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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01
A Full Four Days Exhibition
BOREMAN'S
Cranap Killer !!

A reliable, safe and quick relief for Cramp
Collie, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea
and Indigestion.
You should keep ii in the house for emergen-
cies. and carry it in your yalise when you
travel Sold by all enterprising dealers
Price 25c.
Aug. IS, lS90-6m.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01

Mr. r. z. LipPitt sent a large force Of
hands on Monday to Shenandoah, in Page
county, 90 erect nine houses and extensive
shedding for the Improvement Company at
lha- Mace
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01

Pauline, the Belle of Saratoga" is in re-
hearssl by the Charlestowu-Berryville OPP
cratic Association under the excellent SUI
peryisiou of Madame Ruhl, of this town,
and will soon be rendered here and in Der
ryyille. Superior local talent will be utilized
on these occasions.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01

The Valley Fertilizer Company is doing
a tremendous business. Carloads and
vagon-loads too numerous to- mention indi-
cate unusual activity on the par; Of the
company and demand on thepart of farmers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01

On Saturday last Past Grand Master Gus,
tav Blown, assisted by members of Malta
Lodge, laid the corner stone Of st. Johns
Episcopal Church at Ripou in the presence
of a large congregation of people After
the ceremonies the ladies served a sumptu-
GUS dinner
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01

Representative Stone, Of Kentucky, from
the War Claims Committee, on Thursday
reported fayorably the bill which recently
passed the Senate to pay the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Martinsburg one thou
sand dollars tor use and occupation of their
property during the war
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01
FALLGREE1IIC.

We take great pleasure in informing our
many patrons that we have now open our
entire line of
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01

The Exhibition at Hagerstown this year
promises 20 be exceptionally fine. The pro-
ducts Of the best counties OF three states
and of the District of Columbia will be dis
played The attractions in the line of
amusement viii be multifarious and the at
Tendance multitudinous.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
FOR TIE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
The Mocking Bird Trust.

SIN vain the viewless seraph lingering there
At starry midnight charmed the silent air.
Ihave ever admired this beautiful coup
let of Mr.. Campbells, and it has often re-
Cured to me in all Of it's exquisite, ro-
mantle force since have been q resident
OF Florida, suggested by the inimitable-
l had almost said seraphic thrilling,
twittering song of the mocking bird as he
poured out his food of melody on the
OdOrOus, balmy air of night. At such
times / have realized, at most, that Flor
ida IS paradise and that the hooking
bird seraph. | say all this as PREDATORY
to an arrainment OF Sir Mocking Bird, in
which should accuse him OF a deadly
offense, for which he should suffer impris-
onment for life, Punishment or death
My Indictment is that he will not allow
me division of the fruit that am try
ing to grow-grapes, figs, Japan persim-
mons, Kelsey plums, etc. ....,, ...r
[ am trying to grow figs in full variety,
having procured from the Department. of
Agriculture at Washington, cuttings OF
all kinds available. [ have taken pains
to plant, fertilize and cultivate to the
best OF my ability Result-trees doing
-fruiting nicely -fruit ripening
beautifully-here are some that will do
to pluck in a day or two, then can pass
on their quality. I go at the proper time
to take them, and 10 ! nothing but their
tattered skins is left. Mocking birds!
They have Knocked me sure enough. Then
[ visit my persimmon trees; every lus-
cious, ripening fruit bored to the seed by
his melodious, seraphic bill. More mock
cry, and as [ say in my neutrality-suspicious.
ment, Punishment or death!
E.. ID. M. PERKINS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
Salt Boxes for Farm Stock.
Dunedin, Fla.

> 1t is just as necessary for the thrift of
farm animals that they should have salt
as that their food should be clean and
wholesome; Furthermore, the salt should
be so placed that it may be obtained by
them whenever nature Graves it, and
they should not be obliged to wait until
the attendant deals it out to them, and as
this is usually done it would be at IL
regular periods and in irregular quaint
ties. 1t is to suggest good means of
properly ''sa}ting" stock that the designs
of salt boxes shown in the cut are given.
These, according to the correspondent
who describes them in Rural New York
er, are cheap, simple affairs, but well
adapted for the purpose intended. The
object is to have box holding a quart OF
more salt on the bottom, SO arranged that
when placed out Of doors it will be &C
cessible to stock and yet protected from
rain.
One is nearly foot square and eight
inches deep at the back, and six inches
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Wants a No Hog Law.
E. ID. M. PERKINS.

I notice in your issue of the Oath inst,
in an article headed "Our Politics." that
you advocate ''giving such counties of
the State as desire it a no fence law" |
should consider it favor if you would
give me space for few words on this
subject. What we want, think, is not a
enc fence law" but simply that each pre-
cinct should have the privilege of deciding
whether or not there shall be free range
for the hog.
Two, or at most, three strands of barbed
wire, strung on posts sixteen to twenty
feet apart, will turn cattle. 1t will take
six or seven wires on posts eight to ten
feet APART to keep out hogs. Even should
a no fence law be passed, how many peo-
pie would leave their groves and gardens
entirely unfenced, running the risk OF &C
cidental depredations from their own or
neighbours stock. I think most people, if
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

in front, which is only partly inclosed.
The lid E projects one inch in front.
The whole arrangement is firmly at
tached to post or building. The salt
is placed at B in sight of the stock, which
soon learn to push up the hinged cover
with their noses, and help themselves
whenever they SO desire. The remaining
figure shows different style, as the door
is attached at the top, and is simply
pressed against when salt is needed It
is best to fasten the door back, as shown,
for a few days until the animals know
what the box contains, and then it can
be allowed to swing in position. Any
one using these or similar boxes will be
surprised at the frequency with which
stock visit them, and the sight will edu-
cate the farmer to be more liberal with
salt in the future.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

it was only for the looks of the thing,
would have fence around their groves.
The main reason, however, why think
we should not try for a no fence law is,
that many people who would gladly vote
for keeping up thehogs would oppose the
farmer and thereby we would lose the
chance=of any change being made. pre-
sumo the feeling of cur own township is a
fair sample OF what exists in all we'll set
tied sections, and from many inquiries [
am satisfied that while the hog would lie
voted down, "a no fence law would hard
ly have support.
VIM. Y. DOUGLAS.
Dunedin Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
For The FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.

Necessity of Humus on Sandy Land.
The sandy soils OF the South are (when
abundantly supplied with humus) the
easiest cultivated, warmest, freest grow
ing, and taking one year with another, as
satisfactory and remnnerative a soil as
we have in the South; but when the
versed, all fertilizers applied speedily
sink below and out of reach of the roots
OF young plants; there is nothing in the
soil to hold water, the moisture is not
retained from rain to rain, and seedlings
OF any and all kinds succumb to a drouth
that if the soil was abundantly supplied
with that all important element of fertili-
ty-humus-wOuld have no appreciable
effect upon it. AS the humus becomes
exhausted by repeated cropping, the
soluble fertilizers sink and the soil
changes from-black-sand to a light
fine gravel and Tin that condition) be-
comes barren, unprOductive, drcuthy
and valueless. Ii the above statements
are facts, and [ challenge all those who
may think differently to confute or dis
prove them, it remains that humus is the
vitality interesting, all important, absO-
ldtely Indispensable element to conserve
where it is, and to- supply where it is
absent To keep up a supply OF this es-
sential element, all vegetable matter
should be turned under mot green). but
after it has died. Never burn any vege-
table matter that the pillow will hide.
Coarse manure is best for sandy lands,
even in applying phosphates, bone some
what coarsely ground is better than
either bone dust or super phosphate. Ii
fertilizers that are readily soluble are
applied to sandy soils, it should in every
instance be applied direct to the growing
crop. All fertilizers and manures should
be scattered broadcast, especially is this
the case on land inclined to be drouthy;
simply scatter it on the surface and har-
row it in. Ii acid phosphate is used on
sandy soils, always mix it before apply
ing, with a good quantity of more bulky
manures. AS formula specially adapt
ed to sandy land, and any and all crops
growing thereon, offer the following
which is Though not originaD a stan
dard and favorite with me: Cotton seed
meal 200 pounds, ground bone 200
pounds, Kainit 100 pounds, compost OF
barn yard, stable and hen manure twenty
bushels all ingredients to be intimately
and thoroughly mixed; this makes one
ton of excellent manure, and can be ap-
piled to either one or two acres, prefera-
bly, one. Apply broadcast. Ashes are
good on any and all soils. I save mine
exclusively for fruit trees, grape vines
and the potato patch. By way OF con-
clusion would state that all or nearly
all the sour fruits, and most garden vege-
tables including tobacco are known as
potash plants and demand fertilizers in
which p otash predominates; most OF the
sweet fruits represented by the grape, or
.ange, fig, etc., all sugar producing plants
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08

cotton, and the small grains are desig-
mated as phosphate plants and require
phosphate fertilizers while nitrogen is es=-
sential to all and benefit alls.
G. Ell. TURNER.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-10-08
LINSEED MEAL!
A Fertilizer for Orange Trees and Vegetables.

LNsEEpMEA% n ~sm F1d m the % " @ @ o e
y !; $;
" LEY .rAME
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
One swindle Explalned.

A drummer who travels for a Boston
grocery concern says that he sees in
Maine some of the sharpest tricks that
are ~practiced anywhere on his route
He gives the following specimen:
A farmers wife hustled into o store
in Washington County the other day
and went for the proprietor with:
"Mr. B, I bought six pounds o.
sugar here last week, and when 1 got it
home I found a stone weighing two
pounds in the package"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Can you explain the swindle, sir?"
II think I can," was the pfoprietor's
placid reply. "When I weighed your
eight pounds of butter, week before
last, I found a two-pound pebble in
the jar, and when I weighed your sugar
the stone must have slipped into the
scales, somehow. We are both growing
old, ma'am, and I am sorry to say tina
our eyesight isn't to be trusted. What
can I do for you, ma'am?"
For a moment the woman gazed at
the tradesman over her brass bound
s~pectacles. Then she recollected her
self and remarked that she had a dozen
eggs which she wished to exchange to1
hooks and eyes.-Lewistof Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
The Cider !, as uIi.

AS we sat around the stove the land
lord brought in a gallon Of cider with a
delicious twang to it, and treated all
hands. I thought it the incest I ever
saw, but the man from Ohio smacked
his lips, shook his head, and said:
Doesn't taste exactly right to me-"
"What!" cried the landlord, "do you
think it is adulterated?
"Tastes that way"
1T can't be. It was made by old
Bill Nayler, out here about two miles.
Bill is inclined to he tricky, and so I
not only paid him an extra price, but
watched the whole business OF making
this barrel. I'll bet a hundred dollars
he didn't put in a drop of water"
"Mebbe not, but it is off TASTE"
The landlord was nettled about it,
and he was offering to make most any
sort of bet when old Bill happened to
come in.
"Here, Bill, you are just the man I
wanted to see!" exclaimed mine host.
Here's a man who says your cider is
off,"
"Has he lost his palate ?" says the old
man.
Something wrong about the cider
something wrong" says the Buckeye.
"Bill, didn't l pay you extra for this
barrel?"
"You did"
Didn't 1 see all the apples ground?"
"You did"
Didn't I see the cheese made?"
You did"
didn't I stand by while the cider
run into the barrel and didn't I bung it
MYSELF"
"You did"
"Now then, Bill, here's a SIS note. If
you did beat me in any way the note is
yours if you'll tell me, and I'll agree not
to feel hard about it,"
Honest Injun?"
"Yes, honest Iniun."
well, then. Tom, I soaked the ap-
pies in water over night" said the old
cider maker as he reached out for the
bill.
Thought as much" chuckled the.
Buckeye. 1--we been in the cider bust
ness myself for forty years, and I know
We can't be straight to save our necks.
A very fair article landlord,-very fair,
but a leetle off in the taste."-N 2.
Sim
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
No Coward in Westmoreland.

A gentleman who commanded b
famous Confederate battery during the
war told me that he had about the same
record in profanity that Washington
had. As Washington swore at a Lee at
Monmouth, so another Lee more mildly
cussed a private soldier at Sharpsburg.
The officer told me he had his battery
in line in reserve, and was standing
leaning on his sword, when General
Lee and staff rode up. He stopped
and asked some questions, and was
about to ride on, when a man came
running from the FROM as though the
deuce were after him. As he came up
Lee ordered him to halt
"Where are you going?" asked Lee.
Il am going to the rear, sir, for am
munition," was the frightened reply of
the nan as he recognized General Lee.
open your cartridge-box," sternly
commanded Lee.
"The soldier did SO, and showed q full
box of cartridges.
what State are you from?" asked
Lee.
"From Virginia, sir"
Lee flu shed, and asked, What county
did you ckame from?"
From ('Testmoreland County, sir
was the ifsswer.
Lee bIkAe forth p~assiouai.1r "Yer-
are a id liar, sir, no coward ever
came from Westmoreland."
Westmoreland was Lees county.
The gentleman who told me this knew
Lee all his life, and said that he did
not believe that he ever used an ex-
pletive of any kind during his life ex-
cept on that occasion. - Cincinnati
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
A Gallant Official

The Paris Figaro has this story of
the gallantry of a French official: "The
Marie of a town on the frontier had, in
accordance with the recent regulations,
to make out a passport for a rich and
highly respectable lady of his acquaint-
ance, who, in spite of q slight disfgure.
ment, was very vain of her personal
appearance. His native p%oliteness
prompted him to gloss over the defect,
and, after a moments reflection, he
wrote among the items of personal
description: Eyes dark, beautiful,
tender, expressive. but one of them
missing"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

The minister was agreat hand shaker
shutting down like O vice. One day
he shook a boys hand and gave it an
awful squeeze as he says: MY little
fellow, I hope you are pretty we'll TO-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
day." With tears in his eyes the boy
answered: Il was till you shook hands
with me-"

day." With tears in his eyes the boy
answered: Il was till you shook hands
| with me-"
He Couldn't Cotton to the luxury of Mod
efil improvements.
beats all about how times has
changed consarnin' taverns," said an old
gentleman seated comfortably in the
Ryan rotunda, and beaming and blink
ing in the light from hundreds of spark
ling points. "Everythln's ter ther
queens taste now days, but sumhow I
can't cotton ter ther luxury of modern
improvements. I'm alters 'fraid of sum
break I'll make, I am. Amt never
fully satisfied with myself as I used ter
be over in Michigan forty years ago.
Them was times sure enuff. Used ter
be a tavern thar with a bar an a big
Franklin stove like a fire place with a
black log. An thar we drovers-I was
q cattle man then as now-we drovers
ulster sell atore that fire an white an
lie an spit. An checkers! Bless me
but thar was more crack checker play
ers in them days than thar be now
Sure thing. Talk about experts, why
L knowed an old veterinary surgeon
named Beasley tibet could chalk Their
spot you'd STAN on when you was
skunked. Sure thing. An he'd make
you stan on it, too, in Their end, no mat
ter how yer moved. I seen him play
old Gineral Cass onct. Sure thing.
The Gineral warn't nowhere. Couldn't
get a king. An every time he lost he'd
set EN- up fer us drovers an chuckle an
lat about it as though he was pleased.
Couldn't faze the Gineral, an he was SO
good natured about it that all the drov-
ers liked him, an as they cum from
different parts of the State an was all
men of influence an pretty we'll fixed,
they used to talk Lewis Cass every.
where, up hill an down, an Cass he
was pretty successful in scoopin' in lots
Of votes aroun' whar the drovers lived,
Wall, I've often thought ole Cass was
playin' deeper game than the veter.
mary surgeon, for the veterinary sur.
geon v amounted ter shucks, an
Cass went to Congress an really as
PRED to !the Presidency. The veterin'
inary'idied of the jim-iims. Say, dc
yer know if they keep a bar emmy where
aroun' the premises? Darned if I've
dared knock aroun' the place much TO,
fear Of gitten lost in the shutie.-St
Paul Pioneer Preee
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
The American Plan.

Stranger-Five dollars a day at this
hotel, eh? Well, here's the money.
By the way, hadn't 1 better leave my
pocket-book in the safe until I want it
If so, Ill hand it over to you.
Clerk-Um-if you expect to get
anything to eat, it will be better to
hand your pocket-book to the head
waiter .-NeW York Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

Do o expect commercial payment
for the real benefits you may render
mankind. Doing good is the great way
of enriching character.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
ruwARTED.

HWAlSlH"
- met it was agreed
ve enia Danish Cupid,
shoh ,m simple; so indeed
=; ana ,Ii, him stupid. ,
I'D nse.- said she, "of his
sn sn sattendance9'
mem ,sst. MY motto is,
( E,in Independence"
around her waist
Iva var arm 60 stealing; .o.
,ly lh constant gaze she traced
ems e Ts' on the ceiling.
erio oonld not understand
;rn So was pleasing-.
ie Ign inv plump white haad
infect to squeezing.
=. ,riendship l began
,,rsllv girl and man
10 cirl aud lover,
2 ' so; and when ! did
love confessing-
P s,,sn nv breast she hid,
[uI99' asked the blessing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

OF course it is proper that a sailor
who appears in a police court should be
tined for a salt.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
was Columbus Il dew?

Jews figure prominently in the his
tory of the discovery of America. The
plans and calculations for Columbus
expedition were largely the work of two
Hebrew astronomers and mathemati-
clans. Two Jews, also, were employed
as Interpreters by Columbus, and one
of them, Luis de Torres, was the first
European to set foot in the New World.
When Columbut sighted the Island of
San Salvador, he imagined he was ap-
preaching a portion of the East Asiatic
coast, and he sent Torres-who vas en-
gagged for his knowledge Of Arabic
ashore to make inquiries of tie natives.
It was, probably, this Torres who was
the Madrid Jew to whom Columbus be-
queathed half a mark of silver in his
will. Another curious fact is, that it
has been seriously suggested, by DR..
Delitzsch we believe, that Columbus
himself was a Jew, or of Jewish birth.
The name Christopher was frequently
adopted by converts, while the sur
name Colon wa borne by a distin-
guished family of Jewish scholars.
Christopher's brother, Diego, bore
originally the Jewishname Jacob, which
sounds surprisingly like a Shem Ka-
dosh. Perhaps during the coming eel
ebrations some Jewish scholars in Italy
will make inquiry into the validity of
this daring suggestion. -JeWish World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

WHATEVER Noah's shortcomings, he
knew enough to go in when it rained.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
A Good substitute for Matches.

"A oooNeo
To obtain q light instantly without
the use of matches and without the
danger of setting things on fire is an
easy matter. Take an oblong vial of
the clearest of glass, put into it a piece
of phosphorus about the size of a pea;
upon this pour some pure olive oil
heated to the boiling point, the bottle
to be filled about one-third full, then
cork tightly. To use the light remove
the cork, allow the air to enter, and
then record. The whole empty space
in the bottle will then become lumin-
GUS, and the light obtained will be q
good one. As o as the light becomes
dim its power can be increased by
opening the bottle and allowing q fresh
supply of air to enter. If very cold
weather it is sometimes necessary to
heat the vial between the hands to
increase the auidity of the oil, and one
bottle will last all winter. This
ingenious contrivance may be carried
in the pockets and is nsed by the
watchmen of Paris in all magazines
where explosive OF inflammable mater
ials are stored.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

I'd re
. this
[medi.
! IN.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Red Star

BE sure and attend the ice cream
land strawberry festival aC the
church Tonight.
Get our prices on shoes we will
save you from 80 cents to $3.50 on a
pair at the Red Star.
Just received at O'ConnOrs an
other lot of ladies' gauge vests sell
ing from 10 to so cents
F. S. McNutt left Wednesday for
Columbia, Oak He intends to go
to Washington before he returns.
Lon Shank returned Tuesday from
Michigan. His wife and son accom-
panied him.
The Stewart Lumber Co.'s drive
on Rice Greek is hung up on account
OF low water.
The M. L. S. & W Ry. has a pile
driver and a crew of men at work re-
pairing the railroad bridge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
Clothing House.

Part of the material is here for the
new water tank which the railroad
company intends to build.
Now is the time to leave your or
der for suit or pair of pants before
the fourth of July at Fred Halls.
Fred Hall has Just received new
line OF pants goods, call and examine
before purchasing elsewhere
Ii you wish a new suit before the
fourth, just leave your order with
Fred Hah the tailor.