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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10
Future OF the Republic,

When, III 1776 the thirteen North American
colonies put forth that declaration of indie
pemdence which preluded the birth Of a
nation, the combined population inhablting
them did not exceed two and q half millions
of souls. Yet they had the courage to throw
down the gage of battle to a power "with
which, in Daniel Webster's words, "fer
purposes of foreign conquest and subsection,
Rome in the height Of he. glory, was not to
be compared, a power which was dotted over
the surface of the whole globe with her pos
sessions and military posts, and whose DRUM
beat, following the sun and keeping time
| with the hours, circles the earth with one
continuous aud unbrOken strain OF martial
airs of England Fourteen years later
came, in 1889 aud 1900, the first census of
the population taken in the United States,
and it was found that within the borders Of
the young nation there were rot quite four
million souls. At the expiration of ten years
it appeared, upon taking the second census,
that the population was a little more than
five and a quarter millions, having increased
between 1890 and 1900 at the rate of 81 per
cent. In a short time the tenth census OF
what has long been a mighty people will be
taken, aud We risk little in saying thai, in
Joseph Humc's phrase, "the tottle of the
whole" will show a population of at least
fifty millions, especially it the Immigrants
who are now pouring into the United States
in vast numbers are net omitted from the
calculation. In other words the population
of the great republic III 1880 will be their
population in 1776 multiplied by twenty, and
were it likely the same Iatio o. increase could
be maintained for another century, the mind
of man would sink before the effort of mag
lining what it is possible for the monster re-
public to be in 1880. However bound!ess the
resources of the North American continent
may be, it can hardly be expected the second
century of the United States will be Cele-
brated by a thousand million beings, and YET
such would be the result of multiplying fifty
millions by twenty. Anyhow it is certain
that a century hence NJ such an assemblage
of men speaking the samc language ant
amenabie to the same general traditions Of
feeling, habit, and education, will ever have
been gathered together upon the earth as will
then probably occupy the great western con
tinent.-LOndon Telegraph.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10

BY a recent cabinet order horse leather has
been adopted as the material of which the
boots issued to sailors of the German navy
are in future to be made. Experiments with
horse leather boots have, it appears, been car
ried on for the past eighteen months, aud
with such satisfactory results that the use OF
calfskin is to be altogether abandoned in
making naval boots and shoes. The leather
used is to be made Of the skin of the quarters
of the horse, the flesh being carefully scraped
of so as to render the leather soft and pliable,
while still remaining, to a large extent, water
proof.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10
nInsUMMER.
-.

Midsummer, veiiet in golden mist,
And crowned with golden leaves,
Comes tripping, with her sandled feet,
Among the gathered sheaves.
Bright clouds and winds and sunbeams pla
Around this bright, midsummer day.
Along the uppe pearl-rift shore
The clouds, like purple banners, lie;
Austere and grand the monday sun
Is sloplng westward through the sky.
Now, fainting OH his couch of rest,
A thousand arrows pierce his breast.
Upon the hills the cattle craze,
Knee deep in clover white as snow
The very silence seems to be
Full of their distant, lazy low,
And round the far-Off valley lies
The perfect rest of Paradise
Natures sweet harmony without,
Creates a harmony within
Why should we wage perpetual strife
With want, aad poverty. and sin?
SWeeter it Is to tie at rest,
Dear Mother Earth, on thy soft breast.
And this is rest-a perfect calm.
watch the blue miStS float away
The Stiffness seems like holiness;
The earth is better for this day.
oh If all strife. all care, wouli cease
Forever in this perfect peace!
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10

Mr.. Archibald Forbes is a Scotchinsn,
about 43 years of age, and was born in Moray
shire. He studied in the University Of Aoer-
deem, spent several years in the Royal ORA
goons, became correspondent OF the London
Daily Ne,cs on the breaking out of the
Franco-P russian war, aud has served in that
capacity ia Earope, Asia and Africa ever
since.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Time for Another Humbug.

tits about time for getting up an
excitement on another humbug, TO
put money into the pockets of some
body--a new forage plant, for in
stance, might be tried again, although
this lead has been pretty well worked,
in the Prickley Comfrey and Pearl
Millet business. The sorghum lead
may not be entirely exhausted. Some
wonderful sorghum might do for a
year or two. The farmers will have
some money this fall, and it may do
them harm. 1t is best to get this
root of all evil away from the honest
sons of toll, for they are no more fit
to be trusted with it than children
with edged tools.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Care Of Live Stock.

The farmer who neglects his cattle
at this season of the year. when pas
lures are damaged by frosts, thereby
incurs loss which can not be easily
repaired until the fresh pastures of
another spring are available. The
time to begin feeding is when the cat
tie need more than they can gather
from the fields, and that time
always comes with the cold chilly
weather of autumn, with its drizzling
storms and frosted pastures. Under
such conditions cattle lose vitality.
While they might pick enough to
maintain Thrift, if the weather were
mild and pleasant, they need more.
because they must fortify against the
severity of the season. Farmers are
often deceived by the appearance of
their fields. They think there is q
good bite Of grass, from its fresh
appearance but they forget that the
good bite is not bite of good grass
that appearances in this case are
deceitful. They forget that their
animals need more feed, and of better
quality, than when the weather does
not make exactions upon their flesh.
A good way to secure a wholesome
condition and maintain thrift in the
animals, is to bring them to the stable
whenever cold storm occurs, and in
the case of milch cows to put them
up at night regularly, and feed liber-
ally, so that on the following morning
they may go forth TO the pastures
with pauncbes already filled. 1t is
false economy to compel cattle TO
pick their living in the fall, in order
to save the scanty supply of fodder
in the barn, for the demands upon it
by this course are inevitably increas-
ed. The true rule Is to keep the
cattle thrifty at whatever cost.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Common Sense in Pig Farming.

Perhaps it would be too much
to assume that all our farmer readers
carefully read our account of Col.
Curtis "Pig Party" as published in
our issue for November 4. If any
have failed to do SO, we suggest that
they do it now, and then read the fol-
lowing paragraphs quoted from Spe-
cial Report No. %, Of the L. s.
Dept of Agriculture. They are ex.
tracts from the letters received from
the Departments correspondents in
the localities TO which they are cred
tied
have to report loss of hogs by
disease during the past year of 500
900. The malady which proves SO
fatal TO these animals is generally
known as cholera. 1t is supposed to
be caused in most part by too ex-
elusive corn diet, and the too frequent
practice of feeding them in their filthy
quarters. The disease is regarded as
preventable but not curablc.- Otoe
county, Nebraska.
Our swine are of the long-nosed
kind. They run in the woods eat
worms, snails, and roots, drink pure
water from mountain streams, and
sleep under big cedar trees. During
the six years have resided here !
have never known hog TO die of
disease.-Cohmbid county, Oregon.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Liquid Manure.

Over the signature Of "A Subscrib-
err" a Millheim correspondent Of the
American Agricuiiuris, asks that
journal to tell him "whether it would
profit farmer to apply liquid man.
ure to land, and the quantity to the
acre. Although the reply TO this
question is necessarily of general ap-
plication, the residence of the ques-
toner in our own county makes 1t
"local" with us, and we quote it be
below:
Liquid manure is the "double distilled
extract of ertility"-distilled so to
speak, in the animal economy. There
is not plant on the farm which will
not be grateful for it, but it must not be
too strong. Whether you can apply it
with profit, il another question. Prob.
ably you could with proper appliances,
especially a good sprinkling cart. The
quantity to be applied 10 the acre is
hard to measure. Experience will indi.
cate the strength desirable, and it will
be found most beneficial upon grass and
grain crops, frequently applied while
they can be gone upon without detri'
ment.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
How Fowls Grind Their Food.

On this subject S. Edward Todd
discourses as follows: Fowls have no
teeth TO grind or masticate their food
with, and the best they are able to do
with it is TO pick it and swallow it
whole. Kernels of grain are swal-
lowed by them, and as they are sur
rounded by tough pellicle or skin,
which the juice of the stomachs will
not readily dissolve or digest, they
could obtain no nourishment at all
from grain, if this tough pellicle was
not broken. Now, if we dissect the
gzzard of fowl of any kind, we
find lot of small gravel stones,
which are usually the hardest kind of
flint, granite or sandstone. Surely
here is a pocket edition of Farm
Grist Mills.
Fowls swallow their food, broken
or not, and it enters the crop or first
stomach, and remains in it until it
has become softened, more or less,
when a small quantity at a time, just
as grain runs into a grist mill, is
forced into the gizzard among the
gravel stones. This gizzard is
strong muscular stomach, and plays
night and day, when there is grist to
grind, similar to bellows, contracting
and expanding; thus forcing the
gravel stones into the grain and
breaking it TO fragments, and tritu-
rating the whole mass, after which it
is in suitable condition to be quick
~ digested."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Value of Water for Cows.

Prom the Nebraska Rural.
Cows should have access TO water
at all times, especially cows that give
milk. They want to drink often and
return to their feed. The best stable,
and one in which stock do the best,
is one where water is always running
in through troughs before the cattle.
Thus managed cows may be kept up
TO q full flow of milk, either winter
or summer, and for this reason If
the pasture fails from drought, it may
be supplemented with other feed, but
a failure of water cannot be remedied.
So in winter cows that are only wat
cred once n day, as many do who
consider themselves good farmers,
the cows shrink in their milk, and it
can never be regained. The same
rule will hold good in the stable !;
abundant feed may be supplied, il
the water supply fails the profit will
be na.
The necessity of plenty of pure
water for stock is one of the first i'm
portance to breeders and feeders. IT
must not only be in abundance, but
it should be in such supply that stock
may either take it at will, or If sup
piled at stated times it should be
offered at least twice day, and three
times will be better. No animal can
thrive properly that has access to
water but once day. Every good
feeder knows this, aud hence in all
large feeding establishments the
greatest care Is taken TO keep the sup
ply ample and constant. Many far
mers neglect this, and always to their
cost. If water cannot be had near
In an other way, wells should be dug,
and the water raised by wind or other
power, as the case may be. Having
plenty of water, see that the stock
get it regularly as they feed. 1t will
pay. Remember that animals should
be treated we'll in order to thrive
properly. We are familiar with the
troubles incident TO the neglect of
regularity in food and drink with the
human body, and the consequences
are analogous for our cattle.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Work and Feed.
From Chamber. /. Journal.

From Chambers Journal.
An instance Of an inventive genius
in an illiterate farmers boy is too
good to be forgotten. A small far
mer hired a youth TO assist him in
the work Of his farm as an indoor
servant. The first piece Of work he
was set TO do was TO thrash out some
corn. AS the farmer was passing the
barn in which the youth was at work,
he heard the fail lazily keeping time
TO tune the lad was singing. Stop
ping to listen, he escertained that the
words were, "Bread and cheese, TAX
thy ease" Going into the house the
farmer said to his wife: "This is Il
queer sort Of a lad we have gotten;
he seems TO think that the speed at
which he ought TO work should be
measured by the kind Of food he gets"
And then relating what he had heard,
he suggesed, "Suppose we give him
something different at dinner to-mor-
row, and see how that acts z" This
being agreed to, he had apple-pie
added to his bread and cheese. This
brought down his fail somewhat more
rapidly, for it was going TO the speed
wherewith the lad sang "Apple-pie,
accordingly" "Bob's doing a bit
better to-day, lass" said the farmer
To his wife "let us mend his dinner
again to morrow, and see what that
will bring forth" So, when the next
dinner time came around, he had a
good plate OF beef and pudding set
before him, which went down quite
grandly and brought the fail into
splendid action TO the words "Beef and
puddin' I'll gle thee a drubbin," and
TO a jolly good tune. IL see plainly"
said the farmer, "If | wish TO get
good work out of Bob we must feed
him well !" SO Bob had his bill of fare
changed without having recourse to
! q strike.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18

AN Illinois correspondent, writing
on the selection of seed corn, remarks
that the dent in the kernel means
softness and sweetness, and that
southwards, where the dent varieties
do best, the fiinty tendency should be
eliminated by selecting the roucher
ears with dull creamy shades of color.
Glossy varnish on bark and buds is a
provision common in Northern spe-
cies of shrubs and trees, while species
native in warm regions, and not re-
quiring such protection against win
try desiccation, have an open leath-
cry looking surface, not smooth or
bright cDlored. He states that the
flint varieties OF corn grown in the
North and East viii not attain their
greatest perfection In the South or
West, and vice versa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Removing Small Stones,

From the Germantown Telegraph.
We have now before us short
and sharp paragraph on the necessity
and security of removing from the
highways the loose small stones which
are so frequently allowed by road
repairers to remain scattered about on
the roadbed. The article referred TO
says: "a single loose stone, which
might be thrown out in two seconds,
is sometimes struck by wagon wheels
so times a day or more than 10000
times a year. Ten thousand blows
Of a sledge hammer as hard on one
wagon would probably demolish it
entirely, and the stone does no less
harm because it divides its blows
among n hundred vehicles. There is,
therefore, probably no investment
that would pay a higher rate of profit
than a few dollars worth of work in
clearing public highways Of loose and
fixed stones"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Corn.

DR.. Sturtevant says, in the N. Y.
Tribune, that Waushakum corn, In
three years breeding, has increased
in weight from sc pounds to 64
pounds per bushel for the selected
ears; from an open ear 10 a close,
compact, cylindrical ear; from >
crop that varied greatly In size, shape
and quality of ear, to at present q
crop of excellent uniformity and very
few understandable ears. Per con-
ira, a single ear selected for poor
quality yielded ls1 ears, of which but
two were of fair quality, the remain
der, or 30 per cent, being soft, short,
gnarled, etc. Where no culture gave
two bushels of ears as good as seed,
and culture gave l6 bushels as seed,
and the best culture gave &c bushels
Of ears IS good as seed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Store Pickles.

An exchange says: We have many
letters asking how TO put up pickles
so that they will look like those sold
in the stores. These pickles look
beautifully, but we cannot advise our
readers TO try to initiate them in all
respects. The fine appearance oil
these pickles is due to two things, the
"greening" and to the use of colorless
vinegar. The very green pickles are
made so by soaking them in a solu.
ton of alum and verdigris. The
use Of small quantity of alum, an
ounce TO every five gallons of water,
to harden the pickles, is not objection.
able. After the salted cucumbers
have been thoroughly freshened by
soaking in blood-warm water, and
changing it every day, until the Gu.
cumbers are fresh enough, they are
put in alum water and kept at blood
heat for day or until sufficiently
hard. If they are not green enough
be sure not to use verdigris. The
vinegar used is "White Wine Vine.
gar" but it is really made from whis.
key and water. Its only merit is,
that it is colorless, it is a pure acid
without the fine fragrance and flavor
that belong 10 cider, or even real
wine vinegar. For home use, cider
vinegar is vastly preferable; but the
pickle makers, for the sake of looks,
use the other.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Correct.
FROM The Farm journal.

From the Farm Journal
Farmers who take their own wheat
to mill to be ground for home con-
sumption make grand mistake when
they have only a small grist ground
at \ time. Flour improves with age !;
that is one thing. A better grade of
-four can be made where a large lot
is ground at once; that is another.
Time is saved in going TO mill that
is one more. One is surer to get his
own wheat back in -four and the
whole of il; that is the final clincher.
Any farmer that has tried it knows
We are right; and any miller will say
the came thing.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Small Compost Heaps,

All farmers know the value Of
compost" and how to prepare it,.
Many farmers manufacture hundreds
Of loads of the best manure in this
way. They gather together on the
premises forest leaves, cornstalks,
including the roots, weeds, vines,
oifal from fence corners, muck from
ponds and bitches, occasional sprink-
lings Of lime through the mass, layers
of barnyard manure, and thus build
up oblong squares and let it remain
over winter. When April arrives the
mass has gone through fermentation
and communion, and presents 4
mound Of fertilizing matter better
than a small gold mine would be TO
the proprietor Of the farm. But we
want to see these compost heaps in
the garden, and there is no reason
why they should not be there as well
as upon the farm. There is rubbish
enough in the garden, with the assist.
ancc Of leaves, some mould from the
woods, if attainable if not, from
portions Of the premises it can be
spared ; scrapings from the turnpike
manure from the stable, and every
attainable substance that will decay
through the winter. 4 little Stacked
lime will be a good assistance. A
half dozen 10 a dozen loads Of excel.
lent manure will be manufactured by
the time it is wanted in the spring,
without incurring scarcely any ex-
Densc.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18

AoITATE the manure question
throw everything in the barnyard,
keep your stock in your yards, do not
have them running in every field on
the farm and on the public highway,
Then you will begin TO see what the
manure will do for your rundown
land.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18

1t pays to feed cows giving milk
literally. Butter is high, and now is
the time to feed proftably.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18

Now remove all dead wood from
currant bushes and clip off one-third
the length Of new shoots.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18

Always give the soil the first meal
If it is well fed with manure it viii
feed all else, plants, animals and men
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18

When any tool, harness, wagon, OF
anything else breaks, do not wait till
you need it for use before repairing
it, but get it mended at once.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
WOODWARD SEMINARY.
Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies
and Little Children.

SECOND AND LOCUST STREETS,
HARRISBURG, PA.
Regular term will begin SEPTEMBER 10, 1C7p
Conrse Of study--Classic and Scientific with Music
and Art.
Board and tuition from s250 to t350 year and no
extras.
For circulars and all desirable information address
I-em PRINCIPAL
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
Agricultural Books and Periodicals..

We have received from Commissioner
of Agriculture lie Due a copy of the
Departments Special Report No. %,
having for its subject the contagious
diseases of domesticated animals. The
Departments investigations in this di.
recton are being conducted with good
degree of energy and intelligence, and
cannot fail to be Of benefit to the agri.
cultural community. One of the inter.
esting features of the present report is
a map, prepared by DR.. Charles Lyman,
showing the parts of the country in
which contagious pleuro.pneumonia
exists.
The Farm Journal l44 n. 7th street,
Philadelphia, says:
1t is our constant endeayor to treat
all subjects in season to be concise and
to the point TO be practical rather
than theoretical; TO exclude long-wind.
ed discussions and fine.spcn theories Of
fancy farmers in short, to give our
readers CREAM, not skim. milk. IL offers
no premiums, gives no chromos, pufis
no swindles, inserts no humbug adver.
tisements, and does not devote one half
OF its space to telling how good the other
half is. 1t is published monthly and is
furnished to subscribers at 50 cents
year, postage prepaid. Terms. cash in
advance. At the expiration Of the year
the paper is stopped, unless renewed.
That is an excellent programme, and
we can give the Journal no higher praise
than to say that it "flls the bill"
Every family, without exception, in
city, village and country, will find it
highly useful to constantly read the
american Agricuitrist 1t abounds in
plain, practical, reliable Information, most
valuable for indoor as we'll as out door
work and comfort, and its 500 to 1900
original engravings in every volume are
both pleasing and instructive. In this
respect it is preeminent and stands
alone, and it should have place in
every household, no matter how many
other journals are taken. Its illustrated
| Department for Youth and Children
contains much information AS well as
amusement. Its humbug exposures are
1 invaluable to all classes. The cost is
very low, only $l.j0 from now to the
end Of lSSl, or four copies for s..
Single numbers, Is cents. One speci.
men, e cents. Take our advice and
subscribe nor for volume 40 1ssll.
Orange Judd Company, publishers, 2i5
Broadway, New York.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
A Lot Of Good Things.
STOLEN, BEGGED OR BORROWED FROM
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

Where small fruit is to be set out
next spring plow the ground now and
manure it.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
ENsIONs.
sENTRAL HOTEL,
8. Opposite the Railroad station)
MILRsBURG, CENTRE COUNTY, PA
Al. A. KoHLBECKER, Proprietor.

#zEROUGH TRAVELLERS on the railroad will find
H Hotel an excellent place 70 lunch, or procure a
zza a. ALL TRAINS stop about s6 minutes. II