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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17
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Scr. 5. 9. 8ostpel, eit befanns
Ter Burger bon Brownsville, 3eras,
tbeilt Golgenbes aus eisener @~rfabruns
nit: Na6bem i'd cine 3eitlan9 an
DiarrbOe gelitten unb beri9iebeue Mes
bi3Inen gebrau6t bate, berIu6te id
cine Glai6e BON @bamberlains Collie,
GboIera unb Siarrboes0 tilmittel, pel9e
mid iOTort interchangeable. Sd ems
pfeble bies Mittel allen 2eibenben.
Bum 8er.auf BEL &. obn& 60.
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s9- @n ben .2tlamp Gprmice
@urfs".iino bic 9erren 5bafer, 8ras
ben unb $. s. 8obrie betbeilist-alio
geoiesene prattif@e Mdnner in bielem
Sadie. STE liefeln @efmie bon galbas
nilittem giieu unb 3innod9er, JancD
Bar 6igtures, 3inn, 2upfer unb giiens
platten &c. &C. Office unb Merftdtte
$50. 81. Weit Commerce StraBe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17

sag~ 8rOs. lisfern bic
beiten unb biQiglteu 9rudia6eH. gebt
au ibHen.
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groquet=S Sets gu $1.25,
9dngematten,
Ginbermage1 gu $3.50,
Meritanif6e Waherfiibler,
8afe Balls unb Bats,
Bel paul Waguer
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17
oti5,

MbpIpb g@nIs, bet 8efber
6es r8ananerr . @artens", ma@t biers
6ur9 betannt, baB uDamen" 'Sweifel'
baften @baracters Der 8eiu6 feines
8arten : gtabliRements 1i6t gefats
tet 1T.
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GelD 40 nerteibess

ebHs aommiffions .@tbabrem
ben $1,000 an aHfpdrts auf / bis 10 Sabrsn
emf &bpstbelsn BON tuItibirtem 2anb,. eins
setdnntes @eibeIanb unb @runbeiqentbum in
ex6btren Stdbtsn In Eeras. Anfauf unb
&fsldnasrnng bon genbors 9iens.
Uroucie Smith, @albDen & Co.,
80 AoumfreesG trabs, Gan antonio, 3sras.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17

Die BETTE Gribia6rsmebisiu unb
glutreinigungsmittel lin6 elm paar So.
fen st. patrids Pilen. 9ie 56a9tel
tofet rs @ents uub lie betpirft mebr
aIs irgenb cine Dollar ebiain. @aran=
tixt unb berfauft BON u. s 0 & 6 0.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17

= Sir @ratton gsmpnbe, ber irtf9e
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pailirte Bel ieis
net &ldfebr bon Der 9auptta6t Merifo
abermals San Nntonio urb uuroe auf
benz Babnbofe bon elmer Delegation ber
biefgen rSrii@en sligo" aufs bersli@fte
beqriiBt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17
MlerIef.

= 9eute Mbenb fin6et in Der Surs
nerbale bic eroBe oramatif6e Soiree
bes prof. Mleranber Stratoi1 unb bes
9errn .9ermann Aiotte ftatt. Das
9rogramm ftelIt auserleiene Semitic in
Nnsf6t.
= Der quits : Sheriff saabobaI,
peI6er in Selbfbertbeibigung ben
.Mserifaner 8aloe3 . erf9oHen bate,
als oieier fi9 nit einem &afirmeis
fer Der Gerbaftung miberiebte, murs
be bonn Sriebensridter Barnes berb6rt
unb rad Der Qufuabrle Der 3eugenaus'
iasen, bic ole sl Bunfen Sanbobals
lauteten, fir iein Gri1eineit Dor BEN
Sifrittsgeri9te unter $4,000 8trei9ait
geitelt, bic er aud lei9t auf3ubringen
permo9te.
= &i9ter NDonan bertpeiserte Der
So9ltaplerin Bertha 9epmann bic @es
mabrums einss 5abeas gorpus.B efebles
un6 entf1ieb, baB fe an sic @eri9tss
beb6roen bes Staates @~aliforaten aug.
geIiefert tperoen fol-. Mr. 3eel, ber
InnaIt Der 9epmanr, tanbigte on,
bab ct segen biefe gnti9eioung appel
lire unb Die rgroBe 8ertba" miro. bem=
nod big our grleoigung biefer Nppel>
lation mod in San Intonib bleiben.
- Nd91ten Sonntag peranftaltet ber
Srben Der % ermannssS 6bne"
elm groBes pieHic In 0rabens Bart.
@roBe 8orbereituusen fnb gu bieiem
gicnie eeirOffen uorben unb bahelbe
perfpri9t auBerDrbentli6 amtiant gu
tuerben. Die arrangements Iiegett IN
ben ~bemdbrten Sdnben oes 9errn Sobn
MDlfram.
Serr &obert s. Da9teI,
Der allen 8iers unb Weintrinfern uo1l.
befannte @anDmeb, bat bic inter Ma>
perids 8ant an 4lamo pla5a gelegene
Wirtbl6aft i~ibernommen. Inter BEN
Namen 8ismard 9aIle nirb ea
bas 2otal in muferbafter Weiie ftbrer
unb feinen Greunben unb @6nnern ur'
fade seben, iba re6t oft gu beiu6en.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17

= &eudbuiien fam uoafdnbig fons
irOlirt unb iebe @efabr permieben tuers
ben, our6 bdufigen @ebrau9 BON
@bamberlain's 0uften.M ebi5in. Wi9ts
8eHeres fam peri9rieben tperben. 8er=
fault BON 81. Gobn& So.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17
Gin Sdtad1teldteu

Son liners gilen in Der Saide 1T 70 gut
,pie elm gar3er @r3neifaften. 9a fe bireft
au5 Waaen un6 gebdrrae ,uirfen, 10 baben
fie inbireft auf jebeS arbere Organ i'm aeibe
GinhnB. @enn St0ruug i'm Magen eiu=
tritt, 70 greift bas ben &opf on, man per-
balt nidt gebOrig, oaS 8lut ,piro biilill,
nnb man fam lei9t jeoer berrideuoen
Sranfafit gun Opfer faleu. MiiB SO. 6.
Boule bon Wilfesbarre, Ya, briift bic
gause @abrbeit in folsenben ~luenigen 8ors
ten aus: sd gebraude fetne ars
here ar3nei ais Gper'S Yillen.
Gle iino ales, mas man braudt, linb err
fparen einer1 ale 9octors>8eannngen."
Nls Elm gntes 8eiipiel bent ut8 bier
Gin @r5t,
Der feine Qranei.g afde perloren bate iid
ober p~oafdnbis ansgeriifet fano, ba Tim
cine Tlalde bon gner's Biden CUR San6
mar. IS. arrifon, MD, aus SansSoie,
Gal, i1reibt:
8or etlpa brei Sabreu mar i'd bur9
eiuen blo6en Snfah 10 81 iagen 9e5pungen
mehreren &rnrfen inter elmer Sratppe BON
Sngenieuren in ben @ierrazN epabas@e>
birgfn g1er's Mbfibrenbe Btden at per=
ihfeiben, oa beim ueberIeten iiber etnen
@ebirgsfinb meine arsnei.Sai9e perloren
gegangen fuar. Sd mar tpirfli1 10 erz
itannt rnb. erfreut iiber bic @irflng Der
Billen, oaB Id fernere 8erinhe NIT tbnen
anlteute, 10 tute aud nit Sbrem Gberrpz
Bectoral linb Sbrer Sariaparida; unb ib
mu6 entfhieoea 5u ihren @unffen ipreder."
Sobn %. grorun, M. D., BON Sceana,
90. 8a., idreibt: ~S9 ueridreibe aper,s
Bilen off IN meiner Yraris, uno ftnoe ite
1usaeaeidnet. SD ratbe In Sanilien gu
: berer olgemeinen @ebraufe."
8. 6. 9afings, MD, aus Baltimore,
M6., idreibt: yDaB Gbers IiIen bic
@ranlbeiten, fife tpelGe fte befttn1mt ftn6,
iibertudltigen un6 beiten, bafirsbabe i'd 10
eatihiebene Betpeiie, tuie man MT forbern
fanr. cite iinb 6a8. bette Qbfibrmittel,
has inherent Gafe 5u @ebote ftebt.A
MOer's Hillen,
3ubereitet ron
DR.. 3. 6. aber & Co., sotueA. &aii.
SIN alen gputbeten aa baben.
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&1RO.OOO.

Mstx seu @li9 beriudt nnb obiee Summs
shs ssHrn 2beil babon tn ber 9ouiiiana. ooer
a16 500 00 In Der fittIe bahama xotferie &C.
minnsu middle, ipenbt ii9 fHr fidets an
Duck RIsCHE, Alamo plaza.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-04-17

ear Sbr ipart @elb, tuenn ibre Cure
Druid aGen bel Sobnfon 8ros.
anfertigen ldBt.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
The Ways of Baby Elephants.

How the young elephants in the large
herds escape from being crushed is something
of mystery, as they are almost continually
in motion but when herd is alarmed the
young almost Immediately disappear. A
close observer would see that each baby was
trotting along directly beneath its mother,
sometimes between her fore legs
On the march, when a little elephant is
born in herd, they stop day or two to
allow ii time TO exercise its little limbs and
gain strength, and then they press on, the
mothers and babies in front, the old tuskers
following in the rear but ready to rush for
ward at the first alarm. When rocky or
hilly places are reached the little ones are
helped up by the mothers, who push them
from behind and in various ways; but when
a river has to be forded or swum, comcal
sight ensues.
The stream may be very rapid and rough,
as the Indian rivers often are after rain, and
at such place the babies would hardly be able
To keep with the rest so the mothers ana ia
theirs help them. AT first all plunge boldly in,
both young and old, and when the old ele-
plants reach deep water, where they have to
swim, the young scramble upon their backs
end sit astride, sometimes two being seen in
this position. But the very young elephants
often require little more care and attention,
so they are held either upon the tusks of the
father or grasped in the trunk of the mother,
and held over or just at the surface of the
water, Such sight is curious one, to say
the least--the great elephants almost hidden
beneath the water, here and there young
one seemingly walking on the water, resting
upon a submerged back, or held aloft while
the dark waters roar beow.-S Nicholas
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20

The season for holiday giving is over
Some of our young friends have already be-
gun to put away small sums with which TO
purchase Christmas gifts next December.
Have you also thought there are gifts
you can make to your parents, and
brothers, and sisters, and friends, through
all the revolving year-gifls which can
not be bought with money, yet VIII CHI
will be cherished and remembered by those
you love, long after the presents Of the glad
some gift time have been forgotten
Kindness, obedience, cheerfuness, gentle
ness and potencss, are gifts Of priceless val
ne, which never tarnish nor grow gray with
age.
When father comes in, weary, and may be
triile cross, greet him with kiss, see that
he has his slippers and gown and the even
ing paper, and the easiest chair, and that the
lamp is shaded just right. If he does not
feel like rsading, tell him the bright things
that have'been said, and the pleasant Incl
dents that have occurred through the day.
When mother leaves her thimble in the
basement, or forgets her pocketbook, or
wants an errend done, don't wait until she
asks for or commands your assistance, and
then give reluctant assent, but offer quick
ly and cheerfully to bring the forgotten arti-
Giles, or TO go on the desired erTand
Always speak pleasantly and courteously
to the servants, say, "lf you please" mo,
thank you," and II would rather not" in
stead of the impolie and ungracious II
wOnt,""I can" No." and YES"
When James ispuzzled over an example in
arithmetic, or Susie has broken the point
from her pencil, or Robbie has lost his
book and slate, or the baby is fretful and
peevish, let your clear brain and ready hands
will never forget it. And when next
Christmas you offer your friends the gifts
you have prepared for them, the memory of
these daily gifts throughout the year will add
hundred fold to the appreciation with
which they will accept your offerings.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
An Old Story.

The old story of the early bird and the
worm, that used to be told to enforce the
virtuous practice of early rising, became, in
later and more degenerate age, somewhat
less effective by turning attention TO the
woIm's views Of the affair. Recently it has
appeared with new amendment which re-
stores all the point and piquancy of the orig
inal
A father had been lecturng his son upon
the evils of staying out late at night and get
ting up late in the morning "You will
never amount to anything" he continued,
'unless you turp over new leaf. Remem.
that the early bird catches the worm"
How about the worm, father" inquired
the young man, borrowing the old sarcasm,
wasn't he rather foolish to get up 80 early ?"
"My son" replied the old man solemnly,
chat worm hadn't been to bed at all. He
was on his way home"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
VOL. XXXIII----NO. 3.
The Esquimaux Male as a Dodge r.

well remember the first time l saw an
Esouimaux honse in process of erection.
The men were employed in cutting hugh
blocks of frozen snow, which were laborious-
ly carried by the women 10 where founda-
ton had already been laid, and where each
block was laid over the other until snow
hut five feet in height was quickly raised
Here the mems labor ceased and the poor
women, each armed with sort of wooden
snow shovel, next proceeded to carefully
chink the cracks and later to cover the entire
habitation with loose snow. While thus
employed the women were without any Gov
ering whatever to their hands, and the action
of the cold wind must have caused them in
describable sufferings.
The men, however, wore long mittens
made OF reindeer fur and reaching beyond
the elbow, where they were firmly secured
to prevent snow from reaching the hands
when.cu,ting and handling blocks. I've seen
these mittens when frozen stiff given by a
husband 10 his wife or daughter thaw out,
this result being accomplished by the poor
creature placing the article inside the bosom
of her dress and next to her bare skin. With
all the abuse and hardships endured by Ex-
quimaux woman they still appear to be al
ways contented with their lot, and l cannot
now call to mind single instance occurring
during my northern trip, anywhere COM
plant was made. even of an act of cruelty,
that in the United States would have
resulted in the perpetrators being sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
miscellaneous.
Simple Experiments in the Schools

FIR Tile .Eyis anu IateRigeacty.
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tuinioHt, prJS1 vi r"iri "uu n'.,e "u'er'
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I, v" ". . any s%aHs 'iiH '1ao vi ',te
'',i sitV.' WIZ :u tuousn W
m ,,,I :, vi '"e ouSNe'
WV; mI'i " NV my 81, "pou .i,e s.iei an
, ,Hen uecp ~" ";t ,"nitnon ulliih;ns
W "ni,t p'S 80 u ~ ~
III, wv ~ ,Lf ,to J'', ntioi ~
% - 'n0 sun
t e,, ~ n0' p' ,i - a. F';.e
"'n'n;o ,''i' NJ m"' , va LIZ Snr 10 nnany
SUI, r'm 49, tn' sI"a1 TSei anu Ie'
,Lo ,Laa VI mnuei on .ne t,o euse VI
i"o s'"ST U'ra tV se auout an
,horo h., ~, ,'ro,a,,ra 81 ,ha a; ~ n.p'
~ s1u th VI 1870 WY ~ .ne sur
tnhe 10 ~ TX inoi'as Ion" and oinn, sl" oIs
m ;rch IN d;omo,ar az e, ita ,,aoo a u
aiinr Nil, ,ha ,,i,l, ',ra II, W
I,',,r, Eim A 'o psn III G :, ,re
a., Ii, "a AZ 'n.. nan
nna,n no di,o ~ ,ho oias os sn1
vii r;s a' u5 fm VIZ ' d ;no onui
va,e, hroatho ,ho t [,io0s ,,j,o Iii ;' .ne
brpa1hnS into il mill tba mir pnna ~ , ovor WY
ra,%ar law l =. h'it I,o a., 0sv, vi
t%n ,nn "n. "u Tp W ane sue VI
oa nrnIo,, ,nIo an n'". piITI Vi
hor;ynn,aii, bonoa,, tho "n aIid nV ,h
Mar frn ne SILL INV 1',o1 t,,o 'u"'
kna,,ina iirr,T,, Srossad tioro ~, Si,,I e.,,'
tho hnE, ari 10 tI,'. ,,,', ,.I n,'
tho ,ohia yy;rh ,Eo ,,Ioss covarin,, !, i,,L,
a match and wien I,,Ils il,ni,,d draw ns,do
tho ,,Iasa .icb,i,, o,J ,l,rIsI H. ,ot"I 80
thn inmhlnr II vii iva i,,o,aniIv oy,;na,,;st
ed VIII care several moiches NAV -, ex-
,inrrishoJ IN tho same ;ar ~ ,,;,;a,aI "a
NJ tnLirG tha ,r,oae t,o,,, ia ,um,hio. a. a.,
il f,II Of water md hoy;ng no,rod !, NJ
fins IeavinT tho gIoes frli If frosh oir 80,
il "a befnre and thrnsting in Tho b,r,,;n U,
match ohsnrvs thot II will con,;,mn tn hnrs
bright,v commune w '''"
Eyni,ir To tho rrri,a tho, tLo oiu ,oo.o
ito Observation-Disclosures ,5ripcn,e NV ho;r% i hrao,i,
cd over ihot ybSenp II vii roi s,s,nin I I;oi,
!, Will NOT ,1roneri,, srrrnrt ,;so ,hat 49,
of tho scbopI rnnn, ia snon y;t;otaj L,, -
hreathed over and over ord nnro .;r ,',ns,
ha snnnIied from come source pr nr all Win a,,s
for EynIain that tho 10 VIM ,h a." r Ini ou
sweat ana The ii@hts bnr, din, 'i IN " ornmdoS
emo,';,r ,laa,inns ID ~. ,hn ,i ~ J'o"I n
inc nosoned and nprmanent ininrv u rs ,he
hasI t intiio,oJ IN s,oi, ,'i"nas w , .n
,his 10 yhu ,he nrn;s arn All, rodp,Iaa .na,
Wv" snT Iup3 a =, u ios' ~, anu
isad roons s that ,hia u; IT I,, tH ,Se h
ot,en s"JInni n po.os I har go Mmy .do ,Gac5ei
onndi,inrs ;nh r. rnt rUro udu ,;, sllls a
w., .,'i, II ,,,'' Mn speeu
od i"nns J." POI ''"n'"' '''e"'0 Vi 'N' 'nio"'
anu l.anssI ..-- ,.--
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
A bsent. Minded.

At the last session Of the German Reich
stag, Herr WichmaD, it is said, was calling
the roll, and coming to his own name, called
it out without getting any response.
He repeated the name again in louder
tone. Still no answer, and he spoke it for
the third time at the top of his voice, upon
which the laughter of the house brought him
to his senses and lie marked himself present
To match this, there is an anecdole in Mrs
Lcsley's "Recollections Of my Mother" con-
corning an old Northampton stage driver
He had q phenomenal memory, to which be
trusted implicitly, receiving and executing
all sorts of commissions daily without ever
making any memorandum.
Once his wife went to Boston with him
and on the day when it had been agreed that
she should return, the man was troubled all the
way to Worcester with the feeling that he
had forgotten something.
He tried in vain to think what it could be
till just as he was whipping up his horse TO
leave that town. Then it suddenly came Ia
him, and he exclaimed, "Oh, it's my wife
I've left my wife :"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
The Care of Closets.

Closets are not only useful, but q neces-
sary part of IL house. Many house-keepers
think that there cannot be too much closet
room provided There are many things
which are properly put into closets, and other
things which should never go into closets.
OF such are all soiled under-g garments. Cloth
ing that has been worn should not
be hung away until properly ven
tilated. In this way two fertile sour
ces of bad odors in closets may be
excluded. Many hang their night clothes in
the closets during the day. This also should
be avoided unless they have had a thorough
airing before being hung. Ifthe closet does
not not admit of window, the door should
be left open for few hours every day to ad-
nit pure air. Some persons have ventilators
placed just over the door, but the outside
air, ii admitted for short time every day,
will purify closet where only clean clothes
are hung. No matter how clean the cloth
ing in the closet may be, If there is no venti-
lation the clothing will not be what il
should.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
Bad Health Versus Good.

The fact is, the advantages of poor health
have never been rated at half their worth
What deluge of books has been poured out
to show people how to get and keep health,
and never one to teach them how 10 lose it.
Take for example, the case of a physical
giant like Daniel Webster. His prodigious
health was simply the ruin OF him. Such
enormous dinners he could eat, deluged with
such oceans of wine and brandy, and such
an immense amount of outdoor cunning and
fishing did he have to resort to to digest these
that three-fourths of the time his powerful
brain was as torpid as that of gorged an
acoL la.
All had Webster only been lifelong in
valid, like Alexander II Stephens, of Georgia
what an intellectual prodigy America would
have seen. lowered with only digestion
enough to keep half alive on, and only lungs
and muscle enough for moderate, contempla.
tive walks, the Massachusetts deity would
then have been driven for refuge to the habi-
tual exercise Of his vast intellectual and inn
aginative powers, and go have produced
some noble work that would have enriched
the world. Let him, therefore, serve as sig
nal warning to all big hulking fellows, turn
ing up their noses at invalids, and thanking
their stars that they are good any day for
ten courses and quart, or gallon of claret,
hook or burgundy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20
"Aunty" In the Kitchen

Even to-day one will find in many Ken
lucky households suryivals of the old order
find Aunt Chloe" ruling as despot In the
kitchen, and making her will the pivotal
point of the whole domestic system. have
spent nights with Kentuckian, self-willed
and high-spirited, whose occasional refusals
to rise for half past five o'clock breakfast
always brought the cook from the kitchen
up TO his bedroom, where she delivered her
commands in a voice worthy Of Catherine
the Great. eve shall have TO get up," he
would say, cor there'll be row |" One may
yet see, also old negressns, setting oct
for an annual or semi-annual Visit to their
former mistresses, and bearing some
offering, a basket of fruits or flowers. / should
like to mention the case of one who died
AFTER the war and left her two children to her
mistress, to be reared and educated. The
troublesome and expensive charge was taken
and faithfully executed.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-01-20

The farmer who will come out ahead in
the race for success is not he who is continu-
ally turning aside aside from the wel-tried
and beaten paths of his vocation TO follow
the enticements of every enthusiast who
comes to him with story of some new plant
or crop, which will give to him great and
paying returns for his labor. Sooner or later
these unwarranted deyiatiOns are sure TO re-
suit in disaster and grief. No farmer who is
depending upon his fields for subsistence,
especially if he be burdened by debts, can
afford to indulge in them. We think there
is safer course and that is 10 study the
capabilities of his land-to ascertain what
particular kinds of fertilizers are most econ
omical and certain for him, and what crops
he can most successfully grow and dispose of
to advantage.
Every now and then We read Of somebody
who has realized large amount of money
from some particular crop not generally
grown by the farmer, except in small quanti-
ties. Only u day or two ago, it was thirteen
hundred dollars for an acre OF spinach. One
man had sold three hundred dollars worth
of dandelions, another had realized great re-
suits from breadth of mushrooms, another
had had large returns from an acre OF onions
and still another had been well paid by a
crop Of Jerusalem artchokes. Such state
ments in these times OF sharp competition
and low prices among our farmers are apt 10
turn many men from the beaten tracks and
induce them to seize eagerly upon such side
issues, to the neglect OF other things really
OF more Importance to them. If in neigh
borhood where the demand for all such crops
as we have mentioned is very limited, of
what avail is it if the farmer can raise enor-
nous supplies of them? 1t is simply money
and labor lost and valuable ground occupied
that might have been far better appropriate
ed.
liza farmer is living near to a large city or
town it may pay him well to grow n great
variety of such productions as will be of
ready sale in market, and then he can make
cautious experiments on the side issues-for
he will be enabled by every day observations
of traffic and his study of the question of
supply and demand, to act inteligcntly and
economically in the matter. Only few years
ago much money was made in all the side is
sues by our farmers and gardeners, but
things are much changed now. There are so
many workers in the field that all such
chances have been much narrowed
down. The question in these days of sue
cess to the farmer tuIns closely on habits of
industry and perseverance, strict attention
to all the Details careful outstanding of all
home resources, a close cutting down of in
door and outdoor expenses, AMI a studied
avoidance of contracting debts. If the be-
ginner will mark out for himself course,
embracing all of these cardinal points and
steadily pursue it, he will be enabled to move
along safely and without much fear of inter
ference from the sheriff.