i( he wasn't Inoe
i ulatod with Ihu fatal poison, it would not
j stick. In this case Mctjillen said "it
stuck like a leech," and that when ro
i moved it was full of n greenish fluid
tint luoked "like the scum on a pond in
August,''which the operator said 'was
poison that had been laken from the
system. Wu copy again :
"When the stone had been soaked for
a few minutes in a Luth coinpo- d of
übi'it one part milk aul threo of water
it applied. This operation was
repeated for about seven hours, after
which the styne would not adhere, and
the operator pronoonc -d the patient out
of danger. McGillan described the
stone as a whiteish, spongy looking lit
tle thing, not larger lhan a filbert, cone
shaped and full of fine pores. A Mr.
Hunec of Mechanicsville, this state, had
ilie stone applied something like seven
huudrcd times bcfoie nil the poisou was
drawn from the system, the tunc con
sumed for these operations bciug some
thing like twenty.ilnee hours."
We have no faith in the use of the
liridstonc, fer the greater number of per
son# so treated may be composed of those
who would have escaped being attacked
With hydrophobia tlioiSgh tliev hud nol
been trente lat all. Hunter says that
iu oue lustancc of twenty-one persons
bitten by a rabid dug only one was at
tacked with hydiophoota: aud Dr. Ham
ilton is of the opinion that the propor
tion is oue to twenly-fivo. Wc doubt if
any sei -utitiu authority can be referred to
in support of its use. The period tliut
elapi's between the reception of the
bite of a rabid dag and the outbrcuk of
the disease varies much, the greater
number of cases occur between between
t lie SJOth and .'SUili day; some occur ear
lier, aud a few as laic as six, seven, nine,
ind even nineteen months after the re
ception of the wound. If we except the
new inoculation treatment of I'astour >n
in l'aris, tl.e only sure way is the excis
ion (cutting out) of the part bitten,
either by tukirg a bit of wood sharpened
to a likeness of a dog's tooth and llirust
ing it into the part afid then cut ling" out
without letting the knife come iu con
tact with the wound. Where this can
not be done, caustics such as uilric acid,
strong liquid ammonia, or lunar caustic,
may be freely employed to burn out the
part bitten.
Farm Talk
S.MKTIIIMI OF INT Kit EST FOR THOSE
WHO TIKI. TJIJP Soil..
MottE I'EAS FO I FF.ED.—TIio increas
ing knowledge tnuong farmers of the
value of albuminous food, naturally di.
reels attention lo peas. They are bet
ter for growing pigs and for tarly fat
tening than torn. The pea shades the
ground and undoubtedly exhausts the
soil less than most other grains. In
wheat-growing section a crop of peas
fed down by hogs was regarded formerly
as an excellent preparation for whea*.
If the laud w is fine from tl isles il was
considered ncai ly as good for the wheat
crop to grow peas on it, as it was to have
a naked fallow. Hut as weeds couio in
peas have gone out of fashion, it is
hard to keep pea land clean, even when
the peas arc in ruws wide enough to
admit cultivation. The pea vines grow
unevenly, no that one is apt in honing to
cut them off before seeing them. For
icason, when grown in field culture,
I ens nie generally sown or drilled in
thickly enough to cover tlie entire
surface. This will keep the weeds down
early in the season, aud until the pea
vines begin to shrivel and dry up, but
the grounii can be cleared of its crop
and plowed before the latter weeds ripen
then sc.'ds.—Ann rican Cutlimtor.
PUNGENT SNUFF.
A deeping match is a proposed nov
elty. l'olicouieu will be debarred frrun
competing.— Hartford Post,
( flico doe-n't always geek the mat.'
bill the officer does providing the man
ban been cutting up. Dansville
Breexe.
There is a heap in knowing how to
make a promise, and ngaiu in making
none (jut thusj one uan keep.—inquir
er.
Mother (to Hobby, who had juat
flompiotud hi> prayers)— Why, Bobby
you lorget to prav for papa. Hobby
Why, so I Jid, and ho needs it sc. ihuoli
doesn't he iua ! —Texas siftiug*.
BOBBING KIVEK BANKS.
"I" I see in the paper," remarked
Mrs Snaggs, "that nouie river thieves
Inve been arrestc! "
"Yes," replied her h'isbaud, listless
ly
! "It's a good thing tht_, re arrested.
! Think how Pittsburg would suffer if
they had stolen the Allegheny or the
Ohio."—Pittsburg Vlironiclt.
lIKJI STIUUT SENSE OF I'RO
-I'IUEIY.
On the archery ground. Miss Prim—
' Did yuu hit the masculine bovine op
tie. Mr. Gu'obins !"
"Bep pardon >"
Small brother Prim to the rescue :
"Aw, she wants ~ o know if you hit
tbf bull's eye, Mr. Hub., ouly she's too
toucy to talk plain English, Cheese
your nonsense. Sue."—l) aus vi 11 e
Breeze.
THE IN STRUMEN'T WAS SHOCK
ED.
First Teli'g-aph Operator--"What's
the matter with your machine, Jack 1
It -icts as if it t weregwog to to tear
itself off the table
Secokd telegraph Operator—"Oh, it's
that fool fellow iu Washington."
'• \\ hat's he doing ?"
"lie's sending the proceedings of
the woman's rights gathering there, aud
ho just now gavo the name of the pres
ident as Susie Anthony !"—Chicago
Mail.
A SLANDER ON THE SEX
-1 think it would be funny to hear
a woman propose to a man. I wonder
how she would do it ?
"I think you arc the nicest man I
cvei saw; and—l never loved nnybody
before—but well—of courso-I uould
marry plenty. There's Hairy Thomp
son— and Mr. Jones—if I—but • had
lather have you than anybody."
"When shall tin wedding day be?"
•'Let me see; the 21st—no I've got
logo to a wedding on the 15th—1 don't
know. And then there's Mrs. Wilker
sun'fr gcriiMU on the 20th, and the ball
on the '2'2d. Perhaps about th '29 th
if Mary Karallone* doesn't give her g ir.
don paity. Let us say some time next
month, dearest. Francisco
Chronicle.
NOUSl'i I'll I'M
"If I slip down on an icy sidewalk
and sustain severe damages can I get
redress !" ho asked of a lawyer.
"You can."
"Who shall I sue
"The owner of tlio promises. You
can hold him responsible."
"I was laid up seven weeks, and 1
think 1 ought to have one hunircd
dollars."
"I think we can get double that
Do yuu know the owner of the prop
erty ?"
"I can find out very easily. It's
No. 480 Blank aveuue.
"\\ hat ! Why, that's my residence'
Better dj-op your case at once, sir.
I forgot to say that the law if so
defective that we can't get a verdict
oucc in a hundred times "'-Detroit Free
Preu.
Henry Richnor, of Vail, la., weigl s
'270 pounds, is 7 feet 41 inches high,
and is only '2l years old.
Tho uiDst heavily endowed education
al institution in the United States is
tlirard Collegr, $10,000,000.
NO. 43
PICKINGS.
I'rum tin* Wilmington Star.
The new Chief Justice is said to be
an old school I.'cuiocrat. Wu hope this
is true. He will not favor consolida
tion or Federal school teaching in the
iVta'os. That uiueh is certain.
Because Mr. Tildeu left a big estate,
modest Dr. Simmons ciiinutes his uicd-
ICHI attendance tor eight at sl3*2.
I 000. The heirs should be thankful that
j ho did nut ask for ail.
John Waunaumkor, of Philadelphia,
i has just gmu sK>,2Bl*>2 - to 292 per
sons in hi employ—or an average of
ucailjr- $l iU each. This is a part of
'hi; last ye;ir's/>rufit3 of the concern, aud
'the 282 aic oil llie roll of bouor. Ho
has also set apart *IU,OOO as a pension
fund for permanently disabled employes,
(jicorge W. fluids, the beuuvolout uews
paper man uf tliu world, always pensions
, his disabled em»yes.
MeKinluy and Uced are to make the
last w i .-pjeolies ou h: Republican side
aud fur llie oiernal continuance of the
giuut monopoly aud poor mau's enemy,
the War /'aritf. The last Democratic
speakers will be the eloquent Breckcu
rid»e of Kentucky, and the able gou
tlcmau who preside over tbo House,
Carlisle, another Kentuckiau. The
stote has always manageil tu have strong
and well equipped men in the Con
gress.
The new York Legislature lias pass
ed a bill that is on fhc line of bigh li.
cense a? u cure of evil. The liquor
licenses aro tixud at freui s3jo to sl,-
OOU, and beer licences at I'roiu SIOO 'o
S4OO. It lias besn made a party lueas
ure by the Republican*. C ov. Hill il
a Democrat, but he will probably deal
with the measure not as a partisan but
as the ChiefTCxeoutive of u State with
nearly 0,000,000 inhabitants.
A Washington correspondent say»
Senator Vance gels batter lookiug ev
ery day. When >ve first saw Value it
was m the cars during the war, and just
l from the camp, he looked dusty and
[sunburnt and hard. With his soldier
cap ou he was not handsome then and
by a great deal. l»ut he has grown to
be really an imposing fine looking ven
erable Senator. Vaucu's eye is bis chief
sign of foroc and grip. With that eye
he ought to bo very plucky and we sup.
pose is, lie was talUing with Batt
Mooro, who was tiot much on looks.
Thc were Hun- up tbo campaign, wo
guessed, which soon came on aud Vance
was elected Governor for tbo firjt
tiuio.
Melville W. Fuller, the new Chief
Justice of tbo United States, was Mr.
Cleveland's first choice. Judge Ful
ler is übotit 55 years old. It was al'
a dodge when he inquired about Minis
ter I'lielps. It scums tlie President
had determined upon Fuller from tba
first provided the Republicans wiuld
confirm bim. lie was born iu Maine
in 1833, and is a graduate of Bowdoin
college. He attended the Harvard Law
School A sketch of hiui says :
"In 1801 lie was elected a member
of the State Constitutional Convention.
In 1802 he nas chosen to the legislative
and although a Democrat running eaob
time iu a strong Republican district, he
was victorious bg lutgc majorities. He
was a delegate to the Demoeratio Na
tional Convention of 1851. '72 and 'BO.
In 1800 he was selected by the citiaens
to dulirer an address of welcome to
Stephen A. Douglas. In 1808 Judge
Fuller married Calista O. Reynolds,
and after her decease, Mary Ellen,
daughter of the distinguished banker,
William F Coulcaugh. Ho has eight
daughters."
THE LATK Dn. Anxew, of >cw
York, did not believe in newspaper re
ports ot person# attaining the age of 100
years. We have more than onoe ex
pressed our lack of confidence in the
accounts, to which the newspapers eo
casionally treat the public, of some per
son having attained the ago of a hun
dred years. In such eases, however,
almost without exception, the statement
is made concerning sunn: one of whoso
aga tliero is no rocrrd whatever of an
authentic kind. Hut in the instance of
Chcvrcul, the distinguished French
chemist, we have an authentic example
of a mail having entered upon his hun
dred and second y»i.ii, still vigorous,
sprightly and cheerful, and who still
continue to devote himself to his multi
pit labors, and to fulfill his official fuue.
tions.