davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Now Button. and How to Use Them,

Fancy and ingenuity seem to have been
exhausted in the production of seasonable
buttons. All materials, all devices and all
tastes have been laid under tribute to pro-
duce novelties, regardless of cost.
Among the most elegant buttons are those
of cut or engraved pearl with silver or oxi-
died mountings. Some Of these are really
works Of art, and are cameo cut and have
open-work metal settings or rims. Others
have a portion of the figure made of metal
while the remainder IS Of pearl. There are also
buttons of this class resembling veined carne-
liam, which are cameo cut and show several
shades in the cutting. The rims are very
elaborate and finely chased, many of them
being almost as fine as lathe work. They are
said to DO handmade, and are very fine
specimens Of the ~engrayer's art. The new
glass buttons are so light and finely finished
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

Flat cultur1 j preferable 10 billing 10 f5r
corn Harrow mnnurp 10 we'll, twgniy loads
10 Che acre on po0r soil. W even m0rc Plow.
Ing the iaud In ne fall Is always best Hi.
mTmier that ngat faii. n sou forgot u last
The 1ld approved peth01 was % furrow out
each way thruB and one.half fegt apart, and
drop The kernels ~ tie crossing Of The fur.
o Bat SOM live farmers now plant the
corn In drills Have burrows Ons way three
aud one-half feet apirt, NJ before Then
drill the grains In with the horse corn
PLANTER, i've or six inches apart In tho rows,
one stalk In n place.
We wish our readers 10 try both these
methods, the drill and tho bill, and soc for
themselves which will produce the most
corn Put ~ acre planted each way, side
by side, and measure tho corn that comes of.
The old methods Of corn culture by hand
are dying out, fortunately. One Of the BEST
Inventions TO a N labor and time Is tho
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
FAsHloNLETs.

Lace gloves come in all the pale evening
tints.
White and cream color in wool and cotton
will be universally worn.
The shades of gray, bronze and drab are
very fashionable for summer hosiery. Gray
gloves will also be much worn.
Young girls wear their hair hanging down
the back in one long, thick braid. The front
locks are cut short and loosely waved.
The bead bags Of to-day are identical with
those of fifty years ago, with the single ex-
ception that the shades in coloring are more
artistic.
A pretty French model for summer gowns
is an all-over embroidery Of fine nainsook in
a delicate shade of blue made over a lining
of shell-pink silk.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Saw without Teeth.

A saw without teeth that will cut a steel
rail in two minutes is in operation at the
Central Hudson shops in Greenbush, N. Y.
The saw is run by a ninety-horse power engine,
more power than is required to run all the
other machinery in the shops, and is thirty
eight inches in diameter and three-eighths of
an inch thick at the edge. The disk is made
of Bessemer steel, and runs at a very high
rate of speed. While in operation a band
of fire e~ncircles the saw, and the many sparks
flying from the revolving disk resemble
a display Of p%yrotechnics. To keep the
saw cool and prevent it from cracking, a
tank of water is placed above the machine,
from which a small stream runs down and
drops on the saw while in motion. BY this
plan one saw will cut nearly 5000 rails be-
fore it is worn out. A steel rail, after about
six years constant use, becomes battered at
the ends, and by cutting them OF the rails
can be used in branch and switch tracks.
Rails are cut by this machine for the whole
line Of the Central Hudson railroad. The
saw, while cutting, bears down hard on the
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14


Have pea brush and tomato trelIis ready
beforehand.
The export business in apples has been un.
profitable this year.
There is a large reduction in the area of
winter wheat this year.
Clean ont your cellars every rag, tag and
sprout and rotten vegetables, and whitewash
them.
Hominy meal, the refuse from mills where
hominy is made, is IN excellent food for
cattle.
Don't be taken with any pretended secrets
for making butter come quick. They are
swindle3 from the word go.
After the strawberry picking season is
closed, set fire TO the whole patch and burn
it over. 1t will do it good.
George Bishop set a double-yolked egg
under a hen. Two chickens, slightly united,
were Matched, but easily separated
Commercial fertilizers are better for the
potatoes than barn yard n They pro-
duce a larger crop, which is freer from scab.
So it is said.
A New England poultry raiser keeps lice
from his fowls and their house by the free
use of powdered sulphur about the nests
and in the dust bath.
The market for fruit would be doubled,
much to the improvement of the general
health, if people were educated to eat it as
much as they ought to.
The best farmer I know is a young man
who acquired the habit of neatness, prompt
ness, accuracy and haste in his fathers drug
store. These habits, put in practice on the
farm, are the only reason why he succeeds
better than his n~eighbors. -Supt. Thompson.
would say to the beginner that TO be a
successful hog raiser or breeder, he will find
hard work, early work, late work, dirty
work; and much patience with a deal Of
kindness is necessary; and il he attends to
this he will get well paid, in clean money. ]
do not keep a dog. john Gilmore.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

For later varieties, the Egyptian and Ever
green are the best. For the first planting,
sow one of the early varieties mentioned.
Plant at the same time a quantity of the
Egyptian or Evergreen. They will CONF into
use about the time the other is gone. Every
two or three weeks thereafter make another
planting of the later varieties, up to the last
week in July. The successive paintings may
be continued a couple Of weeks later in the
southerly states. By thatmeans the farmers
family will lave sweet corn to eat till frost.
Be sure and dry some in the sun. Dried
corn, soaked over night, is better in winter
than any canned corn. Add a little sugar in
the cooking. If you are near enough market
to sell it, the women of the household will
nave a steady income for pin money till
nearly winter. The dried corn also sells
we'll Finally, there is
Authorities are divided as to whether the
sweet or the field corns are best for fodder.
The only way to tell is by planting several
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
STRAW BURNER.

1t is said to solve the problem Of fuel in
the wheat states. By its use, ever when the
straw must be bought, the expense Of an
ordinary household for fuel for a winter
would be no more than IS or $40. The straw
Is twisted before it is put in to burn.
The owner Of such a furnace says: "Six
rooms in my house hNye been kept beauti-
fully warm, night and day, even when the
thermometer registered 80 dogs. below zero"
The diagram on the left of the picture
shows a vertical view. AA are walls a foot
thick. They are the outer walls of the fur
mace, and are built of brick, stone or fire
clay. A mixture of common Dakota clay
with one-seventh its bulk of sand, makes a
fire clay quite good enough for furnace
building. B is an air chamber. Cold air
comes into it from a hole in the bottom OF
the first wall. &C are the inside walls.
E, on the right, is the furnace proper, Or fire
box, as it is called, where the fuel goes in.
D is an iron door admitting it. F is the line
of the ceiling. G is the oven. HH are aues
on the top. The cooker, G., is of sheet iron.
The part of the picture upon the left, E,
shows the ground plan Of the furnace. By
means of PIPE, registers and drums the heat
is conveyed to the rooms Of the house. Thus
this invention serves as both range and
furnace. The fire needs replenishing three
times a day, and will keep all night as will
one of COAL.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
To Lift a Man With the Fore Fingers.

Suppose a man standing upright. Is it
possible for several persons to raise him from
the floor with their index fingers only? Yes,
quite possible if the effort is made with en-
tire unanimity. Five persons can very
easily raise a man with their index fingers,
and even with seven fingers it the subject is
not too heavy.
Let two persons stopping down place their
two index fingers under the feet Two
others, with one finger each, will raise the
elbows. A fifth will raise tho chin with one
fnger-total, seven fingers.
Take a long breath-one, two-raise! And
the mar will leave the floor.
When the effort to b. put forth is only of
short duration, there is considerable muscular
force in the fingers, and it is not strange
that the united power of several fingers
should overcome the dead weight of a per-
son from $50 to 1850 pounds.
Besides we have here a means Of defense
within che reach Of everybody, zone, two
raise."-N. Y. Graphic.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
u.e. Of MInsrnl or ..sIar. wool

The production and industrial application
OF this article are largely increasing in Eu-
rope. 1t Is incombustible, like asbestos. 1t
Is advantageously and extensively used In
England In the construction Of new houses,
especially tho'e with mansard roofs, the
space between the interior p%aneling and the
exterior covering Of zinc, slate or tin, being
filled with Stag wool, the effect being to af-
ford protection from the rigor of frost in
winter, and from intense heat in summer.
It also prevents the freezing and bursting Of
taps, spouts and water pipes covered by it,
in severe weather.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
KEYsroNE CORN PLANTER.

1t is arranged so it will drop from one to
four grains Of corn. 1t can be gagged so
that it will place them any desired distance
apart. The rings in the picture are the ones
through which the or Tins fall, and are large
or small, according t. the number one desires
to have dropped in a hill.
The Albany corn planter is one which drills
in all kinds Of seeds. 1t can be used as q
cultivator, also. Cover the corn with a hoe.
After this, go over with a smoothing drag.
1t may be made of plank, with a strip of
board two inches wide nailed on underneath.
This is to break up the ground. Or a heavy
roller may be used. At any rate, have the
ground as smooth as possible.
When the corn is drilled in, the burrows
are best made by an implement described in
"How the Farm Pays" 1t is
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
FURRoW MARKER.

This marker is nome made, and easily
made. 1t is of wood, and strikes two burrows
at once, three and a half feet apart. The
burrows are made by the triangular blocks of
wood, two before and two behind. The fur
row thus made is six inches deep and ten
wide.
Another thing: There is a good deal of
humbug about the old-fashioned incessant
working and blowing of corn. In the new
method this is not lone After the corn
comes up run a harrow through it once or
twice to kill the weeds. When it is three to
four inches high give it a thorough blowing
close to the corn. If IL is in hills, pillow both
ways. Later, when it is a foot high, run the
cultivator or horse hoe through it-shallow,
so as not to disturb the roots of the talks
Then leave it. Don't disturb the soil after
this. That is all. No hand hoeing; no sweat
ing through the field after the stalks are
breast high. II large weeds appear they
should be cut out with the hoe.
4 There are five kinds Of %corn-flint, dent,
soft, pop and sweet. The standard field
corns are the flint and dent. For the north
ern and eastern states the yellow and white
hint corns are the best. The Jersey Yellow
flint is said to be the most productive of all.
1t has produced nearly $50 ears of corn to
the acre. The King Philip and the Canada
are also valuable fints.
The dents are f~avorite corns in the great
western prairie states. The Queen of the
Prairie and Chester County Mammoth, also
Illinois Yellow are approved varieties of
dent corn.
We gave last year a recipe for treating
seed corn so that the crows and mice will
not take it. We repeat it here: For twenty
four or forty-eight hours before planting
soak the seed in a solution Of saltpeter. After
that stir a pint of hot tar into every peck
of seed. Stir slowly so that the grains will
receive a thin coating. When you want new
seed corn get it from as far north as possible.
Finally, remember the old Indian rule:
When the oak leaves are the size of a squir-
rels foot it is time to plant corn.
SWEET CORN.
The varieties of these are greatly profit
able for market gardeners. The earliest
varieties are the Tom Thumb and the Early
Minnesota. But the late varieties are the
sweetest and richest. Plant in hills three
feet apart, Or in drills two feet apart each
way. These closely planted hills are for the
earliest small-sized stalks.
Market gardeners not ~unfrequently realize
500 an acre from the table corns. They
produce as much as 1000 ears to the acre.
Henderson says six to eight quarts Of seed to
the acre are required.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

Want of coal or wood was at first thought
to be an almost insuperable obstacle to the
settlement of the rich northwestern states.
But thers is ne difficulty that man cannot
conquer. Dakota farm people learned to use
hay and straw for fuel. This summer they
are growing flax for that purpose.
Tho Russian Me~nnonites first taught the
people of the great t~reeless states that, so far
from there being scarcity of fuel, it was
really about the most plentiful thing they
had. This sect first built furnaces for burn
ing straw. Ingenious Americans took the
hint and improved on the Mennonite pat
tern. hey produced tho burner which is
seen in the picture.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Waterproof Coating.

1t is found that when paraflne is thor
oughly mixed with linseed oil, cast int,
small blocks, and cooled, it may be used ~
make any fabric, as cloth felt and leather,
waterproof, by rubbing it with such a
block, and ironing afterward to ~equalize the
distribution of the material in the pores. II
too much is not put on, the material may be
made to be only i%mpervious to water, but
not to air, the small greasy pores repelling
water, but not air.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
ParasOls.

Here are some of the newest parasols.
Only q few, however. The colorings and
trimmings are numberless. This spring and
summer brightness and color will be the rule
for a woman's costume. The new bonnets,
dresses, parasols, wraps and jackets. revel in
them. And nobody can deny they are more
cheerful thar dead black and somber tints.
Our Illustrations show the leading shapes in
parasols. We may say, in passing, too,
that it is quite proper to carry a plain black
silk umbrella if one wishes.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

Some very handsome sashes TO wear with
lawn tennis suits are Of soft silk, very wide
and In gay crosswise stripes, come Of them
bearing tennis racquets, ETC., In gold. One
handsome design was Of broad red and blue
stripes, another Of shades Of brown, q third
in green, shading to yellow, and a fourth in
gay Roman colors.
Blouse waists are usually made TO go with
lawn tennis suits. They can be worn with
out c~orsets, and leave the girls free to have
all the fun and exercise they want.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Anarchists and socialists in

CHICAGO, May San Evening Jour
nal Milwaukee special says nineteen
Socialists and Anarchists, including
Paul Grottkate, Frank Herth, Carl
Simon and Gustave Rossler, the ring
leaders, were arranged before Judge
Mallory this morning on a charge OF
riot and conspiracy to kill and murder.
Bail, in each case, was fixed at $1,000,
and all the prisoners were remanded
to Jail.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Give Him Hazen'slPlace.

New York Times.
There is something in the curious
method by which Gen. Hazen was en-
abled, two or three days ago, to tell the
people of Louisiana how their great
river was going to behave for the next
three weeks that recalls the ingenious
plan by which he procured SO many
apparently spontaneous petitions in
support Of a bill in which he was
deeply interested. 1t occurred to him
that be ought to make an able predic.
ton about the Mississippi floods. He
heard of a mar in Helena, Ark. who re-
Gently made a hit as a flood prophet,
and he asked him to forward his views.
The Helena prophet promptly replied.
Hazen Immediately captured his pre-
diction and telegraphed it to the
Signal Service officer in New Or.
leans as his own or that of the
Washington Office, for the dis
patch was signed "Hazen," and did not
refer In any way to the accommodating
prophet Of Helena. It was furnished
to the press, apparently in obedience to
Htzen's instructions. The Helena
prophet had qualified his most inn.
portant prediction by using the word
"probably," but the more cObRdent
Chief Signal Officer crossed out that
word. This method Of making predic,
tions for the Lower Mississippi Valley
is not approved by engineers and other
expsrts in Louisiana, and they are
trying to convince the people that
predictions sent to New Orleans flom
Helena by wsy Of Hszen are not
n ,essarily trustwOrtl y.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

rsl. f1 0i 1f enlah o. 90 al aul1it O. Co.
bottom NJ n dltir0H Ona fsmaraalis fIlag
lh8ut fa mafhinH b. Chat ihu chips nt from
fhe raii Ny iaot under Co., mW with Such
i0rrg m ~ form % s0id pieces m gioal marty
~ firm aa fhH FaH lfsalf
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

The plain closed sun umbrella here is Of
colored silk with a striped border. 1t may
be used for sun or rain, and for travelling.
The handle has attached a chain and belt
hook to fasten it at the waist. The next
parasol is Of black Chantilly lace, lined with
black satin. The lace is plated in clusters
towards the bottom, and gathered in full
around the top. A bow Of narrow satin
ribbon, which may be black or any color,
loops the lace at one side.
The last parasol, on the left at the top, has
a gilded frame and wooden handle. The
covering is of a new fashion It consists Of
two squares of silk laid on ~diagonally, one
over the other. The outside one is in blue
and gold stripes on a dull, yellow ground
The lining square is Of cream-colored foulard;
handle Of white lacquered work.
In conclusion it may be said that any kind
Of parasol or umbrella a lady wishes to carry
will be fashionable
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Postofflce at Drill Ground.

Our Postmaster, Mr.. VIM. Groome,
at the solicitation of the managers OF
the interstate drill, wrote the post
office department at Washington for
permission to establish a branch Office
at the drill grounds during next week,
and received the following answer yes
terday:
WASHINGTON, D. O., Mays, 1895.
VIM. GrOOme. Postmaster, Vicksburg, Miss:
No objection to Temporary branch at
drill grounds under your direction or
a sworn officer of your Office.
JAMES II. MARI,
Acting First Assistant Postmaster General.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Conntrv nnd son.horo InoLot.

A pretty little coat is Of heavy quality Of
white jersey cloth, made plain and tight
fitting, and trimmed with a border heavy
with gold embroidery, the braid being stood
on edge. It is fastened with hooks in front,
and the f~inishings of heavy silk cord and
white satin facings are a delight to the eyes
Of any lover Of dainty garments.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Wide Embroidery.

Among the novelties in embroidery are
~founcings forty-ive inches deep, in fine cam
brio and nainsook, with a narrow band of
Hamburg across he bottom, and a trimming
width at the upper edge. They are called
apron widths, and will be used for plain
skirts, for nurses fine aprons, and for the
many uses to which such goods can be adapted.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Make Him Paw His Wav,

A fat puffy" bull is a nuisance. Don't let
a bull over-feed. Give him plenty of exer.
else. lie never will be fit for service if you
pamper him. If you can fit up a harness for
him, and make him haul out the manure and
do other light jobs, you would be doing bust
neSs-like farming .-Rural New Yorker.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Association Of Sound and Color.

A gentleman who is peculiar sensitive to
music says that in listening to an orchestra
he invariably sees a brilliant yellow star
when the triangle is struck, and a blush
green circle hollow at the clash Of the Gym
balls. These seem to appear simultaneously,
and then fade out little by little.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
FIG. l..

The parasol at the lower right hand cor
der is of grenadine lace, with the pattern
outlined in gold. The pretty shade is lined
with dusky red silk, and is as gay as a butter
fly. Gilt frame and top, with carved
handle. To the right and top Of the ~illustra-
ton is a twelve-gored black satin parasol,
edged with gold threaded black lace. Handle
of ebonized wood gilded in patterns.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
Called to Select a Meeting Place.
Special to the Commercial Herald.

JACKSON, MISS, May THE con-
g~ressional executive committee Of this
district has been called to meet here on
25th inst, to fix a time and place for
the meeting of the convention to
nominate a congressman.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
A Mother and Four Children In .
Perilous Position.

FERROUS HOSlLlOns
FIT. SCOTT, KS, May 7.-One Of the
most severe storms Of the season
passed over. this city yesterday at
noon. The rain poured down in tor
rents and about ten O'Clock Lambs Ice
dam broke and the immense body Of
water, uniting with the already swollen
Buckrun, rushed down the valley. The
house occupied by Sarah Brown, q
widow, was struck by the torrent and
swept about one hundred yards down
the stream, where it lodged among the
trees. Mrs. Brown and four OF her
children were in 1t at the time. The
water rose rapidly around it to the
depth Of several feet. The mother
held her little six months old infant In
her arms above the water, leaving the
old children to care for themselves
She then noticed that her Eve year old
boy was drowning, and in attempting
to save him the infant slipped from
her arms and was drowned before aid
could reach it. The remainder of the
family were rescued. The damage in
this city and vicinity resulting from
the storm will amount to several
thousand dollars.