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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
SHOELESS HORSES
1 Kind Of ECONOMY and CarsIsssnsse
Which should Never He Prxcticed,

- e>s~ - AsSO"OApy osho SoTOb0UB&9ODY
Which Should Never He Prxcticed.
/ always wonder when I read the
articles about shoeless horses whether
the persons who write them really
know any thing about the matter. 1t
is not true that a horse can 60 on ice
without shoes without slipping. had
a mare which was never shod, and
after she had bred eleven colts she was
used some on the farm. One day she
was put in to draw wood, and an at.
tempt was made to drive her across
strip of ice. She could not stand up,
and after slipping terribly. fell down
and could not get up. She would have
lied there if she had not been drawn to
the shore by putting a rope around her
breast to which the other horse was
hitched. This mare could not 60 on an
icy road Her hoofs had never been
touched by rasp or Mattress, or any
thing else. They were as nature made
them. Another thing-no horse can
travel on pike or gravelly road for
any length of time without wearing the
hoOfs down so much that the feet will
become tender, and if kept up the ami
NAL will become lame and useless.
Colts often get foOt-sore in this way,
running in the fields and stamping
flies, which wears away the hOof 1t
wears off faster than it grows out. 1t
Is not the shoes which injure the horses,
but the way they are put on. A shoe
should be fitted to the foot of the horse,
, but quite often the rule is the other
way, and the hoof is cut down and
rasped off to fit the shoe. Shoes are
too short or too narrow, and on this
account the weight is not placed under
the outside or shell of the foot. where
it should be. saw whole stable of
horses of great value which were all
getting lame, because they were shod
SO very nicely by man who was a
"neat workman" This Over-nice
blacksmith had kept cutting away the
heels and frogs so that each horse had
become tender-footed, and oils had
been applied to the hoofs to soften
them. All the horses wanted were
hoofs. Farmers make corns in their
horses feet very often by allowing the
shoes to remain on too long, or until
the foot grows to the outside of them,
bringing the weight of the body right
on the sole. This kind of economy and
carelessness should never be practiced.
1t often spoils good horses.-Rura'
NeW Yorker.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
yellow Fever incubation.

In letter addressed by DR.. Domin-
gos Freire, of Rio de Janeiro, to DR..
Joseph Holt, President of the Louisiana
State Board of Health, the following
interesting statement is made: II have
performed over 1000 NEGOTIATIONS with
full success; the immunity was almost
absolute, Notwithstanding the intensity
of the epidemic this year. More than
5000 persons who were not inOculated
died OF yellow fever, while among the
1000 inoculated, inhabiting the same
infected localities, subjected to the
same morbid condition, but seven or
eight individuals, whose disease was
diagnosed as yellow fever, died. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that l have
taken notes of but one of these cases.
NV confreres here have the abomina-
BILE habit of not giving notice of the
fact until after the interment of the in,
iividuals, and consequently accuse me
of being unsuccessful. You therefore
see that in spite of all this bad will my
doctrine comes out victorious once
more by the test of this year, when the
epidemic characterized itself by ener-
getic intensity of infection and cOnta-
gion.-M Y Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
MILK RATlONS.
Tho Food Value of Mangels - Compared
with Carrots.

Tho Food Value of Mangels as Compared
with Carrots.
Carrots make better-favored milk
and butter, and rather more of them,
than mangels, when equal weights arc
fed. Mangels are notorious for making
thin and low-favored, but not unwholc-
some, milk. like that from brewers
grains. They have a food value as
compared with carrots as seven to
nine, but mangels are raised with less
labor and will produce about fifty per
cent. more weight to the acre than
carrots, about six hundred bushels of
carrots and nine hundred of mangels
being the usual crop for an acre of
good ground, if good care be taken of
them. As measured by analysis, five
and half pounds of carrots, or seven
pounds of mangels, would have value
equivalent to one pound of oats. Owing
to the quicker and more complete d.
gestion and greater efficiency of green
food than dry, something less than the
weights above named, perhaps a pound
less of each, would be as valuable as q
pound of oats.
As a quart of oats weighs pound.
about eighteen pounds Of carrots or
twenty-four pounds of mangels would
be fair exchange for four quarts Of
oats. In substituting roots for oats it
should be remembered that they differ
so much in composition that one can
not fill the place of the other. Oats
alone make an excellent milk-produc-
ing food, being wellbalanced as to
tiesh-forming and heat-producing mat
tiers, while roots are very much lack.
ing in fesh-forming material. Some
thing that will make more flesh than
roots should be fed will. them. Wheat
bran and middlings would help them
very much. or an equal weight Of early
cut clover hay, or one-eighth of their
weight of linseed, cottonseed or pea
meal. When fresh mot fermented)
brewers grains are fed with roots in
equal weights each serves to correct
the defects of the other, and the two
make much better milk than either
would alone.-Prof Z. B. Arnold, IN
~ Y. Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
TEMPERANCE.
LITTLE FEET ADJOINING.

We have heard how far away in midas land,
When the siege OF Lucknow held the gallant
band,
1eath was sure.
And the stalwart hearts no longer could en-
dure-
That a maiden heard-by power that none
could tell,
Far away upon the earth where fastening
footsteps fell.
Echoes of their contingencies of the song
Till her soul was filled with Joy, and the glad
That the days of siege were over and relief
was near.
Then they lstened-those brave soldiers-but
they could not hear.
But they nerved their souls to battle, for the
Evermore re.echoed: "They are coming-help
is Nigh"
All the world, as Lucknow, is prisoner made
BY the letters OF the dram-shop on our hearth
stones laid;
And our hearts are weary with the ceascless
And they faIter when the morning calls to
strife again.
oh! the footsteps as they echo through the
years gone by.
Sixty Thousand doomed from drunkenness to
die!
Slow and heavy comes the answer, as the end
Sixty thousand in the siege to perish every
year!
Not alone the solemn tread Of sixty thousand
Echoes through the years DER and DER again.
But each year the demon, in his mastering
beat,
Mortgages the footsteps of sixty thousand lit
tla feptl
And the patter of the children, the tread Of
manly boys,
FIJI our souls with shuddering terror, for the
way they tread
Follows fast the footsteps Of the sixty thou.
sand dead.
And within the walls of Lucknow here we
stand,
Soldiers brave as those who led that gallant
band;
All about us are the armies of the liquor
We are sieged and helpless in this darkest
Listen! dnna hear it9 Fer was sound so loud
and clear
As the little feet a-coming. coming near?
Face to foe and banners lying hearts aglow
| with glee;
I'VE win Tout him. the vile demon, Temper.
ance boys are we!'
And the girls are marching, too, singing as
| they come:
1--WE will help to rout the demon for the love
OF home.
In our schools we're learning how to shun the
| way
+, OF the sixty thousand drunkards marching
every day."
"We're a'field-a Loyal Legion, and oul
| mothers true,
Are a-tighting with u.s. this demon to subdue
And we II keep the valleys with out footsteps
humming,
With the music of our feet-our little feet q
coming"
For the Chdren's Crusade is in its beginning
It's far better to start right than to stop
| SHINING:
Raise the siege! Your Lucknows free! Lis
| the humming.
OF the million little feet-the little feet a
coming.
Esther T. HOush. in National ". C. T.
RlIllettl,.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
THE DAIRY.

-Chnrn at sixty-two degrees to get
the cream quickest into butter.-Boston
Globe.
Pack it as soon as sailed If you
want to Keep the butter.-Fdrm. Field
end Stockman.
Butter we'll made, like "goods well
bought" is half sold. but we must sell
the other half. -Rural New Yorker.
Foul water makes foul milk and
foul milk makes bad cheese and butter.
Let no dead animal lie in the creek
american Dairyman.
The dairyman who attends only
to the making, and fails to attend to
the selling, is only half dairyman.
The selling of the butter is as impor-
tant as the making. Stockman.
The following general rules will
apply in the selection of calves to be
raised for dairy cows: The head should
not bc over large, the neck thin rather
than thick, and the skin possessing soft
feel that can only be judged by an ex-
pert Look to the escutcheon and
milk veins. These are as good indica-
tons of character as the pedigree
Troy (N. Y. Times.
Plenty of clean water must be con-
veniently at hand for the cows to drink.
The water must be sweet and clean
enough for the human stomach. Album
dance of such water is more essential
in the pasture-for the cows to drink
while secreting milk that contains
eighty-seven per cent. of water-than
it is in the dairy-house, where small
amount of water will answer, if ice is
used, and hence can more easily be OBJ
tanned pure. Dairy.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
THE MAMMA KAU.
A Powerful Japanese Frlgate That IL to
RevOlutiOnize Naval Warfare.

A Powerful Japanese Frlgate That Is to
RevOlutionize Naval Warfare.
John Worthington, Consul at Malta,
sends to the State Department the fol-
lowing description of the Japanese
frigate Maniwa Kau. He says: This
is remarkable ship, being one of the
latest types of offensive warfare. She
can attain great speed and is power
fully armed with two sixteen-inch rifed
cannon for long-range firing, fore and
aft, besides six-inch rifled muzzle load
ers at the sides of her midship raised
battery. Not being armor-clad, her
great speed is expected to keep her at
safe distance from the enemy, al-
though able to punish him at long
range. She was built and armed by
Sir William Armstrong in continuation
of his ideas of fighting cruiser. She
is supposed to be the tittest vessel for
the protection of convoy of merchant
vessels. Captain Ito, Of this vessel,
was educated at Annapolis, and he has
adopted the United States uniform for
his Japanese sailors"
This is thought by naval officers to
be the beginning of revolution in
naval warfare. Armor has become SO
cumbrous that it is likely to be dis
carded entirely, for the thicker it is
made the heavier the guns sent against
it. 1t is the story of the Middle Ages
over again. As the invention of gum
powder and the more effective weapons
did away with armor for men, so may
the improved rifle-cannon make 1t a
necessity that boats be lightened and
swifter, and not depend on armor fol-
defense. Washington Critic.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
FAMILY TROUBLE.
An Incident Which Speaks Volumes In FA.
vor Of Arbitration.

An Incident Which Speaks Volumes In FA.
vor Of Arbitration.
NINE A. NJ.
She-My dear little hubby, really
need new bonnet very much.
He-How much will it cost?
She-Oh, only about twenty-five dol.
lars.
He-Only twenty-five dollars. ehe
Well, my dear little WHEY, business is
very bad, and you can't have one.
She-I can't. Well, we shall see.
SIX p. NJ.
He-Isn't dinner rather late tonight?
She-I presume it is.
He-How soon do you think it will
be ready, my dear?
Shell don't think that it will DO
readysat all my darling.
AHe-WhGp What do you meane
\ NShe-I ain on a strike. No bonnet
10 dinner.
TEN p. M.
He-My dear, is the strike still ons
She-My pet it is still on.
He-Are you not getting hungry?
She-No. had dinner at mothers
before you came home.
He--Will the strike last until break
fast. think youp
She-There is but one way to end it
at all.
He-H'm! Well, my pet, if you will
90 and get me bowl of bread and
milk or a cup of coffee, / think we
might adjust the differences between
labor and capital by means of arhitra-
ton?
A compromise was finally made on
the basis of fifteen dollar bonnet
Rambler.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

Heaven, Ben. Brannan," cried tho
childish voice. breaking into wild sobs
at last; "and, oh, II your whisky Kills
him, body and soul. and he's parted
from her forever, will you dare tell my
mother, when you meet her ut the
judgment, that you never did any
harmp"
The unnatural strength which had
upheld the child gave way at last; she
tottered and would have fallen had not
tall, powerful-looking man pushed
his way out from the saloon and caught
ner away from the kindly, womanly
hand stretched out for her. Holding
the poor brave little girl in his arms.
while the great tears rolled over his
rough, brown face. he said:
"lt's all true, every word OF it. I'm
her father, poor lamb, and I've been
lust such brute as she's told you; but
I'm ready to sign the pledge tonight,
ladies, and by the help of God I'll
keep it. And now, Ben" turning to-
ward him as he spoke, "for the sake of
the poor fellows like me who are SO
easily tempted, for the sake of their
wives and children, for the sake of
your own wife and baby, who is no
prettier than my Mamie was once. l
ask you to give up this miserable bust
ness"
Brannan had grown very pale while
Mamie and her father were speaking;
his pretty little wife was sobbing bit
terly as She clung to his arm, and the
innocent face of his baby girl looked
up wonderingly into his. There was a
fearful struggle in the mans soul; how
could he yield when he had boosted
that he never wouldP But then, how
could he continue to sell the maddening
poison, which could make man crush
and mangle the delicate form of his own
little childp Then as the idea which
Mamie had suggested came back to
him, and he thought of the possibility
of poor Mary Burke requiring her hus-
bands blood at his hands, he hesitated
no longer.
'I'll give in," he said, huskily. II
thought could hold out against an
angel from Heaven, but ] couldn't
stand that poor, lame child.'-Mary
E. Benson, IN XVIII amendment.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
NANNIE'S APPEAL.

How Ben. Brannan Was Induced to Close
His Saloon.
At last they reached the establish
ment whose proprietor had so persist
emily refused to yield; the saloon was
brilliantly lighted, and Brannan him.
self stood in the door. As the ladies
passed he spoke to them very politely,
and they commenced their meeting. 1t
continued for half an hour, and then,
in the interval between a prayer and
hymn, he told them he had listened to
them very patiently, and now thought
it very civil that they should hear what
he had to say. Brannan began by
complimenting their music, telling
them how much he and his customers
had enjoyed it. He said he hoped it
had amused them to come there day
after day, and that he had no objection
to their doing so for few days, but it
was now assuming the shape of nui-
sance, and if they did not discontinue
these visits he would appeal to the law.
He said he had as good a right to
make a living for his family as any
man in the city, and if he chose to do
so by selling liquor, it was nobody's
business. He closed by an emphatic
declaration that he had never harmed
anybody by his saloon, and again told
the ladies if they annoyed him any
more he would have them arrested.
Just then the great clock in the
courthouse struck nine. 1t was near
the hour for closing their meeting, and
while Brannan and his party congrat-
ulated themselves upon victory, the
women prepared, oh, so sadly! to go
away. Their faith had been so strong,
they had believed that God would COM
plete his wonderful work that night
and now they must 60, leaving it still
unfinished.
Suddenly they paused. for a childish
voice, which had the depth of wo.
mans anguish. walled out: "Oh, don't
give it up, it's to save my father!'
Then they parted right an left, be.
fore the bent and twisted figure Of
Mamie Burke. who passed to the from,
of the crowd. As she stood there, with
her tattered shawl thrown off, the light
from one of the colored lamps falling
full on her poor little form, on the
floating hair and pale face, with solemn
eyes-there was something so weird
and strange in her appearance, az
though she were a messenger from the
world of spirits.
"Ben. Brannan," she said. and the
weak little voice grew firm and
stern as an accusing angels
my father. George Burke, is {
kind and tender man when he LETT
whisky alone; he earns two dollars {
day. and you know that's enough t.
keep us well. We live in a miserable
little garnet on Vine street; there Il
hardly enough fire to keep me from
freezing sometimes, and l have hac
nothing to eat to-day but apiece of dry
bread; the money my father ought t.
spend on his home goes for whisky
which makes brute of him; and We
you stand there, Ben. Brannan, and say
you do no harm.
ut was whisky that made my fathe
give me the kick downstairs that lief
me like this; it is taat which sends hin
home at night to beat me with tina
crutch till cry oat for God to let mt
die. 1t was your whisky that mad
him abuse my mother till she died Of I
broken heart, and it was you that go
him to break the promise he had mad
q her grave that he would meet her il
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14
THE DAIRY PLANT.
Importance of the Interests Affected by
OleOmargarine and Butterine.

Importance of the Interests Affected by
Oleomargarine and Butterlne.
An esteemed Eastern contemporary
in referring to the Importance of the
dairy says that by the last United
States census, it appears that Ill.,
25O,2S7 pounds of butter were made
on the farm; 16,47l, 1853 pounds
in factories, and 12,95O,621 pounds
in skim-cheese factories; a total
of SO6,672.O2l pounds. At twenty.
five cents per pound. the value
was $201, 66S,005. Of the cheese there
was made 27,272, 4OS pounds on the
farm; III, $50, 495 pounds in factories.
and "A, 1874, 500 in skim-cheese factories;
q total Of 243, 157, $50 pounds. At ten
cents, this was worth S24,315, 1856. The
sum of the values of these two kinds
of dairy products is 1925, 1888, 100 an
nually. Add twenty-five per cent. in
crease for the last six years since the
one given by the census, which is a
low estimate, and we have the sum Of
1882, 479.737. To these figures should
be added an equal amount for milk con-
sumed in the cities, villages and on the
farm, as it is generally conceded that
one-half of the annual milk flow is dis
posed Of in this way. This makes a
grand total allowing ten pounds of
milk for one of cheese, and twenty five
for one Of butter 1854. 1884,
In 1880 we had 12,443,l2O mich
cows. An increase of twenty-five per
cent. would make the number at present
15,55S,900. At thirty dollars head, a
low price, they are worth $466, 597, 600.
Put the value of the annual dairy
products and the value of the cows to-
gether, and we have the sum of S749,-
O76,737. To this enormous sum must
be added the money invested in dairy
buildings, apparatus and machinery.
and that invested in lands devoted to
dairy purposes sum which we have
no means of approximating. but which
is enormous. But allowing four acres
per COW, worth thirty dollars per acre,
we have the startling sum of $780,.
458, 100000. The buildings, machinery
apparatus, etc., can not be less than
ten dollars per COW; this is $l55,539..
10000. Now put these sums together
Annual dairy products, Values 5e4.aSs,l7.
Value Of cows Observation-Disclosures. 466, 591, 90
Value Of dairy land 80 ........ 1.s66 .OO
Value Of dairy buildings etc.. 1858, 90
Total. ............... go o6S. 5s2. A.
1t is safe to put the dairy plant of tn,
nation at %, 00O, 900, 900, and the annua
output at 1856, 900, 600. Western Rural
Stirring the cream frequently viii
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

M Lessene, at meeting of the
Societe Medicale d Amiens, indicated a
certain sign of death, simple and trust
worthy. After pricking the skin, with
needle the puncture remains open, just
as when piece of leather is pricked.
On the living body. even if the blood
does not come to the surface, as would
happen if the person were hysterical. the
pin-prick closes at once, and does not
leave the slightest trace.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

He was type of his class who, hay-
ing accumulated . fortune of six,y
thousand dollars by selling liquor, and
who had frequently boosted that he
never drank a drop himself. ON watck~
ing the funeral of one of his victims
pass his door, said, in a heartless way:
"That's the first time he ever passed By
my place without coming In 70 take y
drink. Chicago Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

That dark and damnable traffic
turned the day Of God almost into .
day Of Satan. and made it questiona-
BILE whether, for the mass Of the peo-
pie, it would not Be better to havs
no Sunday at all.-B:r. Canon Sicas-
ell
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

"A woman at North Adams, Mass,
recently dug cellar for large, new
house, and she quarried the stone also.
Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

Stirring the cream frequently will
make more butter. NeU Yorker.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-14

IOtai......'...r ..sc"S,eeA4t4
1t is safe to put the dairy plant of the
nation at o., 0OO, 900, 900, and the annual
output at e565, 0OO, 0OO.- Western Rural.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-01

Mr.. A. B. FaruQhar, Pennsylvania man
ufacturer who employs some $50 men, pub
fishes letter on the labor question which
both employers and employees might read
with proft-particularly the former. His
course has been to allow his wOrkmen at all
times to know just how his business stands.
If he reduces wages he makes them under
stand the reason. If he advances, it is the
same. Last fall he was obliged to make a
cut-down. He called for a conference with
a committee of his employees. A friendly
discussion followed, the reduction was ac-
cepted, work went on as usual, and the men
lived through the winter comfortably. Now
that he is about to advance the wages he calls
for similar conference, submits his books
to the same committee and they are to judge
whether or not the business will warrant a
larger advance than he proposes.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-01

Warner Brothers, the well known corset
manufacturers, have commenced the erection
OF building in Bridgeport, Conn, to cost
$4,000, for the free use of the 1000 girls en-
ployed in their factory. The building will
be about 20 feet square and three stories
high. The first story will be devoted to a
restaurant where good meals will be fur
nished at cost. The second story will con-
tain a large reading room and library. con-
versati0n room, music room, bath room and
layatory. The third story will contain a
large hall, seating 600, a small hall, seating
100, and class rooms, where evening classes
in singing, penmanship, drawing, bool1-keep-
ing, fancy needlework, etc, will be taught.
The building will be under the care of a
competent matron, and will be free to all
girls in Warner Brothers employ. 1t will be
the first building of this kind erected in the
country 1t is such acts as these that tend
to bring capital and labor into those cordial
relations which should subsist between them,
and without which neither can realize the
best results.