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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-24
Pensions For Samoa sufferers.

WASHINGTON, May Interpretations for
pensions are beginning to come in at the
pension office from the widows and de-
pendent relatives of officers and men who
lost their lives in the recent naval disas-
ter at Samoa. The widow of Captain
Schoonmaker. of the Vandala, filed her
claim few days ago and it has been SUBJ
mitted to the proper divis on for allow
ance. Her pension bill will amount to $50
per month. Yesterday colored woman
whose son was employed on one of the
vessels appeared at the pension office and
filed her claim for pension. She will he
allowed SD per month.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-24
Snow in the North

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 13.-Specials to
the Pioneer Press from various points in
Minnesota and Dakota give accounts OF
heavy snowfall yesterday. At Warden
it first rained and then turned into
heavy snow storm. Brainerd says that
snow fell there yesterday afternoon for
several hours but finally ended in rain.
The ground was parched and the streets
and roads like ashes and the crops have
suffered. but the fall will save them AT
Oriska, OAK, about four inches OF snow
fell during the morning and it rained
during tie rest of the day and water is
standing in pools all over the fields.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-24
The warship Charleston n Phenomenon I'm
the Naval Line.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 15.-Ths warship
Charleston has arrived here from Santa
Barbara, the builders deciding to return
with the cruiser to redress the slides of
the starboard high pressure engine before
giving her a second trial. The naval Off
GERS detailed to inspect the Charleston de-
clare that with the developed horse power
of 5, 500, she is one of the fastest fighting
ships in the world. During the seventeen
minutes run of the Charleston in the Santa
Barbara channel Saturday, actual horse
power developed was 5, 223. at which the
average speed, 1S* knots, was main.
tanned with LOT revolutions Of the
propeller.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-24
A Widespread Conspiracy.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 19.-The con-
spiracy among military officers against
the Car, which was recently unearthed,
has many and widespread ramifications
Officers of regiments stationed in Moscow
and Warsaw have been found to be inn
plicated in the plot and three of them COM
mitted suicide. A bomb was found in the
quarters of one of the officers in Warsaw.
Hundreds of the conspirators have been
placed under arrest. The discovery of the
plot has completely unnerved the Czarina-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
SOW FALL SPINACH.

Spinach is a crop that can be obtained
for the table continuously all the sum-
mer by successional sowing. But spring
and fall are the times when one looks for
a dish of spinach. In theespring time it
is especially valuable as among the first
green crops to come in. In localities
where the climate is not quite so severe
as with us, it is easily kept out-of-doors
all winter and ready to start into fresh
growth as soon as the frost leaves. In
the North, where the snow covers the
ground early, there is also no diffiulty
For ordinary culture slight protection
is easily applied with corn stalks, straw
and SO on. This, however, does not pay
for the marketman.
The time to SOW for fall use is August
If the growing weather continues late,
some cuttings are obtained as soon as the
leaves are large enough to handle, even
up to November. If these leaves are
plucked, others continue to grow, so that,
for fall or spring use, one sowing will
furnish a good many dishes. When the
crop is growing in the summer, it quick
~ goes into seed, and the whole plant is
then cut off and used.
An ounce of seed contains some 24OO.
and is enough for family use. If to
stand all the winter, September is early
enough to SOW. The best winter spinach
is the prickly or winter; for summer use,
the rOund-seeded.
Except the months of January and
February, August is a month requiring
less labor in the vegetable garden than
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
PROFIT IN DUCK FARMING.

A duck should lay 100 eggs year if
Of good breed, and in March and April
the eggs sell for twice a much as hens
eggs. If we take the weight of the eggs
in consideration, the duck lays as much
in one year as the hen does in two years.
AS ducks make rapid growth and lay
large eggs ''early and often,' they are,
as a consequence, very voracious, and re-
quire large amount of food, but as they
will eat anything that is eatable, and pre-
fer bulky food, they are not expensive,
considering the service they perform. A
good Pekin, Aylesbury. Brazilian or
Rouen duck will show excellent results
from the management given, and will
yield profit far beyond anything that
can be derived from the common duck.
A mess of cooked turnips or potatoes
makes an excellent meal for them. Grass
chopped fine and sprinkled with meal, is
another cheap food. If they have pas
ture they will seek their own food, re-
quiring only little grain at night. In
winter, chopped, scalded hay is excellent
for them. When laying they should te
given an allowance of chopped, fresh
meat three times week. Soft food is
preferred by them to whole grains.
Though an aquatic bird, the duck loves a
dry place at night, and should sleep on a
board f1oor.-Farna and F1reside.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
POTATO ROT PROBATION.

Many a potatogrower who natm allv
expected, and ought to have, 200 bushels
per acre, write Professor Byron d. Hal
sted, in the New York Tribune, finds the
Weld less than 100 bushels of second-rate
tubers, some of which are decayed and
many more Affected disheartening out
come largely due 70 excessive growth of
a fungus that first attacked the upper
leaves, and from there rapidly passed
into the stems and down to the tuhers
This mildew is so small that when seen
in quantity it appears like frosty cover
ing on the surface of the decaying leaf.
In short time the vines become affected.
turn brown and die. after which there
can be,no further growth of tubers.
find many large fields thus prematurely
dead. The soil is loaded with water
by recent heavy rains-a condition most
favorable for decay of the potatoes. 1t is
therefore evident (the mildew being a
lover of moisture) that the tubers should
be removed from the soil and kept dry
and cool. 1t will be we'll to leave the
potatoes on the ground long enough TO
dry off completely, after which they may
be stored where they will not be covered
with any moisture. A good way, until
cold weather comes, would be to place
them in an airy loft or barn, either in a
thin layer on dry floor or in shallow
bins. A sprinkling of air-slaked lime,
handful to bushel, may be applied when
placed in the bin to kill any germs that
may be on their surface. The vines
should have been burned before the po-
tatoes were dug. Frequent visits should
be made to the storage-room and any de-
caying tubers removed before they con-
taminate surrounding potatoes. Pota-
toes this year are likely to be high priced,
and will repay the extra care here recon-
mended. A damp, warm, close cellar
would be sure to furnish the conditions
that would result in decay.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
SALT Is NATURES VERHfIFUGE.

All animals using vegetable food re-
quire more or less salt to keep them
healthy, for salt is natures vermifuge, as
it destroys intestinal parasites. AS a
rule, farmers do not give their hogs salt,
but this does not prove that they would
not be better, and be more comfortable
with it. About one ounce daily is suffi-
cient for swine weighing from 100 to
200 pounds, and this should be increased
to two ounces when they are fattened
upon corn or other raw grain. When
pigs are fed on Stops from the house they
will usually obtain all the salt they need
in their food, but if little more is added
it will do no harm, and may prevent
cholera and the much-feared kidney
worm. Many experiments have been
tried in feeding swine salt, and all show
that in moderate quantities it is beneficial.
-Nea0 York San.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
TREATMENT OF BUCKwHRAT.

Buckwheat, often called ''the lazy
mans CROP" deserves better treatment
than it generally gets. 1t is a ''catch
CROP" easily grown between regular sue
cession crops, and will respond to more
generous usage than is frequently ac-
corded it. The grain itself is nutritive
and palatable, giving both heat and mus
cle-making constituents, and brings, as a
rule, fairly remunerative prices, COM
pared with other cereals. Manure with
a liberal hand, or fertilize with, say, 800
pounds of a good superphosphate, and
see the difference in the result compared
with the one grown on the thin, poor
land to which it is generally allotted.
Sow from one to one and a half pecks of
seed to the acre.-Nep York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
THE SONG OF THE RAIN.

sing of the rain, the pitiless rain
That pours forever down,
On mountain height, and level plain,
And every dripping town
The rainbow that for ages shown
Seems vanished from the sky and gone,
While cloud-bursts rise and thunder by
Like drops of some great deluge nigh.
The lightnings flash like arrows shot
From the armies overhead,
Like Parthian hosts who flying fought
And conquered as they fled
On many a field, in many home,
The swift and deadly bolts have come,
Where youth and strength and beauty lay
So still beneath the lightning's play.
The swelling streams, like hosts below,
Shout to the hosts on high,
And needless all of human woe,
They sweep resistless by
And on the field of battle dread
The living come to seek their dead,
Where songs and laughter on each shore
Are drowned and hushed forevermore.
And blacker than the blacklist storm
OF whirlwind fierce and strong.
The specter, evil-dreadful form
OF falsehood and of wrong
The sin that stalks through all the world,
With curses deep at heaven hurled,
Its footprints on the ages gone,
It's reign of terror not yet done.
But for the whirlwind and the flame,
The evil dark and dim,
The answer to the patriarch came,
And Gained the storm for him
And mid the thunder and the rain
The still small voice" is heard again,
To calm for US the sea Of life,
Or make us still amid the strife.
hold the thunder in my hand,
The whirlwind and the rain,
Amid the brooding darkness stand,
The sorrow and the pain
AS brightly as it shone of old
Will shine again the arch of gold,
And life's dark secret stand revealed,
my father steers the ship for me-"
The sailor boy once said;
And this the word that Gains the sea
For us when sore afraid
From chaos sprung the world at first,
From midnight morning glories burst,
And storm and cloud like birth-pangs con
The prelude Of the heavenly home.
j. II. CHthbert, IN Mail and Erpress.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Barley should always be cut before it is
dead ripe.
Sweat and dust, as we'll as ill-ftting
collars, causes the horses shoulder to
gall.
In an overripe barley field even heavy
dew will sometimes stain the crop while
standing.
After August clover seed should not be
sown, as the young plants will be too
tender to stand the winter.
Nature should be copied as near as pos
sible in the care of fowls, and there will
be less complaint of disease.
1t is stated that the road fences are
being rapidly removed in the vicinity of
Boston, adding much to the rural beauty
of the suburbs.
Pigs can be reared so as to have seven
ty-five per cent. of lean meat in them by
feeding bran and middlings. Skim
milk may also be fed.
Nothing like good old fashioned
summer fallow to cleanse lands from
noxious weeds and fit them for undisputed
occupancy by useful crops.
A Western dairyman thinks that dairy
farmers as a class do not fully appreciate
the Importance of the speedy withdrawal
of the animal heat from fresh milk.
Sheep eat into the ground, it is said,
but that is great merit when they are
engaged in exterminating weeds, an Of
flee in which they display great merit.
Millet seed will not retain vitality
longer than two years. If not fresh when
sown a large part will not germinatc, and
when two years old only a small portion
will grow.
Perhaps the best remedy that can be
used to keep chicks in good condition is
pulverized charcoal mixed with cooked
feed. A daily ration of it can do them
no great harm.
He is not very enterprising farmer
who, if naturally slow, cannot hurry his
steps little in haying, especially when
unfavorable weather has delayed the work
far beyond its season.
It would be good for farmers if some
of their number would write out farm
experiences and observations for publica-
ton, thereby conveying to all interested
many uSeIul lessons IndC OIAeT"ISc AusG
be lost, except to few.
In the olden time it was thought
necessary to dry the entire moisture out
of the new cut grass before it was put
away for hay. This has been discovered
to be an error. The best hay is that
which has been but partially dried before
going into the stack. The study and eX-
pertinent with ensilage led to this dis
cOvery.
Cracked hoofs frequently result from
wound of the coronet and should be
treated as follows: The coronet should
be blistered where the crack starts, and
V-shaped mark should be cut with file
at the top of the crack to separate it from
the new horn. Glycerine should be
applied to the hoof, which should be
bandaged with leather drawn tight by
means of lace.
Stale butter may be much improved
by washing it in clear water, cutting
the butter into thin slices with
the Iadle. 1t is then worked over with
sweet skinned milk in a churn, by which
the acidity is neutralized to some extent.
The butter is then washed in brine to re-
move the milk, resulted and made up Tor
use. 1t cannot be kept without de-
terioration longer than few days.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
NAN.
Bang!

A SNOWFALL whizzed through the air,
and away over the fence sailed the Pro-
fessor's hat, battered and dishonored.
A ripple of girlish laughter f1oated up
from some one behind him, and looking
around angrily, the Professor caught a
glimpse of pair of dark, roguish eyes
peeping at him out of a pretty hood,
which did not hide the saucy face of the
maiden who had thrown the ball.
She watched the Professor as he
climbed over tie fence and regained his
disfgured tile, and tried, rather ruefully,
to smooth its battered sides; then she
scampered toward the school-house.
Joel Sherwood had just emerged from
the university at W, with consider
able honor and the degree of good opin-
ion most men of his age entertain for
themselves. He really was entitled to
great deal of credit for the courage and
steadfastness of purpose with which he
had toiled to make his way through the
tedious university course. He had done
it alone, and at the same time managed
to help his widowed mother in keeping
what had proved to be very quaint and
world, as is its custom, had been some
what slow in recognizing his genius; so
that when the winter term of school at
Weston was offered to him, he was only
too glad to accept it, hoping that mean
time something better would come to
him.
He picked up his hat, with some sense
of disgrace, and strobe on to the school
house.
1t was the eventful ''irst day." and
it must be confessed that Joel's heart for
a minute sank very low as he saw the
roguish face disappear through the door
of the building which was to be his castle
for the next few months. He had dim
fereboding that trouble was in store for
him. But shortly his courage rallied,
and with his lips closed little more
firmly than usual, he stepped to his desk.
Nan, with many girlish giggle, was
relating her adventure to a circle Of adj
mirers.
1.-THE idea of a young fellow like him
bringing a tall hat down here! My!
how mad he looked when the thing went
over the fence! Well, it was rather
mean, dICcr all, DuI L III never SEE MN
again. Idon't know who he is. Some
city chap, s'pose, down to look at the
natives"
Just then the door opened and the
Professor walked in.
If Joel could have seen the glorious
crimson which swept Mans face, he might
have known how poorly priced was her
victory But he was busy and had al
most forgotten the episode moment la
ter.
It was brought back again, however,
when he Glanced to glance at Nan. Once
more the flood of crimson dyed her
cheeks, but she buried her face in book
and waited until it had vanished.
That winter Joel Sherwood learned
many valuable lessons. 1t was a good
school for him. He knew more about
himself when the term was over than he
ever had before. He put away the silk
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
ASPARAGUS BEDS WILL LAST CENTURY.

ASPARAGUS BEDS WILL LAST A CENTURY
An asparagus bed, if properly treated,
will last century, or longer. The own
ers of beds are usually so anxious to con-
tinue cutting as long as the grass COM
mands a good price that they kill the
roots through repeated cutting late in the
season. Late cutting has killed out more
asparagus plantations than neglect of
manuring and cultivation.-Ne'0 York
Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
HOW TO GIVE CHICKS FAIR SHOW.

When chicks of different ages are run
ming together and older birds are about,
the food for the little ones should be
thrown under slated coops into which
only such can enter. This will save the
youngest and the delicate from being
trampled upon and crowded out, and will
give them chance to eat their fill at their
leisure. They will soon find out what it
means, and more often than not will be
found waiting in the pens for the food
to be thrown to them.-Fdncier'S Journal.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27
The Largest County.

The County of Custer,i in Montana, is
the largest county in the United States
1t contains -, 569, 92O acres and is $50
miles long and 125 miles wide. 1t is a
place of historic interest, containing as ii
does the site of the great battle of the
Little Big Horn, where Custer and his
force were massacred.-C Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27

any other. Usually all the planting has
been done in July. Such as nav still be
planted are late celery. Radish and
other salads are always in season, and
may yet be sown.-Prdirie Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27

A we'll in the South, from which a
strong breeze rushed for years, has sud-
denly taken to spouting water.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27

That winter Joel Sherwood learned
many valuable lessons. 1t was a good
school for him. He knew more about
himself when the term was over than he
ever had before. He put away the silk
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27

Joel awoke the next morning with a
delicious sense of peace.
There was no pain anywhere. A
woman's hand was on his forehead. He
was in woman's room. He lay with
his eyes closed, and tried to put things
together. Then he looked up into the
face of Nan.
''Don't speak, Nan! Let me be still.
If this is dream I don't want it to end ~
''But it isn't. It's real, and I thank
God it isl" said Nan, reverently.
Joel reached up and drew Nan down
toward him, and their lips met.
$50 do l." was all he said.-E. L.
Vincent, IN Neao York Weekly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-09-27

The hOrseman waved his hand toward
them, and then wheeled away to seek
other means of reaching the school
house. 1t was trying place for the
young teacher, and some courage was re-
quired to look calmly into the faces of
the awe-stricken children and try to
quiet them.
But in this he had a helper in Nan.
The girls face showed nothing of the
terror Joel expected to see in her. The
woman seemed to have suddenly come
in place of the rolhcking girl. She was
here there, everywhere, cheering the
younger ones in a most motherly way.
How this crisis had transformed her!
Joel noticed more than ever now what
strong face she had. He had always
thought her pretty; now look had come
upon her features which indicated the
spirit which makes women heroic. She
had become calm, self-possessed woman.
While Joel was thinking of this,
through the dusk came boat, manned
by two farmers. 1t slowly pushed it's
way through the current, fighting hard
against wind, ice and drifting wood; but
it was not long before the rescuers reached
the imperiled house. Joel could no
longer open the door without letting in a
little ocean. Tiny rivulets were spread
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-01-09
AFFAIRS OF STATE.
svnopsis OF Governor Warehouses;
Message to the Missouri
Legislature.
/. c.,.ra1 Review of State Affairs. with
Recommendations and Valuable
Suggestions in Regard to
Legislation.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Jan. Ex-Governor
warehouses; message, which was pre-
.aniad TO the General Assembly day, Ii
m substance as follows:
n.rr,yMrs OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
psnarspNrArIvEs-ln obedience to the re-
cuirements Of the Constitution OF our State,
h.ve the honor to submit herewith for your
consideration such information OF the conol-
finn of the State and such other measures as
deem expedient
since the adjournment Of the Thirty-fourth
General Assembly the people Of Missouri have
been called upon to mourn the loss OF one oil
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-01-09

their most 1liuotTlOus
citizens, purest men
and best Governors.
Marmaduke's
a administration of the
affairs OF the State was
marked with rigid econ
omy, strict integrity
and "a high order OF
ability that was the ad-
miration of his friends
, and a surprise to his
ienemies. He had no
motive but to do right,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-01-09
THE EnNnHp nGRr.

On the first OF January, lcSh tue oNn<seu state
oeot, not including the common school ana
seminary Indebtedness (which we owe to our
selves and eau not properly hs considered q
DEBIT was sll,Sa3ee1 Tn the Isl OF january,
1889. it was sa,o25.a0: amount pala in four
years, s., n,27S.oUo. The debt in iSSt WAS drawing
interest at per cent per anRuEn. amounting II
NuS,lso Since January !. 1888, s9s.Slsp OF
this debt matured, OF which ss,ts0osS has been
fnnded in $50 bonds. bearing interest n 3'a ner
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1889-01-09

(TOreTNOr 1NOFcHOGse. anu no dt1IUlu1o1t D1' ~
make good executive. He was FEARLESS 10 eA'
ecule and just in his mercies, SO that when' on
he eath dav of December, 1887, death claimed
rim for its own. no citizen was more honored
ann no Governor had been more respected.
upon the death OF Governor Marmaduke the
snow ers duties and emoluments' OF Governor
deyolyed upon me as Lieutenant Governor In
me discharpe of the onerous and intricate du-
lies M rtaining to this office have endeavored
70 continue the administration OF my illustrious
nredecessor How we'll ! have succeeded lei
Inc Intelligent public judge.