Denton Journal from Denton, Maryland • Page 1

1845. A Family to Local and General Intelligence, oB One Dollar per Annum, in Advance. 1E91. VO 3, 1891. nsro.

is. SPRING MILLS. NEAR DENTON, r. Fred Garey, Proprietor CAPACITY: 40 BARRELS PER DAY. vj NOTICE TO THE PU MY XEW ROLLER MILL I AM PREPARED TO DO ALL KIXDS OF CUSTOM AND MERCHANT WORK! AT THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE XOTICE.

Best Patent Roller Process Flour, CORN 7 A AXD'HOMIXY, FEED OF ALL KINDS. DENTON MARBLE WORKS, A. W. SHORT, PUOPUIETOU, A FA CT It MARBLE GRANITE AND-- HEADSTONES EVERY DESCRIPTION. MA HULK AXD VllASITK C.IWIXG, NiOX FKSVKS, KTU.

Estimates Furnished for Marble Trimmings for Buildings. SA TKFA CTIOX U. 1 U. I XT Klin. 8-J50- WORKK ChY TIUltD STRKET.

A Just as the city looks to the country for most of the luxuries used on its tables, so the country must turn to the city for those conveniences which are justly termed luxuries for the hard-forking housewife. City housekeepers have learned to realize that to save time is to lengthen life. is one of the best known city luxuries and each time a cake is used an hour is saved. On floors, tables and painted work it acts like a charm. For scouring pots, pans and metals it has no equal.

IF YOUR STOREKEEPER DOES NOT KEEP IT YOU SHOULD INSIST UPON HIS DOING SO, as it always gives satisfaction and its immense sale all over the United States makes it an almost necessary article to any well-supplied store. Everything shines after its use, and even the children delight in using it in their attempts to help around the house. fWD A lijlv 1 1Y1 AQ AT DUN NOCK'S STORE, CAN BE FOUND A MOST VKSIKAliLV STOCK OFD11ESS CLOTHS, OUTT1NGS, CANTONS. CRETONNES, AND EVERYTHING COMPRISING A COMPLETE LINE OF DRY GOODS. ALSO NOTIONS, KECK.WEAR, HOOTS, SHOES, II ATS AND CAI'S.

The Stools Is Complete, AND THE STOCK OK CONFKCT1ONEKY, FRUITS. NUTS, FLAVORING EXTRACTS, FOR I A I HE MOST DESIHAIILK, A LOWEST 1'OSSIULK 1MUCES IN A TERMS CASH, Oil TRADE OF ALL I A AT HIGHEST PRICES. UKM'KCT Ol.l.V, E. DUN NOCK. S.F.

CREW. M.L. COULBOURN CREW COULBOURN, Wholesale Commission Merchants in Dressed Cakes, Port, ten Briefl Frnils, 31S IfcT. 1 S. Bock, Clerk Circuit Court, Kent Md.

Stevens SOU S. Charles Baltimore, Md. l)oy 08 Thompson "i 1 to- ducc Natiomil Uivnk, 101 IMiiln. 1C. A I i J.

MEDAIRY BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, LITOHGRAPHERS AND PRINTERS. No. 5 North Howard Street, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. Hooks Made- to Order in A 1S7S. R.

C. GARRETT Fruit and Produce commission Merchants in Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Live Stock, and al! Country Produce, 106 LITTLE DOCK PHILADELPHIA. J. II. K.

KMOHY. F. AV. KAY ITT. EMORY NEAVITT, --GENERAL-COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 202 SOUTH STREET, Baltimore.

BLACKSMITHING --AT-- Having secured tlie servlopt uf a potiiit bluvksiiiitli I nin prepared to do ull country uhckamithing i neutnuss nnd dispatch. igyllorsGshocint; a specialty. U- CASHO. is, GHOPTANK HOTEL, DENTON, MARYLAND. Thu Clioptunk Hotel has boon refurnished, nnd roopcncd E.

BSSrTubli 1 and rooms A irood atnble is ntturlied and team aro cared lor Lv a reliable hotlur. PAKIiER'C HAIR BALSAM Cleanses Bi.J the hair. a tui'UMiit rvll. AI.KX. I I A A Denton, Maryland, JJJ'urs his professional services to the cili- x.ons of Dunton find I Hoints: 8 to 'J a.

1 to 2 p. m. DKXTON, A A All ciitrusti'd my euro will rijci-ive prompt utluntion. IJllirai" "J'tllllC. Jl I.Tifrlr IMMttf.

li.time.Wrti. Tie Corel SsTts IwLfuU, or llliCOi M. Tf R. OWENS.H- WAKING FROM A DREAMLESS SLEEP. --(-Baltimore, Md, 1 St.

I'uiil St. GAIIKY, XT)' SURVEYOR, DKNTON, Mu. JUSTICK OP Tiff: PEACE, IlEXTON, A A DU. F. M.

KCCLKS, IlILLSnOKOUGH, MD. nil i LI DOWN-re, ATTOUXKY-AT-LAW, DK.VTON, MD. i. w. IIKYANT.

IIUYANT. J. I I I1UVANT, ATTYS-AT-LAW, i. 11'2 Lexington HAI.TIMOP.K. a tlu now City ros A X.

TOWJ, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW. DK.VTDX, MD. (ntrii-luJ to my wiro will ru- -(! iiUtuntion. THOMAS COOPER, JONSTAHLK AND CO LL15CTO-11, Dtiiiton, MU. All promptly attended to.

Coln 11? nutde. T. PLINY FISHER, Mi). All ontriislod to toy cure will t-CL'ive iitlcntioii. Coll'ction of ilaiins specialty.

OHN W. CLARK, Denton, Md. Will cry mles in tliu best nnd in tho most rciooiiiihlo terms in Caroline Quct'ik Anne's. Tulbot. and Dorchester.

i M. UL'gsUM. 11KN11T II. I.V.W1S. KUSSUM LEWIS, A A A DENTOX, MD.

"Will practice in the Courts of Caroline, Tulbot uiid Qutcn Anno counties. HENRY IRWIN, AUCTJONKEK, DfiNTON MD. Long expcriuncn in soiling property nt unction, L'unruntc'i'i entire siitibfuction. VVM. AUCTIONEER, Preston, Md.

I now jircpnrcd to call sales in any part of Caroline county or upper Dorclie-i- tcr. I will giva tliu bimncis spccinl attention. My clwrgcs moderate. Freighting Notice, I tlio schooner "Win Huclct'tt" nnil inn ready to do nil kinds of on Clioptnnk ntiil Tuckiilioo rivers nt misoimule Would be jileused to wait on my fr'inn-li mul customers. All parties will be deult with honestly tnul i receive; prompt tciitinn.

Your obedient servant. i U. I A A 0, HORSEMANSHIP In nil iU branches successfully taught to the inoit timid lady or broken and hnndlr'el for the fuddle, road or truck. cilie in worst form relieved in i minutes. I liuvo cu led the following disonscs by operating on tho ti'ctli Cviiyhiii'i, Frothing tt flic Muiilfi.

Dis- tit the Hound, Scuttriiiy. Jtmininif nt the. Jibes, Klc, Horses diseased hard in condition, toindiyu-tiou, cribbing, colic, undergoing my treatment become good drivcis wild keep in u' condition. USaf'No for exitminntion nt omce. lladlev'e Condition Powders for ntnl Cuttle, Hiidle-y's Egyptian Ointment for a and IJna-t, and lladlc-y's Cough arc aUo prnporcd imd sold at my laboratory.

I A I.AHor.ATOIlY AT XASTON, MD. to 15. Emory, Jr. IT -THE- Denton-Ridgely Telegraph LINE CONNKCTINU WITH WKsTKKX UNION WIRES OFFICES OI'EN 7 4.. TO 71'.

il. SUNDAYS 9TO I A M. and liuiionblr. lif ot rlilirr i i In iLclr im ul it p.whriMtri^if Any i MII vi iirk. 1'iTTi.

uiii.n von, 'Xo ilrt. Vim cm tletilt fkifc or ill jour 11 me to tlir llilt'li'ia i MonihtfuTiUi-iiMturtfrf'yitijftf. reimiT. from "llo vr T1 id mureirirra lilllo ciprritncr. IVe cm fiimlih jou tnir iruMil and Inch you No la cipUln btrt.

Full HIKE. XJlUi: tfc AlGtBIi, B1ISK. I wuked: the sun was In the slry. The f.icc of liL'dveii fair, Tbu siluncu all aljout me lay Of inoraiiiK In tbu air. I said: bast thou Ixicn, my Eoul, Elncv the moon set In the 1 not IILTB ihy feet have trod, Xor hat bos beeu thy DAIRY AND CREAMERY.

Wliera wort thou when Orion passed llt-low ttio darl: Ijluu sea? Illi KHttt'ring, silent rtara nro gone--' Didst, follow them for me? When; thou In that aivful Lour When lirst tho wind heard The faint breath of tlio coming dawn, And fled before tho word? host thou been, my spirit, Kince tho wavo on tho shore Tenderly rocked my sense asleep And I heard thcu no raore? Thou ntiown ino no fair cities, No glories once I knew, Nor thosu my fancy jjalnts for ma Whcro skies nre ever blue. My limbri, like breathing ninrble, Hnvu lain In th; ivanu down; No hen venly chant, no earthly care. wakened smile or frown. thy kis.s Is on my lips: Thou art my day, my tun Hut whtru. wuro wert tliou baiid3 of linvu run? Annlo Fields In Harper's A MONSTEN TOAD.

A. I.Icutcnnnt In the Swiss Army Fnt to nielli 1.V tlm Crcntiire. M. Charles OlTredus, a lieutenant in thu Swiss army, gives the following UK- count of a gigantic toad ho saw on the cuaht of Italy: After having seen Rome, Nuplcs and other principal cities ot Italy, I returned through Venice. I had jvibt left Aqua- pendentc, a town situated upon an eminence, and passed down the mountain afoot to go to an inn that lies out of tho town.

M. IjUKchins, tho companion of my journey, WHS a good way.s before me, I having loitered b'y the way to examine some peculiar plants indigenous to those parts. I had not penetrated far when I heard a rustling in the thicket upon which I had my eyes used. I looked down and saw at my feet an enormous toad, so prodigious that, without exaggeration, it Deemed to be more than a foot and a half across the back. The ugly monster waa so near mo that it touched my left foot.

Suixed with horror, I drew back my foot, having only strength enough loft to run away fust as I could. He- covering my wits when I had reached a safe distance from the horrid creature, I stopped a while, and at last made up my mind to return to the spot where I had seen the horrible beast. Seeing it in the same spot I came to tho conclusion that I could easily dispatch it with my sword. Uncertain, however, what wwipon I should use in making the attack, judging that distance would be more prudent than a close engagement, I laid hold of a large stone, which I could scarce lift with both hands, and with my naked sword under my arm 1 presented myself he- fore the animal. His mouth was wide open, nnd his little black, wicked looking eyes were sparkling, his whole aspect betraying not tho least sign of fear at sight of danger.

On tho contrary, ho appeared anxious for tho fray. Having ruis-cd the stone as high as my strength would permit, I measured well its fall, covering tho toad entirely, crushing it, so I thought, into a shapeless mass. "Horrible beast," I said to myself, "that is tho last tiuio over you will frighten a tired soldier out of his wits;" and "here shall be your grave," I again said, as I piled number of smaller stones upon the large one that had first crushed the monster. I had a great desire to examine tho thing more closely, and if possible to disse-cA. It, but had not the courage to touch even the stones under which it lay buried.

Standing gazing intently at the little rock mound which had intended as a tomb for the unsightly creature, I no ticed that the smaller of tho stones Imd commenced to move. Soon the whole mound toppled over, and tho beast walked out alive, seeming none the worse off from his late- experience. Seeing that tho creature had neither wound on his ugly skin nor broken bone in his body, I snatched my cloak and sword and passed out of tho thicket, declaring that I would no longer make war against such a monster. Arriving at the inn I called for a glass of wine, hut no sooner had I drank it than I felt feverish symptoms, which turned into a chill, lasting nearly two Louis Republic. Virus of Iiullun A communication concerning tho physiological action of the poison of the venomous snakes of India, presented to the Royal society, (a a paper of excpptiomil interest.

It contains account of numerous experiments made upon small birds, cats. dogs, fowls, frogs, guinea pigs, pigeons and rabbits, with tho virus of tho cobra and that of tho almost equally deadly viperine Ktiake known as the dnboia. These experiments were made in England, with poison sent thither from Bengal in gum liko condition, which preserves its potency. The idea that the venom is effective only when conveyed into tho pystem through the blood is a mistake; it also acts when introduced by means of the stomach, although it is not then to certainly fatal. When carried directly to the heart.

by the jugular vein, tho poison arrests its action and causes almost instantaneous death. Death ifltnore commonly produced, however, by the paralyzing effect of tho poison upon tha muscular apparatus, and the consequent check of respiration. It is a re- iimrknblo fact thut while this snake poifcon nets injuriously, upon so many forms of animal life, and to some extent oven upon plant life, it is practically harmless ns ngainst venomous snakea themselves. iVn Angliilikanliic Irum tho English Tourht (on a river much do you want for thai dawg, me good fellah? Dative--lie's worth a hundred h) money, stranger, but vyimt I'l) I'll yei: the dawg il ycj'jj learn mo jq wear there eingla cyeglnss o' yourn tho way yon Mtinscy'd Weekly. HOW CHOICE CREAMERY BUTTER IS MAPF IN KENTUCKY.

A i i and fnnii llml A Xovlcu din iiixl Act (in the A HUT a i Tin' Thi-nmuiiflcr. For making really good butter, the excellence of which can be depended upon week after week, through the ever changing temperature of sniccetsive Feasous, we to bo guided not by our ovm feelings but by the right use of the dairy thermometer. That never varies, while personal contact is always a men: matter of comiKirLon and guesswork. We ket-p two "creamers," into one of which the moir.ins'« milk is strained, and into the other that brought in the evening, fresh well water at a temperature of tk-gs. being pumped into tho tank i)t' tiich creamer twice daily during the weather.

To accelerate the piUMtiiJii of tlio cream from the mill: i.s put into the fresh milk, usually iu tlv; proportion of one pint to a gallon. After twenty-four hour; tho cream id removed and put into tin stimd.i placed in ice water, the crwim for one day's milk being Mifiicient for a chunking. The temperature of the cre.im during the ripening period is not so arbitrary the pioccss of cmmiing; about 70 or a little be- liv.v that will answer, always remein- Ijeriniy that thu winner the cream is ktpt sooner will itbo ready for the chum. Vi'hen kept near 70 whon pvopeily ripened, it will be slightly but not very sour, and will possess tho consistency of buttermilk. If allowed to bland after it has ripened until it becomes a sour, solid mass the yield of butter wijl bo smaller and its flavor inferior.

When put in tho churn its hi summer (should be about dags, nnd in wititor G4 this will allow for tlm changes naturally occasioned by the motion of tlio churn and tho biirrnumling atmosphere and will permit tho butter to register about 01 (legs. For a number of yoarrf we have used Davis swing churn, and still like it too well to it for any other. It does not tlio butter as quickly as some others me haul to do, but it is easily managed, easy to clean, and has no intricate machinery to get out of order. When the butter granule assume tho size of small tho rapid motion is stopped, and tho chum id swung slowly back and forth for five or ten minutes, in order to allow all tho butter to rise to tho top of tho milk, after which the milk is drawn off from below, and cold water id poured in nnd drawn off until it comes off clear. The butter is then lifted out with cedar paddlo in a wooden bowl, weighed and salted in tho proportion of tlirce- fourths of an uunco of talt to tho pound; tho salt being lightly worked in, arfit is bt-tt tit tirat not to sittoiiipt to get out all tho water.

A small quantity of line wlrite sugar, about one teaspoonful to the pound of butter, is worked in with tho salt. This, without imparting to the butter sweetish taste, givcj it a rich, ik-ik-ioua flavor which many persons think very desirable. Tho fresh butter is then placed on ice, in a well glazed earthenware crock covered with Elliott's parchment paper, where it is allowed to stand until next morning, when it is carefully worked over and packed in tin buckets ready for We find that tho largest yield of butter is obtained when the milk is cooled quickly after being brought to tho dairy, and when it is kept at an even temperature, cold enough to prevent its becoming sour, until after tho cream has risen and been removed. Either extreme heat or extreme cold seems to cause BOIIIO chemical change in the character of thu milk thut interferes with tho right management of it afterward. Neither is it a good plan to mix very sour cream that which is sweet, for although tlm mass may taste sufficiently acid and appear of the right consistency, yet tho last cream added will not ha of the requisite' ripeness, while thu firbt has begun to spoil; so that neither will yield as much or fine a quality of butter us it otherwise would.

Unless both cream and milk are kept on ice no cream in summer should be kept longer than thirty- six hours after the milk has bcpii brought to the dairy, wliich would allow twenty- four hours for the cream to rise and twelve for it to ripen; but as this would iiccessitatecliurning the cream from each milking separately wo may, liy putting that lir.it gathered on ice, keep it sweet for twelve hours before mixing it with the next, after which both may he id- lowed to ripen together. It scarcely necessary to add that no butter should ever ho allowed to become warm enough to be soft and oily; if once the little walla surrounding tho butter granules are niched down they can never bo built tip again. To bo in perfection, butter kept so cold that some will be required to slice it with a knife, or if it be broken it should present, an appearance aa though it wcro composed of irregular crystals. If it coul'l bo so arrauged, all butter should be shipped tho next day uf ler it has been churned, but as our customers want it cither tho first or tiifi latter part of tho we usually make two weekly shipments, imd manage to keen it in excellent order between timc-d by excluding the air with tho parchment butter paper both while it is 0:1 the ice and while it is being shipped. Perfect cleanliness in every particular fchonld be on- forced in and around the dairy, all wash water should be emptied at some distance from tho house and the skimmed milk nud buttermilk carried off every morning and evening, for butter as well as eweet mill: and cream i.s 11 ready ab- Eorbent of all noxious gases.

All vessels immediately after being used should bo washed in tepid water, then scalded imd put out of doora for tho sunshine and tresh air to purify them. Tho churn should be treated in the tame manner, and if any sour smell bo detected it may at once bo removed by tcalding it in stront: soda Ilorteiisc Dudley i Cliuoc. Ripen the milk by application of heat before the rennet is put into it. The ripening should L-Q ullow to proceed to such a degree that not more than three hours will bo required between the addition of the rennet, and the. development of ucid perceptible to tha taste, or discernible by- hot ir tc st Tnc aso of iotir.

whey to, hasten thn ripening should not be resorted to. 01(1 milk which has liecomo nearly Gpur to the tasto may be but lopperodjDr thick inilk Hhoull never bo A Mr. John Drew, the owner of a milk route, was an elderly widower who lived in Somervillc, just out of Boston. His was kept for him by hid sister Betsey, a capable spinster whose gray hairs left her ago no longer uncertain. One day Miss Betsey Drew saw the milk wagon which her brother himself drove return from Boston an hour earlier than usual in the forenoon, and by hLs side was a woman.

lie drove up to the side door, unhitched horse, put him into the stable nnd came into tho house by means of the back door and through the kitchen into tho sitting room where Miss Uotocy wjis. ''Well, John Drew," she said severely, looking up from her knitting; "this queer business! You, a man in good standing, a-driving home with your wagon so early and leaving it standing by the door, and a-sitting there like stoughton "Girls'!" echoed John Drew. He had been plunged deep in thought, and had entered mechanically by the usual door. Hut that word roused him. Ho smiled a jovial smile, llo seized his wrist.

''Come, ho, "come and see hcrl I declare I forgot all about her!" They wercs at tho ndo door by this time and he pubhod it op-jn. "Jump out, Lucy!" ho called cheerily to tho girl in tho mill; wagon; and as the obediently climbed over tho wheel John stood beaming on tho doorstep, performing an introduction: "Betsey, this is my wife. Lucy, this is my sister that keeps house for us. "You tec, 1 he explained, as the girl drew near, "I got done going round in town a little earlier than usual this m.jrning, so, its I had a little time on my hands, I went and got married. -That's right, salnto the bride!" --Youth's Companion.

GREAMEY UIil n't Know tlio t'rliu-e. "While on a private 1 visit soino time ago to Lord Brooke at Easton Lodge, Dunmow. Essex, the Prince of Wsilcs met with im amusing incident. The railway htation usually used by visitors to the lodfjo is at tlio little village of Takeley. Xo notice whatever of the prince's expected arrival WJIH given to (lie station master, who, it so happened, only -ucen recently appointed to the olllce.

His royal highness was met by Lady llrookc, who preceded her royal guest to the phaeton waiting to convey them to the lodge. Upon arriving at tho barrier the prince wjis brought up all by the station master peremptorily demanding of him ticket. Amused evidently at tlio olnciaPs behavior, and wishing to have a little fun at his expense. tlio prince 1 said that he had lost it. "Then you will have to pay the 1 said tho station master determinedly.

At this point Lady UrookoTuturnod, and taking in tho situation said to the astounded official: "The prince's ticket is nil right." The incident is a standing joke with Lord Urooke and his guests, and his royal highness never visits the estate without being asked: "Where's your ticket?" He mightily enjoys the fun, and thinks that the btation master is a very faithful servant of the railway company. London Tit-Bits. Curious The most curious episode in Mr. Disraeli's life occurred in the year of the great exhibition, when Mrs. Bridges Willyams, then living widowed at Torquay, to him' professing admiration and asking advice, lie did not answer and she wrote Mtvting a Devonshire man at Monckton Milncs, lie asked him if lie knew a mad woman at Torquay named and w.os assured a Mrs.

Willyams was not mad. Still lie did not reply, and she wrote asking him to meet her near (he fountain in the exhibition. He did not go, and she wrote again, naming another hour. His friends advNejl him to keep the appointment and ho did so. lie found an old lady who might have sat for the figure of a fairy godmother.

Sho told him a long story and gave him an envelope containing a statement on which she wanted an opinion. Disraeli put it in his pocket and forgot it. Weeks afterward he put on the tame coat, and there was the envelope containing a hank note for a thousand pounds for his election c.xpciise.s and the legal rate, which was not absurd. He got a lawyer's opinion for her and M-nt it. That was the beginning of a long correspondence.

When she died sho left him her fortune and was buried tit Xews. Peddler--Madam, I am introducing a new kind of toap Madam--I don't want it. Peddler--It cobts but half as much is the old Madam--I don't want it, I tell you. Peddler--And does twice the work of Madam--Don't wan't it. Get out.

Peddler--Of any other kind, and id for tho complexion. Madam--How much is fork Weekly. A fact worth noting in photography has just been recorded. It appears Umt one of the essentials to a good photograph is a clean face--not a relatively but on absolutely clean one-- nnd it is that photographers have much troublo because they do not like to make a suggestion which might be relented by their sitters. often happens wealthy aimitour butter makers can eccuro butter prices fov their prouycc tlum the professionals themselves, This is in nearly "all cases because of the extra care smd cleanliness bestowed on both the cows and tho but" ter preparatiou, atid also because of tho superior methods of feeding pnrsucd.i You cannot strain dust or tninutQ particles Qf (HvUcaJ sgruf or tilth out of milk, Tho only way is not to let them get into the- inilk.

HOW A CO-OPERATIVE ICE HOUSE MAY BE CONSTRUCTED. leu No Longer a Luxury, but to the I'uniivr Half Dozen Club Together to llntltl House-- Ico I'unil. We must bo permitted to urge on creamerymeu, uV.iryuieu and farmers the necessity of plenty of ice or ice cold water in summer. It is a good time of year now to think of tills matter. The following suggestions will be- useful: The last summer's experience with the ice companies will serve as a warning to in the country who have all the convenience anil chances for keeping their own ice.

There is no reason wLy a small ice house should not bo attached to every farm house of any reasonable size. The need of ice for gem-nil farm purposes in the summer is bo great now that one cannot well afford to buy all of the ice necessary for use. Ice houses can easily be constructed ami at very little cost, wheio much ice is consumed for dairy purposes the saving from such a convenience will soon pay fortho cost. Ioe houses IKIVU been looked upon too much in tho light of luxuries, but the day is when they will be cou- biik'ietl The be.it plan of constructing ice houses is on the co-operative schi'iiiti. Half a dozen farmers of one locality should construct one on shares, and then fill it with ico in tho tame way.

The outlay of money and time will then be very small, and tlio real cost of ico in the summer months practically nothing. An ice house built on thu co-operative plan would liavo the advantage of those built by single individuals in being better constructed and a better ice preservative for a amount of money. Liko jill other co-operative enterprises of this nature, tlio individual would receive larger dividends for his invested capital than if put in an enterprise all by itself. Where ico is a necessary commodity in the summer time it would pay a small co-operative company of fanners to go to the extra expense of digging a pond for this purpose if no sheet of fresh water is in the locality. The outlay liero will bo somewhat heavy at first, but such a pond could bo made to pay by utilizing tho water in the summer time for irrigation purposes and in the winter for gathering ice.

Tlio ice house vhoiild have doublu walls, packed with sawdust, and tho outhidu wall should bo light, and the building banked t-o that the air cannot Ijavu access to the ico from below. Good dv.diiago should also be had. The final covering should not be put on after the hoiibu is filled until a very cold day The- more cold that can be shut up in the ice the better will the icu keep. The best covering for ice is the Lost non-condu'jtor, and fleecy wool- len blankets, if not FO expensive, would be the best covering that could be obtained. Sawdust, however, is nearly as good, and much ami this should bo put on from twelve to eighteen inclii's thick.

The lirst layer of dust becomes saturated with water, and thus become? a good conductor of heat, ami so it is nccosary to continue putting it on until tli ere is a good layer of absolutelj- dry eawdust. W. E. Farmer in American Cultivator. Duy.

Cream should be ripened to a mild acidity so as to be ready for the churn in twenty-four hours after skimming by all butter makers who do not wish to make Bwc't't cream butter. This can bo done even in cold weather, if the cream is warmed to a temperature of about 70 tlcgs. and kept at nearly that degree. Cream held more than ono day before churning is held at the of finest flavor. There are but few perhaps who have the acute sense to define a differ- between every day churning and every other day, if tho cream of tlio first day is kept cold mid then ripc-nctl with that of tho second day; but there are fcome who have such and they aru the men who are hired by large dealers to do the kind of smelling and tasting that is a preliminary to tho classification of any given lot of butter.

So it is better in tin 1 first place to have a dairy large to call for churning every day, ami then heed tho call. Hoard's Dairy- If you find oat hulls in the mill feed you buy for your cows you want to look out. The rascally dealers in mill feed are getting a habit of procuring oat hulls from the oat meal factories ami nimng them with the mill feed, to (leludo purchasers into the belief that the stuff they are buying contains oats. does not always go witli shuck. The Creamery Journal is opposed to the plan of uL'ing milk every other day at the creamery in winter.

It says the L'xpc-iise of gathering every day would be more than compensated by the gain. The cream can, when left over night at the farmer's, has sometimes a way of leaking to the amount of thirty or forty cents' worth. This is a very shocking insinuation. You must no longer speak of tour cream for churning. You must tay "ripened cream." The Fairbauk View declares three things necessary to the successful running of a co-operative creamery: First, ti business manager who knows his business from the ground up, and whose word is law.

Second, a board of directors chosen from the bent and wisest of the stockholders. Third, the best cream and butter test can be got, applied without fear or favor. Use uone but a shepherd or colly dog with yonr herd of cows. Have you ever noticed how the presence of a strange dog, or uven sometimes one to wliich they tire iicciutomed, drives cows frantic? It is perhaps a survival of the wild instinct in UiC-tu from a tiino when dogs wt-ro wolves and followed herds of wild cattle to devour theu- fjJven. Hang the man that waters his milfc, ami put the man who otherwise adulterates it into the penitentiary for life.

The relative value plan will be success. It i tho honest plan, says The Creamery Journal. Mr. Rogers, of Truviu county, has the only cheese factory in that state. Ho believes cheese can be made cheaper in Texas than anywhere else in the Union, and that this industry has a great future there.

Various forage plants uroduco two crona a year iu Texas. Tlic In Hat tie. In connection with his army experience Col. Pat Gihnore, the famous musician, tells this story: "You see wo musicians who march to battle are really the oniy ones who are unprotected. Wo, of course, can handle no weapons and are at the mercy of bullets.

To our duty of furnishing inspiring strains to tho marching soldiers we have another one, that of carrying off the wounded from the Held on stretchers. In one of the battles wo were on our way to the scene of action when we met a soldier running away from the Held. 'What is the I inquired in chorus with several other of the ckins. The man hurriedly replied: 'Oh, nothing at nil. I'm only wounded in one of the fingers of my left hand.

I'm oil to have it dressed and will return "Hut the light of inspiration had come to uij. No unprotected march for us when our angels had thrown such a good chance in our way. We seized the man and said, 'Get on the 'No, no, 1 ho answered; 'only one of my fingers is hurt. I can get on faster myself. Why should I be carried? Do I walk with my hand? Let me ''Wo merely repeated the order, 'fJot on tho lie didn't lioinl us and again we said more emphatically, 'Got on tho Seeing was obdurate, we mndo a bodily him and put him forcibly on the waiting stretcher.

"Then wo beat Iii-Lsty reln-at our burden. We carried him do'vn long hill to a piaco of safety, and took good caro to place our wound-M boldier in a distant place of security. 1 low were we to help it if tlio battle was nearly over when wo returned to the field? I always toll the generals with whom I fought that 1 was always in advance of them--in the Louis Post-Dispatch. UBU i i i StnoUclmll In AVur. Ill the sham light at Portsmouth in honor of the Kmperor William an advancing column was so affected by tlio fumes of the smokeball, which was used to raise a cloud of impenetrable obscurity under which they could advance, that tho men had to keep their hands to their noses to avoid MilToca- tion.

It is now proposed that tho smokcball shall receive a further development. It has occurred to some military men that instead of half suffocating their own troops, it would be butter to follow the example of the Chinese pirates with their stinkpots and asphyxiate the enemy. A Vienna scientist has accordingly Invented a bomb of such power and vi- rulciico that every one who is within a certain radius of it when it explodes rendered unconscious. Devices such as these would toon modify the art of war, and probably the next development will be an anthis-phyxiating bomb, whose fumes will those of the other. It is said that many years ago a scheme based on the throwing of poisonous over a tniet of country was put before tho war oflleo in Knglund, for the purpose of devastating tlio country in tho face of an invading army, but tho agency employed was so terrible in its effects that it not made public, and wad consigned to the secret records of the war New York Commercial Advertiser.

mill Tlu-lr Surnames in France, began about 087, when barons used to designate themselves by the names of their estates; and that has been tho general practice of deriving surnames, though by no means the origin of the names of all tho nobility of Murope. were taken from badges, cog and nicknames applied to individuals. Among tho comi'ionally surnames aro said not to have been general before the reign of ICdward II. It will be found, upon examination, that many of them originated in the still older custom of adding to the son's Christian name that of the father; many more from the names of trades, and many from accidental distinction in size and color, probably originally upplied to tho founder of the family. Many who display crests and arms nowadays would be reluctant to emblazon them upon linen and silver, carriage door and livery, if they knew the true origin of their now vaunted display.

New York Ledger. Tlii-y riiiclictl. There are a good many people who prefer old things to new things. FOIIIO- times, perhaps, without as good reason for the preference as an old beggar OIIKO showed in tho matter of shoos. This man called at a lady and begged for pair of shoes.

Sho gave him a nearly now pair of her husband's which he had laid aside for some reason. A day or two afterward the beggar returned. "Mum," he said, "can't you give mo a pair of shoes some old nigged oncs'f" "But," f-aid the lady. "I have just given you an entirely new pair; you have them on now." "YcVm." he said, "but I ho trouble. They're s-o new.

yy that they hurt my YouthV Companion. fftiuil for I'liinitlunlnls. Here lire sorno sentences which test the agility of the tongue G'azo on the gay gray brigade. The sea ceafeth and it btilllccth us. Say.

should such a shapely sash shabby stitches show? Strange str.itegie statistics. Give Grimes Jim's gilt gig whip. Sarah in shawl shoveled soft snow softly. Sho sells Smith's spirit flask split Philip's sixth sister's tilth wjnirrers New York Lodger. A unique but useful present to a lady who writes many letters is this.

A tie silver tray, upon wliich should! stand cut glass bottle filled with va- tcr, nnd by its side a silver handled! brush like tlioso used for This obviates the necessity of moistening the gummed Hup of cuvelopca SPAPER.