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WHEN FARMING PAYS AND WHEN
IT DOES NOT PAY.

1t is entirely with in the bounds Of
fact to assert that there are at least ten
per cent of our farmers, in whatever
branch of agricultural industry they
may be engaged, who are getting double
the return of the average of others en-
gagged in that branch-twice the bushels
per acre, twice the pounds of butter per
cow-and this, too. simply by improved
methods and intelligent application OF
the fundamental principles Of success
which should govern their pratices.
As evidence of this, l will cite the in
stance of a dairy farm Of 1873 acres in
this state Six years ago for 81 800 which
has since netted annually return Of 10
per cent on the investment. The agRre-
gate product last year amounted to &c.
224.70.
have in mind three large herds of
dairy cattle, none of them other than
carefully selected grades, the average
butter product for these herds being last
year between 300 and 800 lbs, more
than double the general average.
have in mind large field of wheat
upon farm within sight of me as
write-the famous Rose Hill farm OF
Robert j. Swan, ESQ.,. long president of
he board OF control of the New York
state agricultural experiment station
and this field of wheat will average fully
40 bushels to the acre, more than three
times the average of other wheat fields
IN this state, and yet this very field pro-
duced hut six bushels of wheat to the
acre 40 years ago. But this result sc
full of encouragement as evidence that
our farming lands are not exhausted OF
their fertility after a half of century OF
cropping, has been secured without the
use of any commercial fertilizers, but il
forcibly illustrates the beneticent drain
age, for upon this farm of about 35C
acres are rs miles of the drains.
Pay? VIII farming pay replied
the gentleman who grew this crop OF
wheat to my question. "Of course il
will pay, and never better than now il
only 1t is conducted as intelligently as is
the mercantile and manufacturing bust
ness of the country"
The VINEYARDS of the slothful and OF
those void of understanding have not yet
disappeared from the face of the earth,
and the results of Incidence and ignor-
ance are unchanged since the days OF
Solomon; but as a class our farmers are
far from sl)thful, and while there re-
mains room for almost indefinite in
crease in knowledge, probably no coun
try in the history of the world possesses
an agricultural class Of equal intelligence
to our own; but too many of them in
their practice, while knowing the right
the wrong pursue the words of the pro-
Jhet will suffice ; cease to do evil learn
TO do well. Peter Collier.
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THE sTEwARDSHIP OF WEALTH.

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, whose own
large pbilanthrOpies give special weight
to what he has to cay upon such sub
iect, suggests in paper in the North
american ReUielU for December some of
the BEST Fields of Philanthropy Mr..
Carnegie is committed to the principle
that the only proper use to make of
large fortunes is to 80 administer them
that the communities in which they
have been gathered should derive ad-
vantage from them. In his present pa
per he undertakes to point out some of
the ways in which this may most wisely
be done. He gives the fret place to the
founding of a university, and instances
the gift of Senator Stanford to the
States of the Pacific slope, which in
wolves the use of ten or twenty million
dollars for this noble purpose. There
are many such institutions, but some of
them have only been bequeathed, and
there is force in Mr.. Carnegie's com
ment that ''it is impossible TO exol any
man greatly for simply leaving what he
cannot take with him" Such benefac.
tions are, of course. possible only TO men
of vast fortunes, but gifts of kindred
nature may be made in the provision of
NHhiBilNhN IVA
already established. The Lick Observa-
tory. the School of Fine Arts and the
Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, and
the Peabody Museum and the halls OF
Weld, Matthews and ThayeT at Harvard
are cited az instances IN point.
Mr.. Carnegie frankly gives il as his
opinion that the best gift which can be
made to a community is that of free
library, provided the community will
accept and maintain il as a public insti-
tuition, Mr.. Carnegle's own experience
of the privileges of a small library
when poor boy in Plttsburgh-led HIM
to resolve that if wealth ever came to
him he would use it in establishing free
libraries, where other poor boys might
have similar opportunities upon q
larger scale. It is to be noticed that
there Is scarcely another channel OF
public benevOlence so often used by rich
men seeking to benefit communities, as
this. a circumstance which attests the
correctness OF Mr.. CarnegIe's judgement
upon this point. Mr., Carnegie mentions
with special admiration the act of Mr..
Pratt in giving TO the city of Baltimore
81 900, 000lfor the establishment OF free
library and it's branches, on the condi-
ton that the city pay per cent. of that
sum, or $50 900 per annum, for carry
ing on the institution, Nor was Mr..
Pratt content with simply giving the
money, but be has added bis counselS
and suggestions, and has been an effeo
tive directing force in the wise expendi
ture of the funds. During the last year
43O.217 books were distributed, and the
fifth branch library was recently
opened. ,,e
Mr., Carnegie points out are the found
inc or extension OF hospitals, medical
colleges, laboratories, and other insii-
tutioDs connected with the alienation
at human suffering, and especially with
tho prevention rByhVr than the cure Of
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THE WEEKLY PRESS.

Aud yet, after all, the weekly news
paper does lead, direct and control the
thought of the people? This phrase,
which refers to the very bed rock Of our
social, religious and political institutions,
seems quite indefinite. Some peopl.
meet In New York, in a hall upon one
of It's many streets. They may be brok-
ers, or merchants, or railroad men, or TO-
that matter anarchi-t@, or communists,
or sporting men and a stenographic
reporter takes down what they do or say
dresses it up in attractive style, and thu
next morning express trains scatter u
all over the country. What wonder tina
the participants are imbued with tbs
idea that they are the people 7" Blu
they are very small proportion OF the
sixty OF more millions who not only
constitute but control our government
Away on the hillside, where greer
fields and shady trees suggest both in
dustry and repose on the broad prairies
where the eye scarcely rests upon {
single habItation, but only upon he1veI
and the wide expanse OF fertile earth
in the woods, where nature sings g per
petual anthem through leafy arches
the real people are to be found, and 1t Il
only when you have touched their hearts
as well as their reason, that you have
really touched the social, religious, Oh
political element of the nation.
Next to the church and scbo )lhous,
the weekly newspaper is the great edu
Gator, and. next in responsibility tc
Gods ministers and the teachers, are
the editors Of the weekly newspapers
As they shall meet this responsibility &c
shall our future destiny result-SeRdtoi
0 II. Pratt.
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human ills; the establishment OF public
parks and pleasure grounds the proviS-
ion of halls suitable for meetings OF all
kinds, especially for concerts of eleyat-
Jug music-like the Springer Hall in
Cincinnati; the estsblis hmeDt OF swim.
ming baths for the people and finally,
the erection and endowment of churches
Concerning each of these, Mr.. Carnegie
makss practical suggestions, and h
specially insists thai in every case =
condition of the gift shall be that th'
community which accepts it shall pro
vide means for sustaining whatever in.
stitu.ion may be established. The wis
dom of thisrestrlction will be recognized,
Ntogether, Mr.. Carnegie's article may
be warmly commended to the attention
If people with large fortunes, in whom.
mayhap, il will quicken a sense Of the
responsibilities of their stewardship.
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How SAM swA DA LAME HORSE
FOR A COU RFEIT BILL.

There was a coIored man in Austin,
Texas, by the name of Sam Johnsing,
Jays Terds Siftings He has some
horses, at which business he is an ex-
pert. One day Judge Peterby saw John
sing trading with an Itinerapt horse
dealer. Having some curiosity to know
how Sam came out in the trade he asked
him:
did you sell that fellow your horse?'
II did, boss, fer fac"
"How much did you get p
Twenty dollars"
"ODly $50, Why, you are fool; that
is valuable horse"
Let me tell you somethin', boss. Dat
horse is lame"
Judge Peterby happened to meet the
horse trader afterward and said to him
80 you paid SEQ for that horse p
Yes, l paid SEQ to the darby. It's g
pretty cheap horse" .-.
You have been swindled, The horse
Is lame"
81 know the horse is lame, but it doet
not amount to anything. He limps be
cause he has not been properly shod. Al
soon as take the shoes off him he will
not limp a particle. wouldn't take
800 for that horse"
Half an hour afterward Judge Peter
by met Sam.
Look here, Sam, you were swindled
after all in that horse trade. The lame
ness of the horse ia caused by his not be-
ing properly shod."
II know he amt properly shod. l had
him shod dat way on purpose, so as tc
make dat boss trader believe dat he wa
lame from dat cause; but de trOof an
dat he is lame, sure enough, and he am
guinefar stay lame. He nebber will bt
wuff muffin. Heah! heah! how fooled
dat boss trader"
The same evening Judge Peterby saw
the horse trader at the railroad station
He was just about to leave on the trsir
for Dallas.
THAT horse IS really lame. Sam hal
got away with you, after ALL" SAFE
Peterby.
THAT all depends on circumstances
think can cure that horse, but II
don't I'm not out anything" replied thu
horse dealer, grinning. ASK Sam, atte'
he has tried to change that twenty dol
lar bill gave him for the horse" sale
the horse dealer, as he climbed into thu
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THE LADY."-A few years ago a
strange mistake was made in New York
society. Two ladies Of the same name
gave an entertainment within a few
doors of each others houses. Many per
aons got into the wrong house. The
hostess who gained that day the admir-
ing comments OF all New York was the
one who received perfect strangers as il
they were her best friends, and made
them her friends by that gracious recep-
ton. She knew how awkwardly they
would feel when they found out their
mistake she did all she could to pre-
vent their feeling awkwardly while with
her.
The other lady, less well-bred, said to
a person who had come into her house
under mistake, 81 think you have gol
into the wrong house"
Eyes, madame, have" said he, 81
thought before entered it that this was
a lady's house."
IL was a terrible avepge, but, under
the circumstances, an entirely jnsti
BILE one. Mrs John Sherwood in Ladies
Home Journal.
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whv ROW, Le.ye The Farm.

A great many people wonder why the
Vermont farms are deserted by the sons
Of the fathers who obtained competence
and happiness from them. One reason
10 that many Of the sons are not willing
20 be as economical and to work as did
heir fathers, Instead Of raising corn to
fatten their cattle they prefer to ride
down to the village in q top carriage
after a fancy team and order west
srn corn Of the dealer, and get it charged
too. Instead Of outstanding their re-
sources and endeAvoring to increase
their stock Of manures. they order COM
nercial fertilizers, of doubtful value, by
the ton, and too often run into debt for
them. But pay day surely comes. In,
stead Of raising lusty steers and good
honest road or work horses which will
Iell for $125 when four years old, they
delude themselves into the belief that
their colt is threatened with speed and
waste twice his vslup in time ard money
in training him, and thAn a ne times out
Of tsn he proves failure IN fast horse
and is spoilt for anything else. And the
worst OF it is his owner is generally
Ipoilt also. -Cdledonidn.
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DESPERATE DEBTOR.

During the war OF 1919, many banks
outside OF New England suspended
specie payments, and people were forced
to use irredeemable bank bills as money
At the close of the war a National
bank was created upon sound basis
which caused the "irredeemable raRs"tC
disappear. Among the anecdotes OF the
time was this
A man carried to bank in Pennsyl
vania some bills which it had issued ,and
demanded gold and silver for them. The
cashier replied that the bank did not pay
gold and silver.
"Give me, them" said he, ''bills Of the
United States Bank"
1--WE have uone."
"Then give me billso any bank il
New England"
1--WE have none Of them"
The man growing desperate exclaimed
PAY me, then, in the best counterfeit
bills you have. Youths Companion
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Tariff Literature for All.

The American Protective Tariff
League is publ hin a most valuable
series of Tariff comments. These are
prepared with v W OF only to state
the facts and argumen for Protection,
but also to convince doubtful voters,
whether they are farmers, laborers. mer-
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of the series appeals to those engaged in
separate industries, and presents indis-
putable facts, comparisons of wages
cost of living, and other arguments
showing the benefits of Protection. Re.
cent issues include the following:
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ADVICE TO MOTHERS

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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-02
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Pages
1.-THE Farmer and the Tariff, T." Col. Thomas :,
H. dudley. '.'.'..';.. .:,,;,:,.ti'i' .,'' ~
1.-THE Wool Interest" Judge William Law .,
"Workingmen and the Tariff. ...... .:...
"Repy to the Presidents Free Trade Mes
sage" r. p. Porter ... ~; ~;
"Some views on the Tariff by an Old Busi- 49,
ness Man." George Draper E. .... ...... 5.
"Fallacies Of Free Trade" 4. T. Miller.... "
Wages, Living and Tariff" Z. A. Harts. -,
The Vital Question Shall American In
dustries be Abandoned and American
Markets Surrendered p..... ........" :
Same in German with addition .............
'The Advantages OF Protective Tariff TO
the Labor and Industries ofthe United
States" First Prize Essay, 1881 Craw-
ford d. Hening. Univ Pa, 81 ........... 81
"Protection." +. H. Ammidown.
"What IL Tariff 7" Answers to Work.
ingman's Question. ....... .......... 80
''Why Irishmen should be Protectionists,"
Projection vs. Free Trade" D.. @. Harri- =.
Wool should it be Protected - Wash.
lngton Belt ................:......'.
Wages and Cost Of Living" Joseph d.
weeks ..............s ......s. .''.s.s''..
"Home Production Indispensable, etc."
First Prize Essay, 1853. q. d. Todd. 81
Southern Farming Industries. .............
=, Short Tallr tn WnrkinQman" Z
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for Infants and Children.

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West 23d street, New York.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-11

full powers. Only ten months elapsed
between my first and second trips, and
this time | intend to make il longer;
then / shall return for three or four
years. am now preparing an account
of my six years hunting experiences for
the boys Of The st. Nicholas Magazine,
and shall write upon weightier topics,
particularly on slavery, for The Century
Magazine / return TO England in April.
In writing up the slave trade | shall re-
late what have seen of the evil. with
the hopes of arousing public sentiment
on the question. African slavery will
never be suppressed but by some gigantic
movement sustained by the combined
powers of Christendom. / am deeply in
terested in the question, and if an oppor-
tunity offers 10 abate tho evil, an oppor-
tunity where I can take my own course
and act on the suggestions of my own
experience. l shall embrace it.
The slaves of natives are badly used,
and the Arabs who deal in slaves arc
very cruel"
What of your experience with STAN
leyT''
STANLEY is a unique character all the
way through. He knows the native from
the foundation up. and he wins in his
conquests By tact and patience. On an
expedition he lives the same as his men
and is genial and talkatiye. have spent
hour after hour listening to his tales Of
adventure "a we Law surrounded by the
Jungle, within earshot Of the bowling OF
beasts and Of savage music. the very
spot to lend realism to his marvellous
recountings of things Of days gone by.
Only fortnight ago | received q friend
+ II letter from him in which he calls up
recollections of our mutual comrades of
pioneer days. Stanley has been charged
with being inconsidsrate. That is not
his nature. The magnitude of his work
NAV cause him to appear so at times.
| He moves with vast responsibility
resting upon him: like a conquering
warrior be cannot stop to count the little
/ Ills that bcfall by the way. No great
work is accomplished without some suf-
| fering.
Speaking Of the development Of Af-
rica. should say that there is a work
OF development extending rapidly from
the south coast mp into the central por-
/ ton. "a in your own western country.
/ new villages and towns are springing up
/ ike magic. IN the gold region, south Of
I the Congo. there IS al present great ac-
) tivtv, fortunes arc being won and
/ lCs' 8 ere il mining. exploring, trading
/ and al manner II enterprises that be
+ long - a gold region"
Ar Giave wears ss a decoration
+ L'E.oils Il Scrvice-the Star q the Ser
vice-p-escrtcd bv the king OF the Bel
eis-s GEa7cE I. KuwvR
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-11
A Eostle'. Long prir, at Sea.

Mr.. William Jones. while walking or
the beach Of the Nariva Cocal, noticed a
bottle which had been washed ashore by
the waves. He opened it and found il
70 contain a scrap of paper, which he
forwarded 70 the office Of this paper.
The following was written in German on
one side, the other having written across
it the date - September 1882 and the
signatures T. Schhnger and Aust. LIGHT
naTose:
The German bark Joseph Haydn,
Capt. II. Pfieger. from Bremen, finds it
self today in south latitude deg. IS
min. and west longitude 70 deg. As min.,
where the crew has thrown this bottle
overheard on the Sedan day, 1889. All
on board well. On the voyage from
Singapore to Msrseilles. 2 September
1889"
The writer or writer's were evidently
patriotic Germans. from the use of the
anniversary Of Sedan as \ date. They
have, however. rendered a greater serv-
ice 60 science than 20 national feeling, az
the point N tho South Atlantic where
they threw the bottle was not FAR west
ward from the Island Of Ascension
This shows that the ocean current which
bore it along over well nigh 1000 miles
IN Eve months. and laid it gently with
its message on our eastern coast. must
have Travelled az the same rate nearly
thirty miles day) "a the equstorial cur
rent flowing above the West Indies from
the Gulf Of Mexico eastward to the At
lantic. The direction Of the current from
the South Atlantic which carried the
bottle here was, therefore. northwest
srly y.-Port-of spain Gazette.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-11


was in command of pioneer station on
the Congo. We landed at Banana Point,
at the mouth of the Congo, and then took
a river steamer to Vivi, hundred miles
up"
How did the climate agree with you
at firsty"
81 had the usual troubles, fevers and
so on, for a time, but | soon got strong
and remained there three years. | re-
turned 10 England for ten months, and
then went out again exploring the tribu-
taries of the Congo. where | spent three
years more"
ITO what violent dangers were you
exposed
Il lived among the natives with only
one COLDER and slept as securely as do
here in New York. OF course there are
dangers in life and travel on the Congo.
Some OF the natives there are trouble
some AT times. Then there are the hippo
potami, the rough waters, and the ter
rible tornadoes that come up without
warning and have tendency to swamp
your boat before it can reach shore"
They are happy-go-lucky, good
natured, childlike people. except when
aroused to cruel passions by bloedthirsty,
savage ceremonies. They are at times
suspicious from the fear they have of
stronger tribes from the interior"
"What about the chimpanzee:'
"He is simply an intelligent monkey"
Oh - 81 l.,
human and would talk but for fear of
being enslaved should he do so:'
That is nonsense. He is only
monkey and becomes very tame. In
fact. they become too familiar around
camp. When the crew are at mess the
chimpanzees will run up and dip their
paws in the pot TO pull out their share"
"Are you an artist, Mr.. Glave?'
Il made some sketches on the Congo,
and they were used in the London illus
trated papers and also in Stauleys
Founding Of Free State have none
of my own that I could offer you, but
here is very curious picture of native
climbing a wine tree. 10 was made by
another on the spot. The rope passes
around the trunk OF the tree and the
body Of the climber. By working the
rope with a circular motion little by lit
tie he draws himself up the tree and can
hold on at any point he chooses.
What Of the Congo region for devel-
opment:"
"The climate will prevent extensive
colonization, but the productions Of the
country admit of successful commercial
enterprise, which, however, must be con-
fined to the few. Great fortunes will be
made by those fortunate enough to en-
dure."
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-11
Carpets

Perhaps il is early to talk
about Spring Carpets, but
what il the use of waiting
until the Spring rush is
here to buy yOur ne w car
pet? Our three floors of
our double store are now
packed full of bran new
Carpets, bought direct from
the manufactures, repre-
senting the choicest pat
terms and fabrics, and the
variety of design and color
ing for Spring Of 1890 has
never been eQualed. Select
your carpets, we Will store
and lay them for you when
ordered. We make spec
ialty of fine work, knowing
that a customer pleased is
the best advertisement we
can have.