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From, the Southwestern Telegram, Oct 20.
It is with heartfelt pleasure that We rosuu!o
our daily issue: When tho torriblo scourse that
s"s orr city first broke out tie
earliest to feel its. effects. First ono was at~
tucked, then another, until finally tho whole
forco editors. propriotors, and employees, woEo
stretched on beds OF sickness, necessarily com-
pelling the suspension Of our papor, but thinks
to tho morceB Of Divine Providence We are
able onco moro to appear boforo our readers,
whose kind sympathies during our troubles have
been fully appreciated. Mover in tho history OF
such heavy hand upon our afflicted citizens.
High and low, rich aud poor, young and old,
have alike suffered from tho merciless touch OF
tic devastating angcl-scarcoly household but
many instances, every member Of the family haa
been sWept away.
When the fever WIS at its height it WAS truly
heartronding. to Witness tho appearance Of the
city. Every business house and store closed; NO
toams or wagons on tho almost deserted streots
and scarcely any ono to be soou but tie members
Of tho Howard Aasociation. Had 1t not been
for the noble generosity Of sister cities and tha
M!utising Devotion OF tho Howard Association and
tho few others who xare ablo to be around, God
alone knows what would Aavo become Of our
afflicted city. Out OF population Of about
1000 remaining In Shreveport when tho yellow
fevor was declared epidemic at least 700 havo
gone to their last home. numbered among whom
were many of our brightest, most upright, aud
intelligent citizenB; yet, notwithstanding our
soro afliictions, NO look forward to bright and
prosperous future. The sad experiences of the
past hayo taught liz to realize that tone touch
Of human nature that makes tho whole world
kin" and also that the lava OF nature, no impera
lively and plainly marked out, cannot bo violated
with impunity. No endeayor will be spared by
the Southeastern Telegram to insure tho sanitary
condition OF shreveport In tho future being
more beftting civilized community than it has
boen III the past.
THE DEATH-NoLL AT SHREVEPORT.
Shreveport {0et 2o) DIspach to tho ST. Louis lepublt.
can.
The condition Of sanitary Affairs at this point
continues extremely favorable, and there is moth
ing to send other than tho death-roll to date, as
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FEST1LENCE.

Ltto Reports from tho Yellow E'evcT'
Locnlittcs--Taoir Tome Generally
Favorable.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 30-10 p. m.-Tho mortuary re-
port at p. m. is not so favorable. Yellow fover,
12; other cauBoB, &. Tho Same as tho noon re-
port.
MEMPHIS Oct. 80.-Tho Wnltham Infirmary
is closed. having discharged nll but three pa-
tients.
1t ia probable TINT the theatro will open nezt
Monday, With Mrs. Bowers as tho star.
RELIEF STILL NEEDED. :.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 30.-To-morrowa Appeal will
contain tho following:
Tho undersigned desire to to tho generous
peopio throughout tho entire country who hAvo como
to our assistance with moro than pr!nceiy baray,
thcro IT, nevertheless grcat need Of funds for tho fw
o q s
left destitute aud that ts necessity will doubt
continue to exist for nany weeks to come. Any future
contributions Of money or supplies will DO Thankfully
{Bigncd), John JOHNSON, Mayor.
Chairman oltizcns' Ie!icf Committee.
pro.,,,,nt A; ;,I'.l.1 D: hASesrAEri ssssa,sion
Secretary j: Rellri Association.
coLaER EXPLAINS.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 90.-Arr. Colyer statos tint he
was prompted TO telegraph New YORK tnes
Memphis had enough naBistanco BY tho indiyid::
ual stntoment Of officers OF the Citizens Relief
| Committee mud Howard Association.
-" At MONTGOMERY, ALA.
| MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 90.-Ihoro have been:
no deaths Of fovor in tho paat twenty four hours.
Tho heaviest frost Of tho season occurred this
| morning. Thero are fow old casos, one Or: two
| OF them very severe, but no new caaes.
| IT. IL TEXAS TOWNS.
| DEN1soN, Texas, Oct. 30.-Tho yellow fevor is
abating at Calvert, Ararallall, aud Columbus,
Texas. It has disappeared entirely in other
/ places. Woathor cool. Heavy frosts every
night.
MARSHALL, Texas, Oct. 30.-1co and frost this
| morning gives promise of tho abatement Of tho
yellow foYor. No new caBes. Ono doath-A.
Frank. Tho sick are all doing well. Several
stores reoponea te-day. 4 great many people
from the country arc On the streets.
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Sptcial Dfspalch 10 Tho thicayu 3rf1nns:
GA1Esnu1.u, ILL.,, Oct. 30.-lEesttlent Walfori
Superintendent lIarrlB and hoyeral Of the moro
proIninont Directors of tic Ohicago. burlington
l. Quincy Railroad arrived hero to-day. It is
rumorcd that reduction Of per cent In tho
wagoB OF tho railroad mecAanlca IL contem-
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Special Dispatch ia The Chicago Tribune.
MONTREAL, Oct. 80.-A firm In this city has
this season shipped 1000, 900 feet Of lumber to
Monteyiedo Duenos Ayrea, and &c, 900, 600 feet to
tho United States.
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LONDON, Oct. 80.-The failure OF house
which haB been dealing in Eric shares ID an
nolnced. Tho Pail AaN Gazette says that the
house lately received an order for Jay Gould to
sell &c, 900 Bharos Of Eric, aud took tho contract
personally al buyers.
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BOSTON.
Ito the associated I1ess.l

Bos1ox, OCT. sc. Tho Superintendent Of the
Young Mems Christian Association announces
that It Is worse than ueoleBs for tho poor aud
laboring Glasses to sock that city for employ
meut; that remunorative labor cannot DO fur.
nBhcd to ono out Of fifty Of its own idle thou-
sands,
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WARRINGTON, OCT. 80.-Thore will bo NO sales
OF gold or purchase Of bonds by tho Treasury
department next month.
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depression aud oxtromo poverty woro thd
cauacH.
srtota, Dtspatch to Tho Chted0o Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 30.-Edwin Lautz,
man about 90, killed limsolf to-day ut Three
Rivers by taking laldanum. Ho waa wcll con-
nectod, and had been wealthy, but Ind loat a11
by dissipation, and committed suicide In 3
drunken 1T.
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MADRID. Oct so.-sixty- six lives wore lost by
tho sinking Of the lntransigonte vessel Fernundo
Ell Catollco.
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INDIA.
CALCUTTA. Oct. 30.~-Adyicea from the Province
Of Bengal show that the crops arc falling, and
the impending famine cannot ba Ryertad,
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INDIA.

VIENNA. Ock 90.-The Empress OF Austria Ii
Ill. Her condition CAUSES alarm.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
Narrowing in Corn.

A Virginian writes to the Rurol
Messenger the advantages he finds
in narrowing corn in preference to
hoe covering or covering with the
pillow. He says it cffectually de-
stroys the young grass and weeds
just putting up between the rows.
1t puts the land in good coalition by
breaking the clods and pulverizing
the entire surface. The young corn,
coming up on level instead of the
burrows, is not SO liable to injury
from heavy rains. The corn can be
plowed at an earlier stage of its
growth without being covered up,
and also can be plowed much closer.
1t is the practice Of some to harrow
just before or about the time comes
up, and while | have followed that
to some extent myself with good re-
suits, yet | ave adopted the plan
Of putting in with a harrow for the
following reasons: 1t saved the
work of covering the,corn by other
processes, and it renders the har-
rowing cerlainty-as it often hap
pens that when the narrowing is
deferred until after the planting,
heavy rains or press of other mat
ter, causes it to be "indefinitely
postponed"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
Brood Mares il, Spring.

Having for twenty years been a
breeder to some extent, Of our
noblcst domestic animal, (the horse)
/ thought a short article on the
care and general management of
the brood mare at this season of the
year might not be undressing to
many readers Of your valuable farm
journal. The best feed for the
brood mare is, cornstalks or good
timothy hay, with four quarts of
ground oats and wheat bran, equal
parts each day. The ground oats
and bran not only enable the dam
to make all necessary preparation
to supply the coming toal with
nourishment at the time when most
needed, but it keeps her healthy
and strong, and enables her to
furnish the growing fntus with the
very best kind of material to make
the best bone and muscle.
The dam should have moderate
exercise, but it should be regular.
If she is used in team, she
should not be driven faster than a
walk, nor loaded too heavy, for in
either case there is danger of i'll
turing the dam, and running the foal.
But if permitted to be idle during
the winter and spring months she
should have a roomy yard to run
loose in, when the weather is fair,
with an adjoining field to run at her
leisure. She should be housed or
sheltered nights, and in all stormy
weather.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
Bees IL the Spring.

AS this season approaches it
seems to endow all nature with new
life or zeal. Bees are not slow to
discover this, and will have an
earnest desire to come out Oh fine
days. The hives should be brought
from their winter quarters and set
on the stands Oh which you intend
them to remain during the season.
Now know how their supplies are
and only feed in case of necessity.
If they have honey, which you
should know, they do not need
feed. You need to use much care
in feeding; it is liable to induce
robbing. 1t sometimes may be
necessary to feed, but is not always
the surest way to success. Ii you
find it necessary to feed, | would
take the stock on hive to 4 closed
room, and there feed it enough to
last several days, which they will
store in the combs, and then return
them to the stand, keeping a good
lookout. In all bee management,
it is necessary TO see your bees
often.
Now, as the season advances, the
colonies will steadily be growing
stronger. Remember that the
swarming season is advancing;
have your hives made for the sea-
son, all in readiness, not having to
wait after swarm comes out to
make one. Study well the chapters
on natural and artificial swarming
Be prepared to know what to do.
AS some seasons are in advance Of
others, it is well to take this into
consideration Ohio Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
Trnasplanting.

A correspondent of an exchange,
who evidently writes from practical
experience, says:
81 was taught to set plants just
after rain, and many gardeners rec
ommend this plan; but | have learn
ed better. l take cabbage, toma-
toes, or anything that is transplant
ted, having the ground loose or
mellow. l take my plants in bas-
ket, and have along a small pail
with water in it. take a plant in
my left hand; put the plant in the
water. On taking the plant from
the water l give the hand a quick
turn, throwing the roots OF, the
plant up, to prevent them sticking
together, and Immediately with the
right hand sprinkle dry earth over
the roots; then set them in the
ground to the seed leaves. In this
way the ground remains loose about
the plant, and the young roots take
hold of the soil need no shading
In setting after a ram many per-
sons press the earth so tight about
the roots that it always remains
hard, and being so close to the
roots it cannot be loosened by the
hoe. l set 5000 plants in this way
last season, and some on the warm
est day in May, without losing any.
During wet weather, in the fall,
raspberry suckers may be taken up
and transplanted. We make the
rows five feet, and set out four or
five young suckers in each hill,
making the hills three feet apart in
the rows. Press the earth firmly
around the plants, and if the work
is done in moist weather, and as
much earth as possible is left
around the roots, or, in other words,
if the suckers are taken up, as gard
ners say, "with a ball." they can be
transplanted as easily as cabbage.
You can save years time by this
plan. If the ground is rich, and
You mulch the young plants, they
will bear a small crop the next sea
SON"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09

Prof. S. A. Knapp has contribut.
ed an article to The Iop0 Progress
entitled "Among the New York
Cheese Factories" from which we
extract the following:
CHEESE AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD.
The rapidly increasing copsump-
ton of cheese in this country, dem
onstrates that it is held in high re.
gard as wholesome, nutritious and
economical Article of food; and
should this increased favor continue
in the same ratio another decade,
cheese will be valued, in American
diet, next to wheat and beef.
Is this growing regard for cheese
simple fashion, that will have its
day and decline, or is it justified by
superior merit? Nature points to
milk as that article of food that con
tains all the elements of perfect
growth. 1t is the sole food at that
period in animal life when the bone,
the brain and the muscle are devcl-
oped with the greatest rapidity and
in the most perfect symmetry
Chemistry has traced the similarity
in composition between milk and
blood, and thus affords 4 reason
why the latter is so readily renewed
by the former. They are both rich
in the material necessary for the
building up of the solid portions Of
the body. The caseine (checsc) Of
the milk corresponds to the fibre
making material of the blood; both
contain large per centage of Nj
trogen. Every farmer has observed
the rapid growth of pigs fed on sour
milk. 1t is because taking away the
cream has removed only the oil or
heat generating portion; all the It's
sue-building elements still remain.
Cheese is simply the nutritious por-
tons of the milk in compact form.
Comparing cheese with beetstcak;
cheese contains about 20 per cent.
of nutritivc material; beef 81 per
cent. 1t meets all the demands of
ANNA! life more exactly than beef.
For food, quart of milk is counted
nearly equal to Il pound of beef. 1t
requires five quarts of milk to make
one pound of cheese. Again, let us
test the value of cheese as an article
of diet by Analysing the substances
of the human frame and instituting
4 comparison between the actual
wants Of the system and the actual
supplies afforded in two or three
leading articles Of food. 1t will be
sufficiently accurate for our purpose
to omit the bone, on account of its
slow growth and composition, An
alyzins and reducing to their con-
stituent elements one thousand
pounds of each of the following sub
stances, and we have the result:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
But as foaling time approaches

But as foaling time approaches
she particularly needs the practiced
eye of the careful and experienced
breeder. For she should be watch
81 both day and night, as many a
valuable colt has been lost that two
minutes labor at that particular time
would have saved. AS soon as the
colt is dropped the attendant should
see that it's head is free from the
blanket, as it will otherwise soon
smother or drown.
The next thing is, to sever the
umbilical cord about five inches
from the foal, and tie the end next
to the young colt with string to
prevent bleeding; this, if possible,
should be done before the dam
rises, as many foal has been
ruptured at the navel BY the dam
raising before the string was sew
cred. After the above has been
promptly attended to, leave the dam
alone with the foal tor half an hour.
If at the end of that time, through
weakness or any other cause, the
young toal has been unable to pro-
cure its natural nourishment from
its dam, the attendant with whom
the dam is most familiar should lose
no time in rendering the necessary
assistance by holding the colt at the
side, and by putting the nose to the
teats of the dam.
After the colt is able to draw its
nourishment from the dam without
the aid of the attendant. little need
he done, but to furnish shed, if
the weather is Indictment, and a good
liberal supply of hay or stalks and a
peek of ground oats and bran per
day until there is n full bite of green
spring grass.
Don't forget to provide water at
least twice Il day, and salt twice
week. Ger. lNichigam Fdrmey.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
TRY PARSONS
KEY CITY BLI'TEsRS,


and you viii buy no others, af-
ter using them once. AS Il cure
and preventative Of all Skin Dis
eases, they stand without a II
val. They regulate the bowels,
restore energy TO the system,
aid digestion, ana give new life
and Vig0r to all who use them.
Try ONE bottle OF The Key City
BittoTs; they are ior sale by all
first class druggists, and 1t
wholesale only BY the prorric-
tor @. N. PARSONS.
lily Dubuque Ia
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09

would be large allowance for one
COW. 1t would be very poor farm
or who could not make that amount
an wer. At this ratio, farm OF
100 acres would support forty cows,
and yield an income Of more than
$4,000. If farmer had children
old enough to milk it would not be
necessary to employ any extra help
b manage the farm.
How about transporting the milk
to the cheese factory? If it be a
large dairy the farmer can afford to
send it by his own conveyance. For
small diaries establish milk route.
The estimate of the number of cows
that can be kept upon 4 given mum
Der of acres is based upon tame
grass. No other should be fed.
Is IOWA ADAPTED TO CHEESE MANU-
FACTUREs?
Iowa has pure air, excellent
water, and the soil produces the
tame grasses luxuriantly. 1t seems
to me the undulating prairies of
this State are peculiarly adapted to
the dairy. To-day Iowa is produc-
ing some of the finest cheese manu-
featured. Within four years she
will produce quantity sufficient to
meet the demands Of home con-
sumption. In ten years Iowa must
take rank among the principal ex-
porting States.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
Forests and Drought.

\ correspondent of the Scientific
American writes to say that it lies
with us to decide whether our con-
tinent shall retain its present luxu-
Rance and salubrity to remote ages
or nou. He regrets that the rapid
,liminu,ion of our forests, and the
decrease of moisture in the interior
parts of the country; and concern
ing The latter point, he states that,
in some parts of the country, where
five feet of snow usually in the year,
there is not five inches.
SARDINIA and Sicily, once the
granaries of Italy, have suffered the
penalty of their thoughtlessness in
discriminating their forests. Two
thousand years ago, these were cele-
brated for their wonderful product
ivencss, and were said to be the
most beautiful in the world. In 1860,
Humboldt visited Venezuela, South
America, and was informed by the
natives living in the valley Of the
Argua that they had noticed, win
great establishment, that lake
which lay in the middle of the val
lev had decreased in volume every
year; the cause of this is clearly
traced to the telling of a great mum
Der of trees which grew on the sur
rounding mountains. In Hungary
the periodical droughts are attrlbu-
ted to the humiliation of the forests,
In Cairo, Lower Egypt, a great
many years ago, rain fell but sell
dom, only once in three or four
years; but since the time ofMahom-
med Ali, twenty t. thirty millions
of trees have been Planted, and the
result is now that the people have
from thirty to forty rainy days every
year. Surely these few Of the many
examples are warnings sufficient to
put us on our guard. - Western
R3trnl
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
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Harpar's Bazane.
NOTICES or THE Press.

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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09

HOLLOWAY PILLs.-Farmcrs re-
quire them as much as the axe and
the pillow. They remove bowel COM
plants caused by change of water,
also fever and ague, and all mala-
dies produced by unwholesome air
or food.
Sold IS Maiden Lane N. Y. Price
% cents per box. Ask for new style:
the old is counterfeited. 50
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09
TWO PICTURES.

An old farm house with meadows wide
And sweet with clover on each side;
bright-eyed boy who looks from out
The door with woodbine wrcathed about
And wishes, his one thought all day:
''Oh If could but fly away
From this dull spot the world to see.
How happy, happy, happy.
How happy | should be.''
Amid the city's constant din,
man who round the world has been.
Who, mid the tumnlt nd the throne.
Is thinking. thinking all day long:
oh! could only tread once more
The field path TO the FARMHOUSE door.
The old green meadow could see,
How happy, happy. happy,
How happy sholld bel"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-09

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