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CURIOUS FACTS. A cubit is two feet. “Cluck!” is the restaurant name for a fresh egg. Measure 209 feet on each side and you will have a square acre within an inch. William Geqrge, of Long Pine, Neb., has just died of glanders caught from a favorite horse. Burlington, N. J,, proudly claims more widows to the square yard than any other city in these United States. during According to one estimate Indian corn thirty-six growth draws trom the soil times its own weight of water. The first slave . labor within the pres¬ ent limits of the United States was that employed tine, at the founding of St. Augus¬ Fla., in 1565. A homing pigeon released at Liberty, Va., reached its home in West Philadel¬ phia, a distance of 2951 miles, within five hours and nine minutes. The second church bell brought to this continent still rings at the First Congre¬ gational Church at Hartford, Conn. The first church bell brought to this country rang in Virginia. Daniel Freeman took the first home¬ stead pre-empted in the United States January 1, ls63. The land is five miles west of Beatrice, Neb., and Mr. Free¬ man still lives on it. Nut culture is beginning to attract more attention in Georgia. One man has more than one thousand pecan trees planted and as many English walnuts now just coming into bearing. Small amounts of the old postal cur¬ rency continue to be offered for redemp¬ tion at the New York Sub-Treasury.- The amount still unredeemed is $15,090,000, but most of it is doubtless worn out or destroyed. A farmer in Gratiot County, Mich., plowed up a fifty-pound camion ball the other day. There is no record of any battle vicinity, having aud been fought in that the people are wondering where the big cannon ball came from. Peter Buckman, a young lad - in St. Cloud, Minn., breaks a bone every time he falls. His bones are so brittle as to snap under the slightest blow, and al¬ though only six years old he has sus¬ tained sixteen fractures of the arms and legs. The gem yield of North Carolina was enriched a fortnight ago by the discov¬ ery of l wo splendid emeralds at the Hid denite Mines. One of the crystais weighs seventy carats and the other eighty, and they will yield several hundred dollars’ worth of jewels. The story runs that kissing was in¬ troduced into England by Kowena, the daughter which of Hengist, the Saxon. At a banquet was given by the British monarch in honor of his allies the prin¬ cess, after pressing the brimming beaker to delighted her lips, saluted and with astonished and Vortigern a little kiss, after the manner of her own people. A direct descendant of Paulding, one of the scouts who who arrested Andre, the British spy, when he attempted to pass the picket under the name of An¬ derson, has in his possession the through origi¬ nal pass given to pass when Andre the American lines, Benedict Arnold had resolved to pass West Point into the hands of the enemy. The pass is signed by Arnold, as Major-General and countersigned by General Gage. Colors used in sealing-wax are said to express a certain significance. White is used for weddings; black, drab and purple for mourning; lavender is con¬ dolence; dinner invitations are sealed w.th chocolate color; blue denotes con¬ stancy; green expresses hatred; vermil¬ ion signifies business; ruby or cardinal denotes themo3t ardent love; light ruby or rose is affectionate remembrance; pale green is innocence; yellow indicates jealousy; yellowish green /signifies grief and disappointment; dark brown, mel¬ ancholy and reserve. Sea Birds’ Drinking Water. A 11 old sea captain thinks ho has a good answer for the question: “Where do sea birds obtain fresh drinking water?” He says that he has often seen birds far from land that could furnish water flying around and under storm cloud*, fell drinking and the drops of water as they chattering like ducks in a pond on a hot day. They will smell a rain-squall with tremendous 100 miles away and fly for if speed. It is said to be English to never wash strawberries, but to roll them carefully iu a towel until ‘ -the grit disappears.’’ About Cotton. The cotton crop being somewhat backward this year, plowing may and should be continued longer Than usual. As the main object of cultivation during July was to encourage plant growth, or development of weed, so the object is now to promote the growth and maturity of the squares and young bolls. The plants are now, or should be, covered with abundant foliage, and the processof assimilation of the sap and the develop¬ ment of the embryo fruit will go on ra¬ pidly without much perceptible increase in the size of the plants. The same vege¬ tative functions, however, are in full force, being only partially diverted from the formation of leaves and branches to the perfection of the fruit, and tbe same necessity for keeping exists, though in less degree, the surface soil in an open and porous condition. Cultivation should of now, as a rule, be limited to one furrow a wide plow or cultivator, run in each middle. In spite of all efforts to culti¬ vate on a level, the stalks are now stand¬ ing on the comb more or less elevated ridge or bed, and examination will show that this bed is full of the rootlets of the plants. It is not good practice to plunge a plow into the sides of tile bed and tear it away to the depth of three or four inches, as will be (he case where two furrows are put in. It is best to run but one the implement furrow, right in the middle, having will so set or adjusted that it cut to a uniform depth from side to side of not greater than one inch. Deep heretofore. plowing must be avoided now if not It will be better not to plow the crop; any more than to tear and mu¬ tilate the roots at this critical period. No point has been more delinitely settled, by scientific experimenters as well as profes¬ sional practical farmers, than that deep of plowing in the later stag, s of the growth any annual plant, is irretrievably ruin oils. It will inevitably eau-e the plant to throw off the greater patt of its forms and young fruit and to start into vigor¬ ous but belated growth. Taking average of the middle line of the cotton belt, it may be assumed that all forms or squares that make their first appearance after the middle of August will be too l ate to mature into perfect bolls before a killing frost occurs; therefore all further increase in the size of the plants and the number of new squares after that date involves a useless waste of energy and should not lie encouraged.— Atlanta, Ga ., Southern Cultivator. Fine Harness Oil. The following is the government re oeipe for harness oil; One gallon, neats foot oil, two pounds bnyberry tallow, two pounds beeswax. Put the above in a pan over a moderate fire. When thor¬ oughly dissolved, add two quarts of cas¬ tor oil; then while on the fire stir in one ounce of lamp-black. Mix well, and strain through a fine cloth to remove sediment; let it cool and keep it in tin cans. The Methodist Episcopal Church, given during the past twenty-three years, has more than $3,000,000 to church ex¬ tension and aided over 0,000 churches. Tile Rest Temt of Success Is Success. Tested and proved by over twenty-five years’ use in all pai ts of the world, Allcock’s Por¬ ous Plasters have the indorsement of the highest medical ar.d chemical au horities.and millions of grateful patients who havo been cured of distressing ailments voluntarily tes¬ tify to their met ts. Allcock's Porous Plasters are purely vegeiab'e. They arc mild but effective, sure and quick iu their action, and absolutely harmless. Beware of imitations,and do not be deceived by misrepresentation. Ask lor Allcock's, and let, no explanation or solicitation induce you to accept a sub¬ stitute. The present crop prospects indicate that there will be few small potatoes this year. Popular Preparation ! Praise, Pure, Progressive Potent, Powerful! Pallid Positive¬ People ly Pierce’s Pleasant People Purchase! 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They lead the world, The Longest Word in the Dictionary Is incompetent to communicate the inexpress¬ ible satisfaction and incomprehensible co se¬ quences resulting Dr. Pierce’s from Favorite a judicious adminis¬ tration of Prescription, a preparation relief and designed especially for all the speedy ale permanent cure of le liar Weaknesses, Nervousness, The and diseases pecu¬ to the fem le sox. only remedy for worn in’s peculiar ills, sold by druggists,under a posicive guarantee to give satislaction. See guarantee on wrapper of b ttle. Ihi-gnaran tee has been faithfully carried out for many years by tile proprietors. Don't go to any fair that will tolerate insti¬ tutions you would not separately patronize. Conventional “ iUonon ” Resolutions. Whereas, The IU non Route (L. N. A. & O. Ky Co.). es res to make it known to the world at large that it forms the double connecting nnk of Pullman tourist travel between the winter cities of Florida a d the summer re¬ sorts of the Northwest; and Whereas, sed, Its eleg “rapid transit” system is un« surpa its int P.,11 nan Buffet bleeper and Chair car service between Chicago and equal Louisville, ed; Indianapolis and Cincinnati un¬ and then IVhcreas, be Its rates are as low as the lowest; it trip Resolved, That in the event of starting on a Cormick, it is good policy to eon nit wit i h. O. Mc¬ Gen’l Pass. Agent Monon Route, 183 Dearborn St.. Chicago, for full particul ,rs. (In any event send for a Tourist Guide, enclose 4c. P'stage.) elerv Paines ombound THE CELEBRATED NERVE TONIC. Word to the Nervous You are painfully aware that you have nerves? Then you are sick. A healthy boy has as many as you, but he doesn’t know it. That is the difference between “sick" and “ well.” Why don’t you cure your¬ self? 1 1 is easy. 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