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EWTC idNTERP NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890. VOL. XII. NO- 7 PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR. The N RISE 111? OWDER Absolutely Pure. This poJi mover viirii-s. A niarvol of jiurity strength aii.l lu'k ciiu -ner-s. More e'om.inieiil than the or.linnrx kinds, ami cam i't bo Mild in competition w ith the multitude of i.w tea', short weight alum i f 'he- hate powtlt rs. SM nnly in cans. liovAL 1 a k i n ( I'owni.it ('., 10 ". W:il' St., N. Y. OHAS. W. KICE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Newton, N. M L. M COIIKLE, .1 T'liWXNY A T LA W, NEWTON, N. C. Y o'jxr hul se. Ill E. YolWT, Proprietor, NEWTON, N. C. rell furn vant lied room : l elite ami attentive ser- ; Mh!e s n : iliee. with the best the market atVonls. . I LYNCH, I. Attorney at Law, NEWTON, N. c 1! QN IMl'KOYED FA! MS IN sums of :JlX rm J upwards, on long time an.l t a-y tonus. For par ticuhu's, :.iiv to L. L.'WU HEi'.Sl'OON, At t okn e y- at- L j w, SEWH N. - N. C. MtKYE TO LO,L. We will lo in niom-v on bim..I real estate security on luttur terms than ever before oifered in thi State. For full inform itin en the umlei signe.l. A. P. I.YXlTI .V M. E. l.CV.T.AXCE. J. K. THORNTON, sizes of Wood IV Collins. Al.-o .Strangers ciidi:i curity .V( p on lnil' liuiiul Kohes f .r Collins must send ?ood so north of Court House. A'eiL'tou, L Dr P F LAUGEilOUR, DENTIST. (A Urwlimlv of Hull i more I)' nt at QoUege, tcilh set nut 'jn'rs t rj'' ri' lir e.) Ioe everytliin' ix'itainiii-' to detitistry in the lies mani:er jicisiUe, at rea-oi ale prices. Acliinsr t -elii made ea -y, tr.-ati-d and filled fo that thev will never m he a;;:nu. Kxtraejin done without pain by umub gas. O'llrrun Main sir' elOi.osile llieM. O. Sherrill 'lluil'limr J. II LITTLE, r.T- .1 f'n.T'o DENTIST. NEWTON, N.G. &jr)Ji-- in You'll iV Siriuii's Untitling. SHOE SHOP ! ! i iii'U.y(M oo't wovltmcu ami and ar running a flrst'tila-s Ib-cp In the m'ciiihI st'iry of our building. Hoots and iliots of any jji h le ma le to order. Shoes kept on hand. M.-n lin' i r Min; tly done. YOU XT $ S II HUM. ;D TO T oT! nil T 1 1 1: 7 i: YTA S VSA IS R AVe are pre; art ! to do all kind line in first elass style. Soherm if work in Mir and cleanliness strietly observed. Will do our utmost to make our shop a pleasant place to our eutoniers. Carel 'i! attention i;iven to I.a lies and Children it residence or shop- E:anasl 1,. ?Isr, I'rop. ?..BR&D FIELD'S I FEMALE J pETJIiATfiP MENSTRUATION OR MOMTlaV SICKNE5B U TP. KEN OUR IMS CHAKGE DT VTt 0 s S ifT E.RMQ WLl BE. WDIDEQ J300K TO' ' WO M WJiVULEDfKEM BRADFIEID REGULATOR CD. ATLANTAGA. VUHQYALLUBHEUST. fanners' geprtmcnt. How to Manage Fine seeds. The difficulty of germinating a fair percontago of many of the finer seeds is known to many who have had occasion to start plants of Begonia, Calceolaria, Mimulus, and even tobacco, from seeds. Such seeds, covered with the finest sifted soil, often have difficulty in penetrating it by the time they are in a condition to spring forth, especially if watered from above, though the covering may be as thin as it is possible to give. Many such seeds are specially sensitive in their earlier periods of growth, and ofttimes will fail if neglected in the matter of moisture for even an hour. From my very first venture with three fifty-cent packages of Begonia, Primrose, and Cineraria seeds, I have overcome these difficulties very largely by using a flower pot arranged aa shown in the illustration. The preparation is as follows, using an eight-inch pot : The first three inches consist of broken pots or potsherds, then next two inches of coarse soil, the coars est being next to the potsherds, gradually making it finer near the top, and the next inch of the finest sifted soil, the finer the better (I sift it through a flour- jsujs. suteri. mis leaves about two inches from the top of the soilto the top, which is to be covered with a pane of window class. The finest seeds will receive no harm with this treatment if not covered at all, providing the pot is kept in the dark un til some roots have been formed. For bottom heat, we may place the pot on the back of a stove, or a small lamp may be kept burning under it all the time by a little ingenuity in arranging it. The water is supplied in a peculiar way, the pot being set in a basin of hot water containing an amount which will bring it alove the layer of broken crock when the pot id placed in the basin. After a thorough wetting has been absorbed in this way, the pane of glass will hold the moisture for a considerable time. In some cases of quickly -germinating things it will not be necessary to give another supply of water until the growtli has ap peared. Air should be admitted fre quently at least once a day until the seedings have appeared, when a small piece of wood should be laid across the pot under the glass so that fresh air will be continually coming in. This will pre vent, to a large extent, the danerer of dampening off, which causes, sometimes in a day, the whole potf ul to be ruined, if an insufficient supply of air is given. Another pleasing way is to make the seed-bed in one of the deeper cigar-boxes, planned in the same way first having washed off all the paper which is inside. 1 started in boxes some seeds whicn are somewhat larger than the above-named, and, instead of taking the trouble of pre paring the box as above, I simply make a few holes in the bottom and put in the broken pots, filling up with fine soil, and put a piece of porous paper over the top, which would al:ow water to soak through, and pour the water directly on the paper. The point of keeping such seed-boxes away from the light, and in a warm place to induce prompt germina tion, is an important one, When left where the sun's rays come directly on the seeds, they are often dried so much before one notices, that the germs which may have jut started are destroyed. A shelf back of the kitchen stove is often the Lest place to be had until the seed lings iire a quarter of an inch high, but of course they should not long remain without strong light after sprouting, as they become drawn, and seldom make good specimens afterward. As soon as the seedlings can be handled, they should be pricked out into similar boxes or pots, and for most greenhouse kinds should retain the glass over them for a month or so at least all the time they remain in the pot or box in which they are pricked. After they have reached this stage, the glass should be raised up at both ends by using two pieces of wood on which it is laid, instead of only at one end. This arrangement will also be found useful in rooting some of the dif:ifult subjects, especially evergreen jl.iits, like Olea fragrans, Laurestinus, and Azaleas. Frogs as a rSustness. The American Agriculturist recently had an article ridiculing the notion that frogs were or could be profitably culti vated for the market. Now comes a man who says that they can be, and in timates that somobody in this country is losing money by not going into the busi ness. The man is Charles II. Dawson, of tlie Gansevoort Market, New York, and what he says is interesting, if not reliable: "Tlie Kanuck3 now control the frog market and make big money, and I don't see why New York State or New Jersey shouldn't furnish us. There are a good many wild frogs sold which are speared around in the swamps and marshes of New Jersey, but they are not as palatable as the cultivated product reared in Canada. The Canadians pay considerable attention to frog culture, and have immense artificial ponds around St. Catharine's. Their frogs are larger and have none of that gamy, fishy taste noticeable in every swamp frog. A few years ago a Frenchman in Canada, who had been in the market business here for some time, attempted to start a frog farm on a big scale in Forest county, Pa. He carried a large stock from St. Catharine's. He took advantage of a big swamp on his farm in the woods, and had his markets secured, and everything looked promising. But he played to bad luck. A terrible drought dried up the bigger part of his swamp he was unable to secure proper feed for his young stock, and the natives used to scoop up his croakers by the pailsf ul at night, and his frog industry went to pieces. He is now engaged in cooking frogs and other deli cacies in an uptown restaurant. But he still looks forward to running a frog farm of his own, and if he had the money i start right I think he could make it pay, for the demand for frogs has nearly doubled in the last five years, and the popular trsto has been educated up to tlie artificially cultivated sorts. " Pleuro-pneumonia has had a foothold in England for fifty years, and only within the last year and a half nave any thing like effective efforts been made to Btamp it out. During this period $50,- 000 has been expended on the slau ghter of diseased stock, and about $300,000 has been used in buying and killing stock that had been exposed to the disease. Still pleuro-pneumonia is as rampant as ever, nor does it appear that the stamp ing out process as practiced is at all likely to lead to the eradication of the disease at an early date. Yfaeful Advice on Various Topics. Young pear trees that have blighted will sometimes send out shoots low down near the roots. Such shoots may grow and give the encouragement of a new start, but it is better to dig the trees up and put something else in their place. It is claimed by strawberry growers that a mulch will regulate the season of strawberrv fruiting. If the mulch is kept on during the winter and removed early, and a double quantity put on others, the bearing season can be better prolonged than by using late or early varieties. A mixture of ensilage and finely cut clover hay is claimed to be superior to hay or ensilage alone, as the two kinds of food serve to partially balance the ra tion, the ensilage being carbonaceous and the clover nitrogenous. It is always cheaper and better to feed a mixed ra tion to all classes of stock. Every season the weight of fleece in creases. A weignt oi 40f pounas is now reported for the fleece of a merino ram 4 years old the fleece for 365 days, growth. Heavy fleeces, however, should be washed before weighing them, as grease and dirt add to the weight In some cases the weight of the fleece is one-half that of the body. It is very difficult to clean grass seed, and the farmer who buys his clover and timothy seed will always be liable to having his field seeded to weeds. In cases where the seeds are coarse it will pay to thoroughly nand pick the seeds on stormy days, so as to have them clean by spring. It is a tedious kind of work, but in some cases it is a necessity. Simply washing the dairy utensils is not sufficient. They must e scalded, and washed in warm water, using soda in the water, scrubbed and rinsed. A single particle adhering to a milk pan may serve as a ferment to injure the milk. Even the hands should be washed bo fore handling the vessels, and every precaution taken to observe cleanliness. Hemp can be easily grown in nearly all the sections of this country, but the obstacle to prevent its successful culti vation is the labor of preparing it for market. There is a wide field for inven tive genius in devising appropriate ma chinery for specially treating hemp and other fibrous plants which demand more labor than can be profitably bestowed on them. A filthy floor in the cow stall is sure to c::v. ,e the animal to get filth on her ud i i id side. The stalls should be well I with straw, and eaoli cow stan '. in a manner to avoid the manure :. a Is as much as possible. The tl . tif the stalls should not extend back lui iher than to allow the cows room, and the drains should be kept clear of ob structions. The stalls should be cleaned as early as convenient, and every pre caution taken to prevent the cows com ing in contact with their droppings. It is sometimes recommended that la dies should devoto their attention to poultry raising. This is impossible ex cept with a small flock. To keep hens in large numbers requires labor that can not be performed by ladies. mere is i.ot only heavy work to do in cleaning th- houses and yards, but exposure to all kinds of weather must be incurred. To throw down a mess of corn to a few hens once or twice a day is an easy matter, but it is very different when poultry keeping is made a special business. The amount oi butter and mnu pro duced by a cow should be measured by its cost. It is true that high feeding is necessary to induce large yields, but the fact remains that some cows will give betier results on a certain amount of food than will others. A careful account of food allowed each animal will show which cow is the more profitable. The proportion of cost to receipts alone can determine the actual profit raaJe, and in ihanv cases it happens that a cow may Yield lar-ielv and vet be not as valuable as another not so productive, out wnicn vie.-i.; more in proportion to expense en tailed. Merits of the Guinea Fowl. There is one class of poultry that ia rarely mentioned. Yet it has many thing-; to recommend it to the poultry fra ternity. I refer to the guinea fowL I have kept from one to half a dozen pairs of white guineas for the past seven years, and they are about as profitable as any fowls I ever kept, so far as sup plying our table is concerned, though in the market there are some objections rai ed to the size of the eggs. Guineas are not hard to raise, if they are hatched in June or July, or even later. It is best to hatch them under a hen, as the guinea hen is apt to drag the young through the early dews enough to kill all but the hardiest of her brood. Any attempt to confine a guinea-hen with her young is sure to end in disaster, as she will not remain quiet a minute, nor will she pay any attention to her young. When first hatched the young guineas niu t be confined in a tight pen or they will wander off and not come back, but in a short time they will learn to follow their foster-mother, and I have a lot of them that insisted on following the hen that hatched them after they were year old. As a table fowl the wmte guinea pos sesses peculiar merit of its own. The flesh is white and has a game flavor found in no other poultry. The flesh of a fruinea is never tough, though it is somewhat dry, as compared with the flesh of the chicken. Guineas are very cheaply raised, as they are great foragers and find their own living from choice during the greater part of the year. A guinea makes a very good substitute for nrairie cnieken, and I am afraid that more than one has been served up in Eastern restaurants under that name. I like their cheerful clatter, and it serves an admirable purpose in warning the poultry keeper of the approach of dogs, hawks, or strangers. .frame rarmer, Tlie term "breaking" as applied to do mestic animals has an unpleasant signi fication. It indicates bad management forcibly reminded. A calf or a colt should be trained from its birth, and it should be gradually led in the way it should go. N. E. Farmer. Utilizing Corn-Husks. One of the best utilized waste products in Australia is said to be corn-huska, These are boiled with an alkali in tubu lar boilers. The glutinous matter is pressed out from the fibre by hydraulic apparatus, leaving the fibres in the shape of a mas3 of chain in longitudinal threads interspersed with a dense mass of short fibres. The paper for which mostly the short fibres are used the long fibres constituting the material for spinning is stronger than papers of tha came weight made from linen or cotton rags, its hardness and firmness of grain exceeding that of the best dipped En glish drawing papers. ENRICHING SANDY LAND. Country Gentleman. From tbe older settlements the quef-tion often comes up, "What shall be done with well located but impoverished iand?" The wail from tbe pioneer eecticn of tie West gives added force to this question The seductive and delusive claims advanced in favor of so- called cheap lands lose much of their seductive nets when the unvarnished reality is disclosed. It is gradually becoming clt-ar to the thoughtful investor that a poor farm and a market is worth more than acres of abundant fertili ty and no demand for their product. It was a former resident of Indiana,! familiarly known as "Blue-Jeans" William, who told the farmer of his Sta that the only "ban" that never dishonored a draft was a bank of earth. With all respect to the honored governor, it may yet be said that his figure is faulty, and that his statement contains the germ of much gricuitural heresy. To check out and deposit nothing within has been the rule too long among American aimers. At tne nrsL tne Ijoiu oi a..l J" .1 r m tbe land placed an abundant depoit to the credit of the husbandman. but, spendthrift that he is, he ba9 well nigh exhausted both deposit and credit ; fortunately for tbe com muuity, he cannot turn away with the bank. What to do with these (sand) backs is the question. Evidently some one must make a trenerous de posit. The cashier hs been tele phoning distressinfrlv Ions' and loud that account are overdrawn, and nothing but a deposit will quiet him and suppress the sheriff. So much bn.s been said in favor of clover that it may seem useless to advocate other, and in many cases, more rational methods. To be ef- fective.all fertilizers must be selected with reference to their adaptability. To sow clover on such land as M. T. R. describes (p. 124) would be about as profitable as to sow it upon a sheet of fly paper. Even in case be should secure a good stai.d tbe growth of either plant or root would be insignificant, while tbe chances would be more than even that he would lose his clover seed. North of the corn belt, if any one knows where fbat is, it may be ad visable to resort to dover as a pri marj- fertilizer, because the danger from fro.-,t may be too great and the moisture sufficient to develop the clover plant for all it is worth. South of that, or within the corn belt, for a fcure, cheap and abundant fertilizer, commend us to good, old- fashioned field corn. If our hon ored brother Gould, in bis lecture before the institutes, would include corn as a fertilizer in bis "plea for fjdJer corn," be would covei all the ground from Dan to Beer bbeba on the fodder que tion. Where com reaches its best ettate before frost rye must take second monej. Not being an annual, rye must be allowed to get in most of its work in the spring, luis mates it necessary to wait too late to plow it for early crops. It used at all in the corn belt it should be sowed early iu tbe fall and plowed under in tbe May following, the ground then drilled to corn, and the corn turned under ia the following September or succeedi ing spring. But that will prevent tbe use of rbe land for a wuole year. A simple rotation has been adopted upon this farm that has been found to work well on the sandy lands. Equally satisfactory results have been secur ed upon the loam and "bottom" land. Taking thirty-five acres of sand we divide it into four lots. Otiefourth, now wheat stubbled, will be plowed in May next and sowed to field corn at the rate of six pecks sown to the acre. 5-owu with wheat drill. Either in September, or the spring follow ing, it will be plowed under. In former years we have plowed under as tbe blades were turning: in the fall, but to us it is an uuseltled ques tion as to which is betier, to fall plow or leave the corn to fall down as much to be turned under in the spring. Both methods have given good re.ti.rns. In 1881 we sowed seven acres about May 20. When the plows were put iu September it required skillful handling to cover the corn Tbe stalks were higher than tbe horses' heads, and to thick and heavy that it was a slavish iob for the horse not iu tbe furrow to get along The up turned furrow was a mass of corn roots. In tbe spring following tbe ground was marked for melons and with some manure in the hills tbe crop was cultivated with Planet, Jr., horse hoe. After melons wheat was sown. Tbe two crops paid ua twice the value of tbe land within fifteen months. Without the eowed corn tho land would have yielded, possibly, twelve bushels of wheat and, in a good year, thirty bushels of corn to the acre In this climate, southern Ohio, such corn as we plow under roots, and by the aid of culti vator is thoroughly mixed with the soil by the time the crop is ready for it. Twelve months after the corn is plowed urder, scarcely any visible parts of the corn can be found in tbe soil. No foul seeding of tbe ground as when rye or buck wheat i3 used can happen. More top, and roots :s well, is obtained than could be grown in three crops of clover on good ground, and ia the shortest possible time. It will not permanently enrich the soil, but it will increase the productiveness to such an extent that land formerly ruled at a nominal yield will pay a good profit. If persistently followed up it will prepare the way for tbe growing or wuicu must ever rauK as a secondary fertilizer in tbe enrich ment of sandy iand. notter point iu favor at corn is ts habit of growth. It i3 not un common to find its roots 7 ard 8 feet oeiow me suriace. wnetuer clover can be shown to surpass this we question. Rye clearly will not being an injury rathea than a benefit in dry seasons. While corn supplies moisture t a growing crop, a heavy crop of rye absorbs it. A. A Washington Co., O. SALT FOR PEAR AND QUINCE TREES. Exchange. Salt is not in itself a manure, but its action in releasing plant food locked iu insoluble foims makes it often profitable application for some kinds oi iruit trefs. e neara a day or two ago of an experiment that larmer made witu a neglected pear tree which for years had grown noth ing of value. Thinking he would kill tbe tree he told his hired man during tbe winter or early spring to empty around it a bairel of spoiled beef brine. It was so done, but insteai of d ing the tree took on a new lease of life.and its rich.green foliage was a surprise to all who saw it. A year late this tree was heavily loaded with the largest and finect pears even Eeen of its variety. Tbe tree has kept on bearing since that application. through w - bope not without a further supply of manure. We have always made a practice of applying salt freelv around quince trees. trough not to tlie exclusion of other manures. Q'uncts need much rnsrher feeding that they get. Heavy ma nuring will not make them run to eaf and wood instead of fruit. Caution should be used in applyiug salt not to put it on roo ftrong. It is not a safe application for stone fruit, like cheery, peach and pium- The foliage of these trees is easily killed, and with an overdose of salt at the roots, the leaves will fall off aud the tree will quickly die. To the above the News And Ob server adds that a little salt is an excellent application to any soil; and a very tine fertilizer can be made by slacking iimo with a strong brinie. This salt and lime mixture is aloo verv efficacious as a deoderizer and can be advantageously used around the yard to clean and purify. BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR AGRICULTURE. The period has arrived in the his tory of agriculture in Texas when tbe brightest and most talented young men of our cities are investing in farm lauds with a view of devoting their brain and eagerness to making comfortable rural homes. loung men are not rushing into our cities as formerly, hoping to find lire more pleasant and snccess more sure. Tbe reason for this change is apparent; The farmer " is making borne more comfortable and cheery, and the budding uianh. od and wo manhood familiar with old scenes of their chilhood. are not inclined to desert pleasant surroundings lor a life perhaps of adventure amor strangers. It is a healthful sign of the timesto observe this. Comfortable farm homes will make happier homes and more young men farmers. The al lurements of city life will cease and our young men will seek homes in the country and build up our waste and neglected lands. The farm wel comes tbe young man of branins, of skiil, of education- it wants young men who will take pride in their call ing and who will devote their best talent to improving their condition aud building up the State. South- eau Merchant. DR. ACKER'S ENGLISH PILLS Are active, effective and pure. For sick headache, disordered stomach, loss of appetite, bad complexion and billions ness, they have never been equalled. either in America or abroad. YOORHEES ON THE TIMES. Speech in U. S. Senate, resolution offered by Mr. The Voorhees last Monday as to agricul tural depression was taken up and Mr. Voorhees addressed the Senate in relation to it. He spoke of the deep strong curent of anxiety, dis content and alarm prevailing in the farming communities, and said that he proposed an enquiry as to the causes of tbe existing depression. It was now nearly thirty years since the close of the teirible war had -iv en to unbcllowed avarice anopportu nity to prey upon the self sacrificing patriots of the country, such Lad never before been presented to the basest passions and the most sordid aud odious vice. The measures then resortea to ior tne taxation or one class of citizens and for the enrich ment of another class,bad been legis lation by which the burden of the puoiic aeDi- uaa Deen ciouDieti, t-iiver i 1 . 5 it -. demonetized and a high protective tariff had been established. He characterized the tariff aa a cure and not a blessing. He was not dealin with a theory, but with a condition, wbicu even a blind man could look at and draw from it an unerring conclusion. He detailed the low prices for farm products at pres eut prevailing and said the time would be at no distant day when the farmer would look on the proposition to tax him and his wife and children for the protection aud benefit of oth er people besides himself as he would look on a law of Congress to establish tbe army worm and weevi in his wheat; to infest his cattle mur ram and his hogs with cholera Every pretense of a home market for the farmer was a fraud and every pretense of taxing wheat and oats and potatoes for bis benefit was cheat and a sham. It was a noto nous and self evident truth that the tariff, as it n .. x stood, increased the farmer's expense account from ?5 to i rr i i . iut percent on every implement o in -usiry wun wnicu i e toned, and ast year the binding twine had been enhanced to 18 cents a pound by the tariff and tbe twine trust. He di not believe that the hands of the far mers would hold the republican tick et it the the next Presidential elec tion. Mr. Voorhees quoted from a publication to show tbe remarkable decrease of agriculture iu New Euer- ar.d, the decline of land values there and in the North and West, and gave the statistics of the extent to which the agricultural holdings in all those sections are mortcaeed. Mr. Voorhees concluded by saying that the remedies to be applied were: First, tariff reform; second, full sup ply of legal tender money; third, free coinage of silver; fourth,suppreasion, by law. of gambling in futures; fifth, a liberal policy of pensions In sum moning up, he said: In the face of these things, (referring to subsidiz ing of the press, purchasing of voters m "blocks of five," official patronage, etc.,) and with the full knowledge of what is before us, and go forward to fight. The battle may be long and weary, but the sun will go down on the great and final victory of eternal right; of freedom and equal over caste. Hail, mighty day, of swift coming future. As Mr. Voorhees took his seat there was some applause in galleries and on the floor. CORN STALK BREAKER. Take a pole large enough to be hewn down to four by six inches, and long euough to take three rows of stalks at a swartb. Bore a hole two and half feet from each end. Take another pole, same lenght as first, and much lig.her; bore holes in it to correspond with those in the front piece, and pin tbe two together by stakes three feet long. The main object is to keep the weight iu the front pole, as it does the breaking;the hind pole being used merely to steady the front one. The great fault with breakers is the si jd'ing; to prevent this, bore two more holes in the front poles nine and one half feet apart anb equal distance from the ends, extending outward. Insert pines from the front, two and one balf feet long and you have a splendid corn-stalk breaker. THE NEW DISCOVERY. You have heard your friends and neigh bors talking about it. You may your self be one of the many who know from personal experience just how good a thing it is. If you have ever tried it, you are one of its staunch friends, because the wonderful thing about it is, that when once given a trial, Dr. King's New Discovery ever after holds a place in the house. If you have never used it and should be afflicted with a cough, cold or Throat. Lune or Chest trouble, secure a bottle at once and give it a fair trial. It is guaranted every time, or money re funded. Trial bottles free at T. R. Aber nethy & Co's drug store. NOT A NEW IDEA. News and Observer. Referring to the warehouse prop osition of the Farmers' Alliance called the scb-treasury plan, it may not be uninteresting to recall that we here in North Carolina had & similar arrangement in colonial times. Parliament would not allow the Province to isue enough paper currency to answer tbe needs of the people, and to relieve the stringency of the money market, the legislature established overcment warehouses, and IxmdeJ insoectors were as pointed to inspect certain iartn pro ducts and naval stort s intended for shipment. After inspection and mding, certificates were givea of their deposit iu the warehouse, and ror certain oi tne commodities so stored, the inspector gave '"his notes' according to a fixed valuation of the articles, which notes were legal ten der f.r private and public dues. And thus the people were to some extent supplied with a local cur rencv. lnese warehouses were numerous in the Albemarle section and eastern part of the Province, and were lo cateu at tne landings where sucii commodities could be conveniently neid ior shipment, ltie only one in the vest was at Cambellton, now FayetteTiH, and the absence of f-ucb facilities for the western part of the I rovit.ee was one or tne grievances that led to the disaffected condition of the western folks which eventual ly culminated iu tLe Regulation movement. Without doubt tbe lead- mg elemeni m tnat wuole aHair was the scarcity of currency, and while tbe situation in the eastern couutits was relieved by the issue of Inspec tor's notes ou depos ts in warehous es, the western counties suffered greatly for the want of a circulating medium. Recalling this system in use among us more than a century ago, it is not devoid of interest to observe bow similar causes have leJ to a revival of the idea, which now sought to be applied to tbe whole coutry, although then restrict ed to this colouy alone. lhere seems to be nothing new under the sun." SETTING A HEN AND CAH1 FOR THE EGGS. Ponltrv Monthlv. Can you tell me the best way to set hens, and also tell me how many egg;- to put under a common sized hen ? Replying to these inquiries : There is no doubt but that if you can set a hen and let her come off when she pleases and go on when she gets ready, the eggs will hatch better than any other way. But no doubt you are like hundreds of others, and keep your breeding fowls yarded, and you cannot set hens in your houses unless you shut them in and let them oft once a day, and then you must watch tbein to see they go on the right nest. Tbe best way is to have a house on purpose to set your hens in. Then make jour box es of suitable size. Put in good clean hay or straw, with plenty of fine ground tobacco sifted in the straw Have a lid to the box and then let the hens off once a day. If yon have several set at the same time let them choose t" eir nest Some may need a little help the first few times they come off, but be gentle with them and you will be surprised to see how easily you can manage them. After they haye been sitting eight days test the eggs. Take out the clear ones and double up the hens, and then reset of fre&h eggs where no others are left. When they begin to hatch put your hand under the hens, and if they sit down heavy on the eggs better remove all the eggs that are picked and put tham under a hen that sits down lighter. In this way you won't have the cliicks killed in the nest. Eleven eggs is the right number to set un der a common hen. You will hatch more chickens with eleven than you will with thirteen, taking the season through. WHAT IT COSTS Must be carefully considered by the great maioritv oi peoule. m buying even nee-s- sities oi life. Hood's Sarsaparilla com mends itself with special force to th great middle classes, because it combines Isitive economy with great medicinal power. It Ls the only inedieine i which can truly be said -10U Doses One Dol lar." and a bottle taken according to directions will average to last a month. DO NOT SUTTER AN LONGER. Knowing that a cough can be c hecked in a day, and the first stages of eonsnmi- tion broken in a week, we hereby guar an tee Dr. Acker's English Cough Remedy. ati.1 will refund tlie monev to all who buy, take it a.s per directions, and do not find our statement correct. CatUts' (Column. rA.saiosr-s rescues. Palpably painted cheeks and black- dotted veils continue to belie American taste. Fashionable dinner-tables are illumin ated by white candles and perfumed with incense tapers that burn in antique gbplH The mixture of red and black colors is etill exceedingly fashionable. Jet-black wings are also much used in millinery. Muffs of red and black velvet, trimmed with black wings, are sold with hate or bonnets to correspond. Plaid skirts may be cut bias to wear with straight-cut waists plaited in front buttoned in the back, pointed back and front, or the whole gown is cut in the bias. The skirts are laid in box or kilt plaits over a lining of the usual shape, faced with the material. A beautiful mantle for a mfca is of fancy cloth or plain silk entirely plaited and trimmed with narrow velvet ribbon. The front forms a blouse and is gathered under a belt of velvet ribbon. The cape to the waist is plaited, and a narrow rolling collar is headed by a plaited standing collar. There is no more graceful garment, especially for a fine figure, than a prin cess polonaise. A Paris model shows a polonaise of silk wrap Henrietta buttoned all the way down the front and slightly draped on both sides, over a straight skirt of silk wrap brocade laid in deep plaits. The straight collar and the sleeve are of brocade. Fancy hosiery seems to be coming to the front. Black hose was in very high favor in 1SS9, while -fancy hose has kept very much m tne snaue. liut wnite black hose will retain its large circle of friends, as evidence by the demand for spring, which has already set in, black being in request for all grades, fancies have aequo-ed many more admirers than they had last year. No drawing-room is considered fur nished without a corner chair, the frame for which may be gilded or enameled, but the covers must have a history. Old brocades cut from wedding gowns, pieces of ecclesiastical embroidery begged or bought from the parish chancel or the sleeve of a corduroy, beaver, or melton that has been through fire and water are some of the stuffs used in the uphol stery. That old talmudic snake design, sym bolic of silrnce, eternity and wisdom, has a firm hold on the jewelry trade, and the demand comes from men and chil dren. Gold, silver and platinum enter into the single and double bands, and the purest gems are selected for the prec ious jewels buried in the serpent's head. So all absorbing has the love for snakes become that they pass between lovers as betrothal rings, and are put on the tiny fingers of newly made Christians. Velours are seen either in one color or in stripes. Fine striped glorias are also use 1 for sklr ts. Yarn dyed and piece dve-J - ilk aaJ half-silk atlases hava many ii "ends and are specially manufact ured for this purpose. Broad stripes and Email stripes combine in the liveliest color compositions ; large square satins, the dark ground being squared by means of large stripes, atlases with large bomb and dotted designs will be used for skirts the coming season. All-silk and half-silk ottomans are shown in similar designs, but they have not the wearing capabilities of atlases. All-silk and half -silk armures in lively stripes ; half -silk striped damasses with broad atlas stripes, a damasse faille stripe alternating with a plain satin stripe, or plain faille and damasse satin have friends. In stuffs for skirts, striped and ma- flannel, uni or melange meltons, velours, moire, black striped las tings, beige, wool atlas, lanella, surah, all-silk andhalf-silk atlas, ottomans and similar fabrics are used. Some novelties in melton-like stuffs in new designs have just appeared, stripes remaining favorites. These stripes are in narrow and broad combi nations, hair lines and thick lines, in shaded effects; the liveliest colors are permissible on goods for skirts. Orange 6tripes bordered with fine gray-blue stripes in silk, alternate with red stripes. A dark green ground carries light green stripes l-ordered by red and light blue stripes. On dark blue ground, cream colored silk stripes are shown with blue and white. Olive and red striped mel tons, dotted designs, bombs, cross stripes and large squares, mostly on dark ground melton, crossed by light stripes, are new skirt materials. All these designs are produced on the loom. On flannel stuff 3 they are also to be found, but as prints. A Pretty Ball Dress, lor evening wear for a party or ball, a pretty guimp dress is made of tlie light figured brocatelle or India silk in shades of yellow, blue,pink, or light green. The guimp of lace or silk is shirred top and bottom. "Wreathes of tiny proportions and ribbons may be profuselye De ployed for orna mentation. This is a style of dress that suits a stylish young blonde more particularly, and admits of much litrty of individual taste in ar rangement Tapioca Pudding. Take six table Epoonf uls of tapioca and soak it in milk for some hours before you intend to use it. Yhen you are going to make your pudding put the tapioca into a quart of milk, place it on the fire and as soon as it boils sweeten to your taste and let it simmer for a quarter of an hour. Pour it into a basin and stir in a little fresh butter and three eggs well beaten. Bake one-half hour. Chocolate Cake One cupful of but ter, two cupf uls of sugar, three and one half cupf als of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one scant cupful of 6weet milk and five eggs, leaving out tha whites of two ; bake in a dripping pan, and when nearly cool pour on the frost ing made of the whites of the two eggs, one and one-half cupful of sugar, two teapoonf uls of vanilla and six table spoonfuls of grated chocolate beaten to gether. Wheat bran gives the best results when mixed with cut feed. It is one of the cheapest foods that can be purchased for stock, both for its feeding and manurial value.