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THE SIOLI COUNTY JOURNAL
L i. iimon, fresh
HARRISON, :
NEBRASKA.
It is almost as difficult to make a man
unlearn bis errors a his knowledge.
All Is hollow where the heart bear
Dot a part, and all in in peril where
principle is not the guide.
We don't ask that the sturup speak
ers give up all their Idols, but couldn't
they possibly get along without the'
"ides of November" this year?
It is less by strength than by good
management that many of the hardest
tasks of life are done. It Is less what
one lifts or moves thau how one does
the lifting and the moving.
Young Vauderbih has married the
girl of his choice, and now, notwith
standing the displeasure of his rich
father, he may be expected to grow
himself some sidewhiskers and become
extremely rich, and highly uninterest
ing afterthe mannei of his kind.
New York has at last found that its
garbage is valuable and has made a
contract with a garbage company, so
that the historic garbage scows, which
have so long been used for dumping the
refuso into the harbor, will no longer
be a feature of the city. Gotham baa
been a long time in learning this simple
lesson in economic science.
"The sweet delirium of the cycling
craxo" Is soon to set the untutored and
naked savages of the South Sea islands
wild, as they spin along their shelly
shores on the dozen bikes which are
boraa to thein by Oscar Passare, Prince
of Bora Bora, in the Society group, who
has recently started for home after com
pleting bis education in England.
There is perhaps nothing more cer
tain in the universe than the fact that
"it takes two to speak the truth, one to
peak and another to hear;" human
nature is so prone to distort, to inter
pret speech according to its own preju
dices, to warp the utterances of anoth
er, it may be unconsciously, to suit its
own views, to supply or omit a word
which may change the whole complex
ion of a remark, or use a punctuation
which may set it all awry.
People often boast of their long and
varied experience, and claim, on ac
count of it. the deference and acquies
cence of all who are younger. The test
of any such claim must be, not what
they have been through, but what they
have developed from it Has the re
sult been a fuller, nobler, richer life?
Is the mind clearer and stronger? Is
the character firm and established? Is
the heart pure, true and sympatciug?
If so, they have accumulated experi
ence in the right way, and are worthy
of ail respect. But the mere passing
through different phases, however ex
citing or numerous they may be, the
mere suffering or enjoyment caused by
various events, however intense they
may be, does not constitute such a
claim.
The "emancipation" of woman and
her now unchallenged right to enter the
field of gainful labor has made it no
longer necessary for thousands of fe
males to look to marriage as a means of
support. Of the total number of per
sons employed in some occupation in
1880 15 per cent were women. In 1MX)
17 per cent, of the employed were fe
males. Mr. Edward Cnry, in a recent
number of the Forum, concludes that
men have been displaced only to a very
slight extent by women, although a
great many more of the latter are earn
ing a living now than ever before. What
the effect will be upon the marriage in
stitution is an Interesting subject, and
no doubt the census of 1900 will develop
some significant facts. Of course, wom
en who are inclined to enter upon the
state of matrimony only because it af
fords a livelihood will be in no hurry
to "make a match" If they are self
supporting and find their employment
more congenial than the bonds of holy
wedlock. To what extent and In what
respect society will be affected by the
changed conditions cannot be estimated
In the early stages of this remarkable
revolution.
It seems that the world can never
take op with a new occupation or
amusement without wanting to push It
to extremes. This Is particularly true
of sports, and a specimen case is that
of the St Louis young man who pro
poses to attempt to ride one mile In a
minute or less, a steam locomotive be
ing used as his "pacemaker." The cen
ter of a stretch of straight railway
track will be smoothly boarded over.
The wheelman will mount his bicycle
behind the engine and chase It over
the course. He runs the risk that the
engine may suddenly slacken speed,
and thus bring fabn Into collision, or
that some accident may force him out
of hit place just behind the pacemaker
aad throat him Into the vortex of rush
Is air currents formed by suction. It
to claimed that the experiment will be
serviceable as showing what speed the
Wheel may attain If protected from the
resistance of the air. In the expert
MDt the engine ia to remove this sub-
Bven granting that the test
serve the purpose named, It Is 1m-
fUCbh to see what useful end la to be
carved. Speed on a bicycle most be
atTT'sai under the restrictions and coo
C i rea which btcrdln to praett.
LZxSmU the element of a
' r H an aad It eeaaea to be
J-J, mUtomf eflbeatrbe
a fatter la btojheto
the physical capacity of the rider.
There has lieen too much tendency to
extreme and unimportant extensions of
sport of late. It would be a good thing
to suppress these extravagances on be
half of sane and healthful athletics.
The rescue In midocean of the Ger
man sailors from their wrecked vessel
by the men of the French liner La
Bourgogne was one of those grand
deeds that ennoble humanity. It was
accidental that the rescued men were
Germans, for we well know that the
gallant Frenchmen would have done
the same for any who were in
leril of the waves, but It is none the
less pleasing that this heroism was per
formed by Frenchmen for Germans.
Compared with the mighty deeds that
influence states and nations, this act
perhaps was small and Insignificant
The lives of a dozen men were saved,
but what are a dozen men to the des
tinies of empires? The fatal war that
ended at Sedan saw ten thousand times
as many sacrificed to the ambition of
rulers. That war left bitterness and
hatred behind It, and wrathful mem
ories, that a quarter of a century has
not assuaged. At the moment these
gallant Frenchmen were delivering
their one time enemies from death
other Frenchmen were denouncing their
own government for having extended -j
invitations to the German people to
participate In the great Parisian Ex
position of WOO! But how they will
cheer to the who when they learn of
this ocean heroism! Small, then, as
this act appears to be, in a general
comparison it may, after all, have
great results in convincing the French
and German people that humanity Is
broader than empire, and that daunt
less courage may be shown elsewhere
than on the battlefield.
The death of Bobert Garrett removes
a figure which Is Inseparably connected
In American history with the great ro
mances of railroad building and wreck
ing. When young Garrett left college
and took a subordinate position in tba
Baltimore awl Ohio Railroad service,
of which his father was president, he
had every reason to expect success of a
most brilliant kind. The Baltimore and
Ohio was becoming one of the greatest
and richest railroad properties In the
country. Its stock was regarded as the
best of investments, and it was extend
ing Its lines with every year. But the
son w:is not of the character to carry
on tbrf successes of his father. His en
trance Into postR of responsibility on the
road was marked by the beginning of a
series of disasters, due largely to ex
travagant and unwise financiering and
the personal fihorteomings of the man
himself. If the generally credited story
is to be believed it was due to the care
less utterance of a few Idle word?,
spoken in a moment of exhilaration to a
representative of a rival corporation
which cost the Baltimore road 1H,000,
000 and considerably changed the his
tory of American finance and railway
operations. Garrett had perfected a
deal tc secure control of the Philadel
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore line,
thereby securing for his road adequate
terminal facilities in Philadelphia. It
was bin own reckless talk In a sociable
after-dinner chat which gave the In
formation to the Pennsylvania mana
gers, who set forth tlmt very night and
beat him cut in the effort to get the
road. From that time on until the Bal
timore line went Into the hands of a
receiver some mouths ago, the road
sank deeper and deeper in trouble. An
investigation of the company's affairs
disclosed a woeful amount of reckless '
and worse than reckless financiering.
The property which twelve years be
fore had been1 said to be one of the
l Ichest railway possessions In Uie world
went down to failure with frightful
spe.i1. Garrett and his unwise actions
afford a striking Illustration to finan
ciers of the Inevitable result of such
business methods as he pursued.
Reality of Wart-Charming.
Prof. Newbold, In Popular Science
Monthly: The ease with which warts
can be "charmed away" by suggestion
lias long been known. I will quote two
caes. The patient in the first case was
my wife, then a little girl, and the ac
count was written for me by her moth
er. "I remember It all perfectly. It
was when E- was about 6 years old,
just before we went to Boston to live.
She had bad warts on her hands for
over a year. They had spread until her
hand was not only badly disfigured but
very painful, as they were apt to crack
and bleed. Two physicians, both rela
tives of ours, had prescribed for them,
and we liad followed directions without
success. We were In Lawrence, at M.
P. 's. A lady came to tea, noticed
the warts, and offered to remove them
by a 'charm.' As I had once or twice
been relieved In childhood In the same
way I was delighted at the offer. Sb
went through some mummery, rubbing
them and muttering something, I think,
and then announced that they would
be gone In a month. They were, every
one. In a few days they began to dry
up and disappear. So far as I can re
member she never had another. When
I was a child there was a neighbor of
ours who used to remove all the wans
In the neighborhood. I never heard of
his falling, and I know of many success
ful removals In our own family. He
used a piece of thread. He would tie it
around the wart If he could with
great solemnity, rub it three times, and
very carefuly put the piece of thread In
a paper In Ms pocket book. This made
a very great Impression on us. I remem
ber. It seemed next to a church service,
having your wart taken off."
Kaflaad' Potato Crop.
The estimates of the yield of the po
tato crop in Great Britain show that,
oa 621.000 acres a crop of 8,Ka,0GS
tons ware secured, against tn almost
exactly similar quantity product) oa
much larger acrea- 7UMXX) acrda4aj
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Intoxicated Bee.
It is believed that bees postk-ss an im
munity against the poisonous effects of
certain flowers from which they obtain
nectar. But while this may be so. It
Is certain that bees are not proof
against the narcotic and Intoxicating
properties of plants, for they have fre
quently been seen to fall out of gladt
clus blossoms In a state of helpless In
toxication. The Fenses of insects.
With reference to a recent paragraph
In the Nature and Science column, a
correspondent writes to us that the
brilliant color of a wall paper in his
house attracted bees, which found that
they had been fooled when they tried
to get the honey from the flowers pic
tured on the paper. This does not con
tradict the paragraph referred to, which
i nly asserted that the odor is even
more powerful than the sense of color
in attracting Insects. Probably both
senses play their part In the case.
A ft ran i:e Explosion.
A singular accident, the cause of
which is somewhat obscure, occurred
recently In Brooklyn, New York. Two
men were busy In a steam engine fac
tory breaking up an old brass "plun
ger" from the water cylinder of a
steamship. The plunger was two feet
long and six Inches In diameter, and
Its walls were five-eighths of an Inch
Ihtck. It was first placed In a red-hot
oven to soften the nietaL Then one of
the men struck it a violent blow with
a sledge hammer. It exploded with a
noise like the discharge of a cannon.
The workmen were so badly mangled
that both were compelled to 'undergo
amputation, one losing both legs and
the other one leg. The accident wis
ascriled to the absorption of moisture
in the pores of the brass, and the sub
sequent turning of the moisture Into
steam by the sudden heating in the
oven. The blow of the hammer. It was
thought released the pent-up force of
the steam, and thus caused the explo
sion. A New Metal in Brisk Demand.
French Inventions frequently call
Into use natural products which had
previously possessed no practical value;
This is illustrated by the rare metal,
thorium, discovered by the great chem
iit Berzelius, early In the present cen
tury. When burned, the metal emits a
bght more brilliant than that of burn
ing magnesium, but until the recent In
vention of Incandescent gasburuers, In
which the flame Is encased In a metal
lic mantle, no use was discovered for it.
I'pon experimenting with various sub
stances it was found that the oxide of
thorium, called thoria, makes the best
mantle for such burners, and a demand
being thus created for it, the value of
thoria suddenly sprang from almost
nothing up to $250 per pound. Then a
search began for new sources from
which thoria could be olrtalned. and
1bls search is not yet finished. Orig
inally the new metal was found only In
certain rare minerals in Norway. Re
cently t has been discovered that the
mineral "monazlte" contains a liberal
quantity of thoria, and monazlte Is
found in North Carolina. Canada and
Brazil. The price of thoria Is now
much lower than it was at first, al
though it still commands $15 or ?20,
and even more, per jiound, the price
fluctuating with the supply.
Welcoming a Hiver.
In the long coastal desert of Peru,
which Is gome 2.000 miles in length, but
only 120 iniles broad at Its widest part,
the rivers, Major A. F. Sears says, dis
appear in the dry season and begin to
flow again In February or March when
lain falls in the Cordilleras. One of
the most Important of these rivers Is
the Plura, the. return of whose waters
is welcomed with great rejoicings by
the Inhabitants of Its banks. About
the time when "the coming of the
liver" Is expected, eager Inquiries as to
I be progress of the water are put to all
persons who chance to come from the
head of the valley, and when the water
approaches the town of Piura proces
sions go out to meet It and escort Its
tirst trickling stream down the dry
river bed with music and fireworks. At
the outskirts of the city thousands of
people greet Its arrival. The valley of
the Plura Is said by Major Sears to pro
duce excellent cotton, although Its pos
sibilities In this respect are not well de
veloped for lack of systematic lrtlga
tlon. Once In a period of from five to
seven years rain falls upon the coastal
plain, whereupon, with magic quick
ness, grass and flowers cover It, and
cuttle browse In Its pastures, but In a
few weeks everything withers, and des
olation reigns once more upon the bar
ren sands.
"Odd, bat Rather Mce."
Renders will perhaps be amused hy a
bit of "society" gossip overheard at
some "function," aad reported by the
New York Tribune. Two young ladles
were talking. N
"Fancy what a shock 1 had last
week," said vivacious Miss B., who bad
been visiting In a large Western city;
"and yet It was rather nice, you know.
,"The people I was stopping with an
rsueaed kings always travel in a pri
vate car, step aver to Barone; with. toss
effort than New-Yorkers make In going
to Brooklyn, and all thai.
"Well, the day after my arrival they
pave me a lea, and the prettiest girl In
the room was a red-haired creature,
with a ravishing figure, and a gown
which lilted worlds better tlian mine. I
was Immensely takeu wilb her, and we
chatted, and she was Jolly ami clever
and most fascinating. Finally, as we
were drinking lea together, the butler
offered me some cake a blow-away,
melt-ln-your-moutb concoction of sugar
and chocolate, utterly delicious.
"1 i-ald at once 1 had never- tasted
anything so delicate, whereupon the
beauty calmly remarkel:
" I'm giad you like it; I made it' .
"I thought she w.ia Joking.
'Why, you are not a relation, are
you?" I asked.
" 'No,' she said, with a little laugh; I
must have looked bewildered- 'No. I
am a professional cook. I make almost
all the fancy desserts and cake for the
swell set here.' And It was true.
"She lielonged to a p,or family, good
enough as to birth, the father incapable
of earning much, and ns she grew up
It b-came necessary to do something.
She liked cooking, and began with this
BUgar cake, making It occasionally for
a few friends. When I met her she was
on the top round, had two rooms at the
liacSi of the house, with a telephone, an
assistant cook and errand boy. and
bought her flour and sugar and things
at wholesale.
'The remarkable thing was tliat she
remained the intimate friend of these
rich girls with whom she had gone to
school, dressed better than a good many
of them, and after making the cake
and creams for a big reception, would
dress and go and eat her own wares.
" "It used to sound very droll.' she
said, 'when my hostess would call
through the telephone: "0 Hetty, dear;
can you send me two quarts of biscuit
Tortonl for dinner to-morrow night?"
And "Betty, If you are going to the
dance Friday, I'll take you up In the
carriage." But you know. It seemed
rather nice, too.' "
He Was Disappointed.
She opened the door to her father's
den. but hesitated on the threshold.
"Well?" he growled Inquiringly. Then,
as he saw her indecision, he said In a
more kindly way: "Come In. What's
the trouble?"
She entered and stood Is -fore him
with downcast eyes and cheeks suf
fused with blushes.
"I have a confession to make," she
said slowly.
"Fire away!" he returned cheerily,
his whole manner having undergone a
change when he saw she was perturle
ed. "I guess It's nothing very serious."
"Oh, but It is," she protested; "It's
very serious, Indeed. You know Har
old "
"Well, what about Harold?"
" has been coming to me for
quite a long time," she continued, pay
ing no attention to the Interruption,
"and hist night "
"Well?"
"Last night he proposal that we we
should run away together, and and
be married."
The old gentleman frowned.
"And what did you say?"
"I refused," site replied promptly and
proudly. "I refused absolutely, and told
him that he must go to you and ask
for my hand properly If he wished me
to le his wife."
The old gentleman still frowned.
"I recalled all that you said tiltout our
aristocratic ancestry," she went on,
"nnd Insisted "
"I'm-yes," Interrupted the old gen
tleman, musingly, "that's all very pret
ty and very creditable, but far from
business-like. It seems to me you might
have given your poor old father the
best of It once, and saved him Die cotst
of a wedding when times are so bard.'
If he brings the subject again, Just have
your iKHinet handy so that you can
make a quick trip to Milwaukee and
let the old man down easy." Chicago
Evening Post.
Former Hlove Market.
On ls'iiches so placed as to command
a good view were the buyers, coars
hxiking Turks, whose calm, searching
gaze seemed to take lu every detail.
The merchant conducting the sale
tood before them, talking and gesticu
.atiug with great vehemence. He turn
ed to one of the peas, which was filled
with joung Circassian women, most of
whom" were very handsome. They
were seated close together on the
ground, in an attitude of listless de
Kpondeucy, their white garments flow
ing around them, and a they gazed up
at me with their snd, dark eyes, I felt
painfully how they must envy the free
and happy stranger who came to look
on them lu their Infamy and misery.
The slave trader came forward, fol
lowed by a phlegmatic-looking Turk,
nnd, seizing one of the women by the
arm, forced her to stand up before this
msm, who, it appeared, wished to buy
her. He proceeded to inspect her, very
much In the same manner as he might
nave examined a horse or a dog, and
his decision was unfavorable; be turn
ed with a contemptuous movement of
the head, and the slave me reliant in a
rage, thrunt back the unfortunate girl,
who sank down trembling among her
companions In activity. This scene wax
as much as we could stand, and we left
the place hurriedly at once; It Is well,
Indoed, that such sights can bo wit
nessed no mre, at least in Europe.
Blackwood's Magazine.
American Horses for England.
The Loudon General Omnibus Com
pany has entered Into a contract with
an American Arm for the supply of
6,000 horses for 'bus work In the metro
polis, which does not seem as though
they were much afraid of the new
motor car.
The people who hare seen yon iu at
sinbarrassing situation never die of
nor out of the neighborhood. , -
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
A Oood Dairy Cow Witt Yield Nearly
0,000 Posada of JlllSr Annaelly
Tbreshtng Damp Giaiu-- Have a
Boom for Harness Fsrm Notes.
Average Milk TIcM.'
An Agricultural Department bulletin
iwys: A very good annual average yield
of milk is .. pounds Instead of R,'
and - to 'SS't pounds of butter per
tow Instead of U'." jHiunds. Maur
herds kept in a plain, practical farm
fashion attain still better result.
There are manifestly many cows In
the country, probably some millions,
that do not produce the value of their
rrnual cost, lmweier cheap and waste
fully poor their keeping may be. It is
apparent that If but two cows were
kept, of the siuz'-sted standard of pro
duction, In place of every three of the
existing average quality, the aggregate
products of the dairy industry of th
country would 1 increased more than
10 per cent, while the aggregate cot
to tholr owners ought to Is: less and
probably would 1k.
Every possible influence should le ex
erted to induce dairy farmers to weed
out their herds and keep fewer cows
end better oii.-s. At lcist the average
quality of cows kept for dairy pur
roses should be brought up to u re
spectable and profitable standard. For
the present the cow owner may reason
nbly require something over two gal
lons of milk per day for four months,
then two gallons a day for the next
four, and nt least two months more lu
milk during the year with constantly
decreasing yield. This provides for an
annual yield of r..0fi0 ininds of milk,
or altout 575 gallons, which is a fair
Ideal standard for the dairy cow In the
United States.
ThrettliinK Damp Grain.
It Is quite likely that much grain will
be threshed while damp this year, as
wet weather in harvest time caused It
to le got lu before fully dry. Iu most
cases the grain will take less harm In
the bundle than out of It. So long as
grain was threshed by hand there was
no danger of the work being done
while either straw or grain were damp.
It made the work loo hard, and the
threshing was alwajs reserved for cold
weather, after frost had thoroughly
dried nu both straw and grain. When
horse-power threshing machines came
Into use there was nearly as much care
In having the grain In good condition
for threshing. We have seen the
thresher stalled when the grain came
too fast or too dump. In the large
steam threshers the bundles go through
all right, but If damp more or less of
the grain goes Into the stack. The evil
of threshing damp grain Is not confined
to the loss by waste. What Is put In
the granary Is much more likely to
beat and become musty than I! Is if the
grain has been thoroughly dried In the
straw. American Cultivator.
A Speclnl Honrn for Mnrnens.
A great many farmers continue the
practice of hanging up the harness on
the pegs behind the horses, where It Is
exposed to the odors which come from
their excrement, and It is quite often
knocked down and trampled if) It. This
wears out a good harness much faster
than will use. It will pay good Inter
est on the cost to have a separate room
in which to keep the harness. Nothing
destroys leather more quickly than dirt
and the ammonia which Is always
found In stables. The harness should
be frequently spunged to remove the
dirt, and then be oiled, allowing the
oil to soak In, and then lightly rubbed
with a dry cloth. Kept thus. Instead of
becoming rotten after one or two years,
a harness may be kept In good condi
tion for from ten to twenty years. We
know farmers who have kept harness
for this longer time, while other farm
ers, uho did no more work with their
horses, had to buy a new harness every
two or three years. Ontario Family
Herald.
Guinea Hens.
The reason so many people fall in
rearing guinea fowls is because they
insist on keeping the heu under a coop,
(iulnr a chickens are peculiarly depend
ent on natural food, nnd they cannot get
enough of tills uuless the old bird nmx
with them. The first week they should
not be let out longer than an hour at a
time, and then shut them up In u nhd
for .in hour and a half; then out again,
and o on. Feed every two hours in
addition; and as they get older Increase
the time they nre out until they need
only to be put hi If any of them look
at all tired. Give a little meal chopped
very line and mixed with meal or
mashed potatoes twice a day, and oat
meal made Into a dry paste for the
other meals until they can pick. But
they are very dlflicult to rar If the hen
Is not left free, for plenty of Insects Is
the great thing.
The Difference.
There are hundreds of farmers who
are skeptical of the merits of pure-bred
swine. With them a bog Is a bog, and
they insist that with plenty of food
and under like conditions one will gain
as much weight as the other and make
as much profit A careful trial will
prove the contrary. Any one breeding
a scrub sow to a thoroughbred male
will readily sec that pigs from such
sows are far more attractive and will
fatten more readily, and even the first
cross will mature earlier than da
scrubs. A well-bred bog will make
more meat In less time, and therefore
with less feed. However, the fanner
who breeds the Improved hog with the
expectation that b will make a largs
hog without attention will be aaap
pointed, for good care and stteatiea art
aawoasa, , With goal toad
and treatment tfcv thoroughbred can be
mad fit for market In f rom eight to teu
months, while the scrub will require
from fifteen to eighteen months to
make the wime weight.
We quote the above from the South
ern fltoek Farm and believe that a fair
teat will satisfactorily demonstrate the
truthfulness of the assertions made.
Feeding Cora sad Feets.
An extensive cattle-feeder of Ne
braska, who feed l.i"t acres of corn
of bis own raising snd 1"0 tons of
beets a year, has kept careful accounts
of liis oiK-ratlons for the last ten years.
From that record the following facts
are given:
For the first nine years the cost ier
head ninged from f 14 to .L'.Ttt. but In
W.i Up legnll feeding Ix-ets and corn,
which h.id Im-cii cut nnd cured iu the
shock and then run through a shred
ding machine, ear, stalk, and blade, all
of which is by the machine reduced to
the condition c coarse hay. The cost
of harvesting, shot king, t-hreddlng and
fee ling is three cents per bushel of
grain and $1.S7 per ton of fishier.
The l.JiKt acres averaged 4n'ti bussels
of corn and a ton and a half of fodder
per acre. The heels (sugar beetsi yield
ed ." to .7 tons per acre, counting tops
iiit all, aud were fed whole. Both cat
tle and hogs nre fond of them, and It
was found that after cutting them the
llrxt few days cattle learn to bite them
off as a boy biles an apple. Since adopt
ing this ration the cost of fattening cat
tle has never exceeded $10 per head.
No cholera has ever occurred among
hogs following the cattle while feeding
beets. It is estimated that bcet-tols
from lteets used In sugnr-iimkliig are
worth on an average f'.i per acre tor
cattle food. Wisconsin Agriculturist.
KnrnltiK 1'otato Vines.
Wherever rot or blight has prevailed
in potatoes no time should Iw lost ufter
the potatoes nre dug In burning the
tops. This will prevent the spread of
the fungus, with which the tops will
always be found filled where disease
prevails. It Is a good plan to burn the
potato tops liny way. About all the
mnnurlal value they contain Is I heir
potash, and this Is all saved lu their
ash. The old-time plan of using the
vines to plow under as manure, or,
worse still, taking them to the barn
yard and composting with manure, Is
known now lo be often a means of
keeping the germs nllve. In the manure
heap especially the itnto rot finds a
good field for propagating. For this
reason the feeding of diseased potatoes
to stock In winter should never bo
practiced. The worst pnrts of the po
tato will be rejected, nnd these will go
Into the manure pile to make trouble
next year.
Thi Hands of Milkmen.
It requires gisx' muscles in the hands
to milk eight or ten or more cows in
succession. As n result a milkman will
endure a good deal of handshaking
without hnvlng the muscles of his
hands made sore by the oierntion. as
are the hands of the lawyers snd pro
fessional men who secure Presidential
nominations. We had a friend once
who said he could select the milkmen
In any crowd of men by the firmness
of their grip. It Is as distinct, he said,
ns that of any secret society, though
of course lu a very different way.
The Orchard.
Apple trees that have not been spray
ed may produce large crops, but aro
not likely to do Ki.
Those who have never fertilized their
orchards or gardens should try It Ibis
year and note the results.
Seaweed Is a good fertilizer for most
nil fruit trees, n ltd It may be obtained
by the ton for the mere cost of hauling,
In several of the southern counties.
The Ben Davis apple, one of the uni
versal favorites, originate.! In Ti lines
see, and were introduced by Captain
Ben Davis of Iognn (now Butler) Coun
ty lu 17ir.. The grafts, however, came
from Virginia, and the apples were nt
first called the Virginia Pippin.
Apple trees need to ie foil. They will
often exist if utterly neglected, but
they respond quickly to a proper sys
tem of fertilization. A liberal topdii ss
Ing of farmyard manure Is good. In
the absence of ibis a liberal dressing of
wood ashes will help. Seaweed Is also
B good fertilizer for apple trees.
Notes from the Garden.
Whether you think it's bugs or not,
give your potatoes a dose of bonb-aux.
There nre ;t'W distinct varieties ol
raspberries growing lu the United
States, iM-sldc a number of new varie
ties now on trial which have not been
named.
i'lii Wisconsin suitlon recommends
the following mimed varieties of straw
berries: Wartield No. 2, Enhance. Bo
iler Wood, Parker Earle, Boynton, Yale,
Park Beauty, Haverland, Lovett's Ear
ly and Barton's Eclipse.
The Bhode Island suit ion finds that
equal parts of quicklime aud sulphata
of copper, with four to eight gallon of
water for each pound of the sulpliate
of copper, make a good bonh-aux mix
ture for use In the potato patch.
It U claimed that two ounce of cnstoi
oil applied to the soil near the roots of
the cnlla Illy will cause the plant to
bloom more freely. We fall to see any
good reason for such a claim, I nit the
practice Is now widespread In the East
Tho Importation Into the United
Rtate of plants from China and Japan
Is forbidden on account of Uie preva
lence of cholera in the Asiatic coun
tries. Nothing holds the germs of dis
ease so well as the soli In which tnt
plants are shipped.
The Connecticut Experimental (Ma
rlon, railing the yield of potatoes on s
plat that was not fertilised 100, found
that the relative yield when lime was
used waa 187; nitrate and add phos
phate, 192: aKrnte, acid and sulphate ol
potash, MB, while a "borne mixture"
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