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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03
COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST.

Deputy William r. Clements, of Glen
wooa circle, was on hand at the last meet
ing, aud made himself generally useful
among all the officers w. X. says 1t is
an honor to be deputy of such a circle.
AT the last meeting of Glenwood Circle
the new officers performed their duties
like vets. There were five ladies initiated,
and several propositions for mem bership
received. After the business of the circle
was concluded the members enjoyed
themselves for an hour in dancing and
singing. When final adjournment was
made all were pleased with their even
ing's amusement. Companion Katie
Boylan presided at the organ, and gave
general satisfaction
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03

The winners at Washington yesterday
were;- First race, six furlongs, King
Alta, i; Leo H, 2; Rustic. 8. IL was 4 to
against King Alta. Second race, five
furlongs, Iii Wind. l. Recess, q MiDnoe
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03
IRON HALI.

Chief Justice +. J. Lampert. of Branch
No 1, 143, says that brotherly love with
some people Is not very sincere Fred is
right sometimes. The nearest "friend'' is
the greatest foe.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03

than Interesting. About two u. N. be re-
covered them. ana slowly wenAed his
way home a sadder and wiser individual.
Some mem bers OF Eureka Section made
q visit 10 an embellishments given by u
councii of Junior O. y. A. NJ. last Thurs
day evening. They soon discovered that
the affair was too toney for them aud re-
tired. much to the delightof the guidance.
sbThe Grand Section of New Jersey will
meet in the rooms of Ivanhoe Section
next Thursday evening All the dele
gates are particularly requested to be
present, as business OF great Importance
will be transacted.
Brother Peter Graham is welcome adj
dition to Fisk Section His very eomical
s.Odds and Ends" help to make the meet
ing enjoyable.
ssJack' has been seen wandering around
a certain locality very often recently.
Wonder what interests him so much
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
FuR AND FEATHER sToRIEs.

A SQUIRREL and q snake engaged in q
battle near Springfield, O.. and the
squirrel came of victorious, killing his
opponent.
JAMES CLARK, of New Moorcflcld, O.,
has cat which has adopted an infant
polccat nnd is as attached to it Us to her
own kittens,
THREE California lions were recently
killed by a hunter in Fresno county.
One of them measured fully eight feet
from tip to tip. Tho other two were
nearly as large.
A PARROT in New York has had moro
than twenty owners, and has scared
each ono out of his wits by screaming
fire" ut an carly hour in the morning,
until the whole house was aroused,
A TRAINED bat belonging to William
Hester, of Spring Hill, Pa, conveys
messages like carrier pigeon. It's
speed is very grcat-morc than two
miles minute. 1t recently flow u mile
in twcnty-scvcn and thrcc-quarter Sec
onds.
VINCENT GR1EsT, of Lower Oxford,
Pa, witnessed Il combat between an
owl and n smaller bird. and when the
little ono seemed to be getting the
worst OF the battle he went to her as.
sistancc. The owl thcrcupoa attacked
him and bit him in the arm and face.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
AMERICAN NOTACLES.

TIE widow of Chief Justice Waite,
though scvcnty-onc years of age, has
dark hair and comparatively un-
wrinlSlcd face.
Mks. AM:sLIE RIvEs-CrLANLEr docs
not figure in the will of her late uncle,
francis Il. Rivcs, who left On estate
valued ut S3,0OO.OoO.
IT was ono Of Hannibal lIanlin's
habits carly in his career never to let
httcr 60 unanswered over night, no
matter how insignificant tho writer
may have boon.
MARINER MILLER is tho pcripatetic,
traveller. Within the last eight months
Ac has crossed tho continent twice,
gone to- the West Indies and to Near
srln. besides making countless trips to
thc south and west.
THE boots, which Daniel Webster
morc on his farm ut Franklin, N. H.,
arc owned by the New Hampshire Ills
torical society, and arc on exhibition in
shoe store at Concord. They arc OF
kip leather, pcggcd solos and heels,
with squarC toes.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

A VIENNA doctor has declared that
cancer can be arrested by an injection
of one of the coal-tar derivatives,
mcthyl violet.
A NEW antiscptic called rnicrocidinc
has been discovered. 1t is q powder,
formed Of nanhthol and soda. 1t is al-
most harmless, and is neither poisonous
nor irritant.
IN Australia, where deadly snakes
abound, it has been discovered that
strychni9 is almost al inf:lliblc cure
for their bites. The antidotc acts quick
ty, snake poison slowly. All physicians
use it.
4 LEIp31C scientist his demonstrated
by facts and figures what most people
have always believed, that colds arc
oftcncr caught by those who wrap
themselves up and avoid the severity of
the weather than by those who dare to
brave tho clements.
CLOUDS consist simply of watcrdivfdcd
into minute Globulcs CIR drops. They
differ in no essential respect from the
steam omitted by tealscttlc, CT the
mists and foGs that fill river valleys 1T
sunrise. These forms of water arc all
produced il the same way.-Portland
fMc.) Express.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
POINTS FOR GIRLS.

! ToUR mother is your best friend.
TELL the pleasantcst things you know
when at meals.
Do NOT expect your brother to be nc
dainty rs girl.
HAVE nothing to do with girls who
snub their parents.
I;xEEcrsE, and never try to look as if
you were in delicate health.
INTRODUCE every now acquaintance.
to your mother rs soon us possible.
DON'T think it necessary to get mar
ricd. There is plenty of room FOR Old
maids, and they urc often happier than
wives.
ENJoY tho pleasure provided for you
by your parents to the fullest cXtcnt.
They viii like that Us u reward better
Ahon any other.
TAKg Gaze Of your teeth at any cost
az Ting or trouble, and do without new
Sg'csscs rather than neglect u needed
'kscit 70 TIC dentist. brakes Magazinc,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13

Among the nameless heroes, none
IRE more worthy of martyrdom than
ne vino rode down the valley of the
Conemaugh, warning the people
head of the Johnstown flood.
Mounted on n powerful horse, faster
md faster went the rider, but the
lood was swiftly gaining, until it
caught the unlucky horseInan and
swept on. grinding, crushing, ami
ni!ating both weak and strong.
In the same way is disease lurking
near, ready to fall, without warning,
on its victim, who allows his system
70 become cloggcl up. and his blood
poisoned. and thereby his health en-
.langcred. To eradicate these poisons
from the system, 10 matter what their
name @: nature. and save yourself a
spell Of malarial, typhoid or bilious
;cver. or cruptions. sweilings, tumors
lad kindred disiigurcmcn;s, keep The
liver and kidneys healthy and vigor-
Gus, by the use Of DR.. Ficrcc's Gold
III MEDICAL Discovery. It's the Cniy
blood purifier sold on trial. Your
money Is returned if it doesn't do
exactly as recommended. Sold by
druggists in large bottles, at $500.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
Total Disbursements.Sls,7so 4
Bak in Treasury

Ba& in Treasury ...,.. 22,54O Il
The above amount stands ia ~
credit OF the several funds as ps1
Ireasurer's Bal Sheet, date2 Oct n
1891, hereto attached.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
REHABILITATION.

TECAPITULATIOH.
In State and County Funds.taS2l
In School district funds. pbg6
In Road District Funds. .... &2
Grand Total. 22j40
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-13
TREAsURER's BALANCE SHEET

Cash in. Treasury to credit OF yariouI
FUNDS, Oct. l, 1891, as follows:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
FOR THE FARM.
~"PRACTICAL" FORESTRY.

lust why all articles on the subject
of forestry should be placed before
the public under the dignifed title of
practical" doesn't appear. Of all
the products of the earth of which
man uses, the consumption and re-
production of forests are conducted
on the least practical plan. Forests
are designed for use, of course; but
when it is considered that the annual
consumption of wood is twice the re-
producing capacity, it will be seen
that the question of re-forestation is
of great Importance. That farmers
are the chief destructive element of
forests is a long standing Islander,
based on the substantial fact that
they burn a few tree linn BIS for fuel
a SANDER that a glance at one or
two triling items will remove.
The woodland area of this country
is less than 500, 900 900 acres, yield
ing per year at the rate of IS cubic
feet of wood per acre, or only one
half the estim ated annual consump-
ton 500, 600, 900 cubic feet of timber
is used in railroad building, to supply
which requires one-tenth of the forest
area. Many thousand acres of the
pest spruce timber lands are owned
by wood-pulp manufacturers, and
that, it must be borne in mind, so
far as wood for building, etc, is con-
cerned, is blotted out just as entirely
as if it did not exist. The introduce
ton of chemical processes in the
manufacture of wood-pulp recently
is greatly increasing the forest
demands of that industry. The
destruction of forests bv fires is an
other item in the calculation, and by
no means the least. Certainly for
estry management is a question
worthy of serious consideration, not
only by lumbermen, but by farmers.
Hardly a farm but contains more or
Jess practically worthless land, too
poor or too rough to be pro6tablv
cultivated, or growing up to useless
bushes. These waste places could be
made of value by judicious tree
planting.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
AGRICULTURAL REPORTS.

The supposition is not
able, that if agricultural reports,
bulletins and the like are for any
thing, they are for the benefit of
those interested in agriculture. Yet
it is a fact that much of that class of
matter is so blinded with mathemati-
cal tables and botanical names, as
to be of the same practical use to the
general farmer as a treatise on star
measurements. or Homer's Illiad.
There are many individuals who
have never had the advantages of a
base ball college education, and there
fore do not V with any degree
of fuencv in the dead languages.
Says the American Cultivator:
"Why is it not as easy to speak
of the maple, the ash and the witch
hazel, as of acer campestre, fraxinus
visidis and hamamelis Virginica ?
None of them, and few others of
those named in the list, have any
other common names, in any part Of
the United States where they grow.
If in any case there is likely to arise
any doubt by using the common or
vulgar name, then there is a good
excuse for using the botanical name.
I'VE claim that these and all similar
reports of our agricultural depart
ment are issued by the United States
for the people of the United States.
and they ought TO talk United
States not only in this, but in all
of their publications. Aud we insist
that it is a right due to the American
citizen that all reports sent out by
the officials of the United States shall
be written in language that shall be
ineligible to at least all ordinarily
well-educated people of the class who
are most likely to be interested by
them"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
ICE HOUSES.

This is the time of year to build
icehouses, and also for cranks to
come forward with all sorts of won
derful theories on the subject. One
thing is very peculiar about the ice
business, and that is that the more
experience a man has in putting up
and keeping ice, the less he seems to
know about the scientific features of
the business. He ventilates his ice
house for the avowed purpose Of let
ting the damp air u of it, when
everybody ought to know that damp
air is heav ier than dry air, and can
not rise any more than water can
run up hill. The same person puts
two feet of sawdust on top and
around the ice, when it is a fact that
eight inches of sawdust is a better
nOn-cOnductor than any greater
depth-that sawdust will heat of its
own accord if too much of it gets to-
gether, even on top of ice. We be-
l1eve the cardinal points in keeping
ice are a thick roof of little ventila-
ton, and daily inspection of the ice
covering to see that no air spaces
get into the body of the ice. Keep
the sawdust evenly spread over the
ice, not over eight inches thick, if
possible, but fill up all the holes, no
matter how much sawdust it re-
quires. Do this two or three times a
week, and especially during the early
days of spring, when you are apt to
neglect it. American Dairyman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
S FOR BOYS.

At the age of ten years this boy
began keeping poultry. His father
built him a fowl-house, but this was
the only expense not born by the
young fancier himself. He kept
white leghorns and his spare time
out of school-hours was devoted to
caring for and enjoying his flock.
He worked at the business, and it
was good for him. 1t taught him
regularity, and involved response
bilities in seeing that his pets did not
suffer. When he reached the age OF
twenty he went into his fathers
office. His handbook at that time
showed a balance of $1,000, cleared
from his poultry while he attended
school. That thousand dollars was
worth more than 100 1000 cents to
the lad. 1t represented more than
money. 1t the material evidence
of much that could not be expressed
in dimes and dollars. 1t associated
health and vigor with the wner
Business habits also were necessarily
formed in the course of that decade
which would be useful in the future.
Independence was ~inculcated, a sense
of being of some Importance and the
means of doing for himself were ac-
comparing features. All these are
worth much.-[Poultry World.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
ABOUT PEOPLE.

THE Last Of the Buffaloes." one
of Mr.. Alfred Bierstadt's famous
paintings, has been sold abroad for
$4,000.
Walt Whitman, in his declining
years, has escaped the fate that
Dean Swift feared, that of dying at
the top" first. Though his bodily
powers fail, the old poets mind re-
mains clear and vigorous.
John Sherman's picture is among
the likenesses of the great financiers
of the world on the walls OF the Bank
of England.
A Kansas editor, who sent Mr..
Ingalls, his newspaper during the II
years the latter was in the senate,
has not overlooked him this year.
The ex-senator has received a bill for
the II years subscription.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
FARM NOTES.

Sheep are good to destroy weeds
and sprouts. But the Butchers
Gazette thinks a farmer should not
expect them to board themselves on
hard wood and atmosphere entirely.
Are the laws in regard to the max
ing of cleo butter protecting this
country, or helping the bogus butter
makers of other countries? Hoard's
Da1rvman expects to hear that some
Dutchman who uses oleo oil is able
to make a Ton of butter a year from
each COW.
Farm, Stock and Home" urges
that reading and debating clubs be
organized for the winter.
The growth of horse-racing in the
last ten years is illustrated by the
fact that in 1880 the money added
to prizes by the racing associations
amounted to $50, 900. Now it
reaches $4, 600, 900.
If you find among your hens one
that is an extra good layer and pos
sesses many other qualities desired,
keep her, no matter what breed
she may be.-[Mirror and Farmer.
Money spent in improving proper
ty will usually yield more profit and
happiness than money spent in max
ing payments on more property
than can properly be managed.-CN.
E. Farmer.
A gain of a half-cent per pound in
price will not pay for a months feed
ing, unless there is also a gain in
weight. This applies to all farm
stock, animals and poultry.-[Amer-
lean C%ultivator.
Prof. E. w. Stewart, a good au-
thority, says: ANY attempt to make
the COW independent of her food will
prove a failure"
Experience tells me that it is better
to have a little pasture go to waste
than to have my pasture as bare as
a desert in July and August.-[Na-
tional Stockman.
l have not seen the stable yet in
which l would willingly imprison my
COWS during all the mild and sunny
days of winter.-[Country Gentle
man.
1t is the man who has been steadily
in the sheep business for a series of
years who can count a profit on the
business. Spasmodic sheep husban-
dry never pays Breeders Guide.
To save feed by starving animals
is the poorest kind of economy, like
saving seed and growing only a frac-
ton of a CROP Mirror and Farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

Famines are no novelty in Russia,
although, thanks to the censorship
of the press, we know very little
about them. They nearly always
prevail there, either the 'golodosha"
or little hunger, restricted to a few
of the provinces, or the "golod" or
big hunger, which prevails over the
whole country. The present famine
is of the latter variety, affecting the
greater portion of the empire. The
suffering from it exceeds belief, and
the stories told by the English papers
Of the deaths, murders and suicides
that have already resulted are
among the most frightful heard in
this century. For this condition of
affairs the government is largely
responsible. The famine was predict
ed a year ago, for the failure of the
previous crop and the drOuth then
prevailing, which threatened the last
one, rendered this certain, as Russia
cannot stand crop failures two sea-
knew well what to expect, but it
made no preparation to meet the
danger. 1t has given a small
amount to relieve the distress of the
people, but this is a mere drop in the
bucket. 1t prohibited the export OF
rye, but only after the spectators
had prohted by its failure to act;
and it took no steps to prevent the
spectators and landlords from
grinding down the unfortunate
peasants and taking from them their
last piece of bread. In the most
poverty-stricken villages where fam
inc is rampant the landlords are
restraining the crops and stock OF
the peasants. Perhaps the worst
story of oppression told is that given
by a Russian paper, the Novoe
Vremya, which tells how the land
lords in one instance refused to allow
the peasants to Craze their starving
cattle in the forest, and actually
provided themselves with ferocious
bears, which destroyed every COW.
sheep or horse that entered the
woods. 1t is not necessary to go in
to the details of the suffering. 1t is
sufficient to say that it affects
millions of people, and that a num-
Der of lives have already been lost
by it and by suicides-[New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10

to purchase these farms or the houses
in the village, and terms of payment
are to be made easy enough to en-
able any thrifty colonist to own his
house or his farm. The colonists
must be industrious and have some
knowledge OF farming or of some
trade, and must avoid intoxicants,
none of which will be sold in the
colony. There are already some $50
of them at work clearing land, max
ing roads, laying out farms, build
ing houses and the like, and their
numbers are increasing SO rapidly
that the full number for whom there
is room will be on the ground as
soon as houses can be built for them.
Fifty houses will be ready in go
days and the shirt factory will be
ready also, and almost half the
land is SO far cleared as to make the
selection of farms possible. The
land is fertile and suitable for market
gardens and small fruits, and there
are already 500 acres sown in rye.
1t lies along the West Jersey railroad
and has easy access to markets.
The scribe and schoOlmaster of the
colony is at work, and teaches his
full-grown pupils nightly the rudi-
ments of an English education. The
colonists are illiterate, usually not
able to read and write their own
language, but they are all anxious to
learn, and to become American citi-
zens, so they study hard and some of
the burly fellows have begun reading.
The schoolmaster is an educated man
who was expelled from Russia; he
is a book-keeper and is giving the
colonists lessons in this science as
in the institutions of this country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
THE HIRSCH COLONY IN NEW
JERSEY.

Baron Hirsch's colony of Russian
Jews near Cape May, N. J., is rapidly
taking on the semblance of a thrifty
community. The trustees of the
Hirsch fund purchased 5000 acres
of wooded land, upon which as
it is cleared a village is being built
and farms laid out. The village is
to consist at first of so neat cottages
costing $500 each, a shirt factory, in
which $50 of the colonists are to be
employed, a church, school-house
and, by and by. a public library.
Surrounding the village are farms of
80 acres each, which are to be sold
at So an acre u~ncleared, and SIS an
acre if cleared and plowed. Only
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
TWO KINDS OF HORSE TREAT MENT.

Looking from my window upon
West Chester Park, where a new
building is being erected, l saw a
large. heavy wagon loaded with
brick. which the driver was vainly
trying to back up where the work
men were waiting for them. The
horses struggled, the driver dashed
them, and the other men helped push
the wheels. The driver became very
violent, swore at the horses, one Of
which seemed balky, and both ex-
hausted. Faster fell the blows, but
still they reared and plunged to no
purpose. Finally a happy thought
seemed to occur to the driver. He
threw down the reins, descended
from his seat, went up to one horse
and then to the other, patted their
heads, stroked their necks, and finally
went to his dinner-pail in the box of
the wagon, got out a big red apple,
cut it in two with his knife. gave half
to each horse, waited patiently until
they had eaten IL, and then mounted
his box again and picked up the
reins. One horse put his head over
the others neck, as much as to say,
Let's see If we can do it." and when
the driver frightened up the reins and
spoke to them, with one tremendous
push the horses sent the wagon back
to the desired spot. If the teamsters
in our city could have see these
horses, no one would ever think OF
lifting a whip to his team again. 1t
was a lesson to US all.-[Our Dumb
Animals.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-12-10
Barden
Automatic Creamery

before buying any other. Thousands of Sept
arators in use. All Creameries are warranted
to be just as represented or no sale.
To the Barden Creamery Co.
Having been using one OF your creaner1ej
I can say it does all that is claimed for it 4
could not be induced to get along without
it. AS long as / keep a dairy L can make
more butter with less work in caring for thd
milk. | can churn in from 20 to 80 minutesl
LYMAN STEVENS, Danville, VT.
To the Barden Automatic Creamery Co.
can say that it works much better than
I expected. 1t makes more butter with lesj
than half the cost. 1 would not have il
taken out for 500 if I could not get another
1t churns in 80 minutes or less.
H. D.. PIERCE.
c. E. Kirk, Agent:
When YOU and Mr.. Barden came herd
last fall to sell me a creamery l told you 1
had been thinking for some time about
changing from the large pans to a creamery
but had not seen one that suited me. I therI
looked over the Barden and told you 4
thought it was just what 1 wanted, and now
after over two months rial know it is Thd
workmanship and action are perfect and il
does its own skimming. There is no lifting
of cans nor gearing to fuss with. / think th4
difference in the quantity and quality of mJ
butter will more than pay for it this year I'd
nv wife begins to think is no small item.
IRA G. SMITH.
East St Johnsbury, Jan. 8.
For catalogue, price list or other informal
ton address,
The Barden Cream Separator Co.,
Middle Granville, N. VI
Or CHARLES e. KIRK, Agent,
ST Johnsbury, VT.