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ACCORDING TO GRuNTER.
Hogs Soliloquy on His UnattractIvc
Surroundings

A Hogs SOlilOquy on His UnattractIve
Surroundings
Standing near hog-yard one day
last summer l noticed a fine porl1er
wallowing in a filthy mud hole, grunt-
ing away-as l supposed with content
met-when suddenly the ears of nv
understanding were opened and this is
the substance of the animals soliloouv:
Yes, here l am wallowing in the
filth because no clean place is provided.
People curl up their snouts moses they
call 'em) and talk about hogs being
such nasty creatures, and plenty of
them have decided that we are not fit
for food wish they'd all come
to that conclusion). l don't mind
being eaten, but the injustice is
what riles me. Here we are shut mn
in this hot, barren yard without water.
and there is no creature more sensitive
to heat and cold Nature demands that
we have cool, wet place in summer to
wallow in, but no one ever thinks of
scooping out a hollow in the earth and
supplying it with clean water; no. we
must take nasty foul place like this
and return to it day after day. But it
is enough better than we get in winter.
then we are all huddled into the
dirtiest little pen where we have to
lie all in pile to keep from freezing.
People think we are only hogs, l sup
pose, but I wish they knew how
much we need clean quarters and fresh
straw beds. Now 1 don't think we are
as dirty as some animals that nobody
thinks of calling filthy. If 1 had INV
way, 1 would be clean.
And then there is all this howl
about trichin@. Who is to blame. 7
wonder? One thing | do know we
don't hatch the creature, whatever if
is, ourselves, and if people took care
of us we would not have it. Rats
and mice, they say, are alive with
them, and so long as they build our
pens so that they can come in and
eat up our corn, we are bound to eat
them up, so of course get the trichinH.
and when the people eatus they petit-
serves 'em right, too. Then if sick
hog or COW, or anything of that kind.
dies they feed us the diseased meat
Anything is good enough for a hog.
they say, and it makes me smile, know
ing that we are fatted for their table.
We are naturally hearty eaters, and our
susceptibility to cold makes us glad to
eat anything to keep up heat in winter.
And then our drinks. Oh me; the wash
of everything, and milk all spring from
D sick COW. They said the milk wasn't
dt for anything but the hogs Don't
see why they mightn't as well drink
It as to give it to us and then eat
u.s. only in one case they would
nave to blame themselves, in the other |
hey can put it on-the hog. How often
nave watched people caring for their
lorsas and Thought of the difference in |
heir treatment and ours Their house |
: "iSsaed and aired every day, They |
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HERE AND THERE.

The training of young dogs shc
include an introduction to a bu
ram, in order to calculate a wholes
dread of familiarity with sheep Ais
knock-dOwns would be powerful q
gument for letting sheep alone.
1t does not cost a cent hog
year to free them from vermin or
keep them free. Change the straw
the nest, sprinkle it lightly with kes
sene, stir it up well and the thing
done.-Arbas.
Those fruit growers enterprise
enough to raise good crops in spite
insects are assisted by the insects
good prices. 1t is the careless hapg
go-lucky, lazy, indifferent man wha
insects harm mostly.
Pure cold water. shade and ga
food is essential these hot days. aa
should know what his fowls sho
have by his own Requirements. VIE
it is I10 in the sun he. seeks the shs
so will his fowls if there is one vie
in their reach.
The great point to be reached iBe
tivating a farm to make money y
choose such crops and operations asE
not clash, but which may be comba
as part of one general whole .
then the smaller comforts and luzufH
may be added on a smaller scale as =
owner may choose.
Did you ever feed rice to yourga
ing chicks ? If not make few exp
ments with it. You must cook I
course. l fed one flock this season e
tirely upon cooked rice and never
chicks do better. After cooking
drained it as dry as possible and ga4
them the rice water to drink,
Good tools and a plentiful suppl
them arc essential on the farm. taa
work can not be done with old aa'
ruined tools. Keep the tools under O.
out of season and give the wood-7al
a coat of paint every year. Seour
oil all polished iron work, suea
plows, cultivators and hoes
Many valuable horses are lost 4
sticking nail in the foot and loeAF
ensuing, says an exchange. A sln
but effective remedy, is to fill the w,
as soon as you can after drawing
nail, with common writing INK
same acid thatrusts your steel pen
eat up the iron in the wound ana =
the foot. If promptly treated the y
need not lose any time.
This is what a veterinarian Z
"The most skillful veterinary surg
can not many times tell whelns
horse is sound or not. The hW.
organs are hidden from view
symptoms of their affection are %.
ways clear and plain. In a arg
jority of cases a horse warranIea !
worth more than a snap Of the nns1
An exchange suggests the ios'- i.
ing as safe and effective way -
ing a horse in the habit Of kicking
you have horse that is in the h10
put him in a narrow s'aH
has both sides thickly paddea.
pend a sack filled with hay or s.Iesi
that it will strike his heels, ana ".
horse and sack fight it out Bes
and have things arranged 50 ,,, sns 81
horse can not hurt himself. ~
will be victorious every time ah1
end the horse will absolutely Is
siek the sack or anything else
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
TOBACCO CULTURE.

Pruning and T6ppihA the Plant From a
Virginia Standpoint.
Under this head there is a wide differ
ance of opinion. Breaking off the small
inferior leaves of the plant near the
ground is called ''priming' or pruning
proper, which operation is done along
with the topping" if done at all.
There are advantages for and against
printing, but all resort to sapping-
plucking out the seed bud and adjacent
small leaves with the thumb and finger.
Some contend that pulling off the
lower leaves saps the plants and re-
tards the growth if the weather is dry.
That permitting the lower leaves to
remain on the stalk protects the up
per ones from sand and grit, makes
them cleaner and therefore more
salable. Sand and grit are the terror
of the tobacco buyer. On the other
hand it is contended by some that by
pulling off the lower leaves, which are
generally useless the remaining leaves
receive more nutriment, and contain
more wax, oil and gum, and that the
lower leaves harbor worms and make
the worming process more tedious.
1t is best to wait until a considerable
number of plants begin to button for
seed before commencing to top. Top
ping should be the work of experienced
and trusty hands-men who can top,
leaving any required number of leaves
on a plant without counting. The secret
of this-no longer a secret to the initi-
ated-is, that the topper soon learns to
know that counting the bottom leaf and
the leaf that hangs over it in the third
tier going upward make nine leaves,
including both top and bottom leaves.
Fixing this in his mind, the topper has
only to add to or deduct from this in
dex leaf marking nine, to leave any de-
sired number of leaves on each plant
with certainty without counting. Young
man, if you don't know how, get some
old negro to show you. Topping, you
will find, Is a slow business if you
have to count the leaves on all the
plants topped. If the plants are not
''primed, then the ''bottom" leaf
must be fixed by the eve, looking up
ward for the leaf in the third tier,
which hangs over it, to catch the cue
as before. If priming is done don't err
in pulling off too many leaves. No
regular rule can be given, so the plant
er must judge for himself. The rea-
son given for waiting until many
plants are ready to be topped is mainly
that more plants may ripen together,
and be ready for the knife at the same
time. This is an advantage that ap-
plies with strong force to all tobacco
intended for fue curing.
The number of leaves to be left on
each plant varies according to the time
the work is done, early or late, the ap-
pearance and prospective development
of the plant, the season, whether pro-
pltious or unfavorable, strength of the
soil and amount of fertilizing material
applied. On medium soils, in ordinary
seasons, the first top plug should be
from ten to thirteen leaves-rarelv
more-for Brights. For sweet filters
from nine to ten, and for dark, rich
shipping from eight to nine leaves are
enough. AS the season advances reduce
the number of leaves accordingly, re-
membering that quality more than
quantity regulates returns. L. Rag
land, in Farmers Home Journal
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have the cleanest water h -
the cleanest straw to lie On. ssal ~
they are combed off, eurried a = !.
they call it, and somot;a. @ |
Now if a hog had half such !, R's
that he might be somebody ~ Spase :
we'll" and then his swiDs.i; ~
his nose in the mire and III Z. q
more.-Bob Robin, in Prai.;a ,'ya \,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
THE PRESIDENT SPEEDING WEST.

An Internationa Welcome at Eel Paso-
Greetings at other Places.
Ell PAso, Texas, April 22-The presi-
Dental train arrived at Ell Paso at 1C
o'clock yesterday morning from San
Antonio. A short stop was made at Del
Rio, Vanverde county, where nearly the
whole population turned out to welcome
the chief executive. Two little girls pre-
sented the president with large basket
of roses, and the public school children
presented written address The presi-
dent made a few remarks and Mr.. Wanna
maker and Mr. Rusk also spoke.
Mexicans in the Procession.
When the train arrived at Ell Paso, Gov.
ernor GARLIC, Of the Mexican state of Chi
huahua; Maj Gen. Rangel, representing
the president of Mexico; Mexican customs
officers; Gen. McCook, of the United
States army, and prominent citizens met
the president at the train. A detachment
of the Fifth infantry and band, number
of Mexican officers with military band,
and local organizations formed a process
sion to the court house, where speaking
took place.
Spoke in Behalf of Diaz.
Gen. A. j. Malloy made the address OF
welcome at the court house. Governor
GARLIC also spoke on behalf of President
Diaz, and several others made speeches
welcoming the president to the Lone Star
state The president made brief re-
Spouse, and was heartily applauded. The
presidential party left for Los Angeles at
noon.
TUCSON, A. T., April 22.-The preside n
tial train arrived here at $3.50, and soon
after left for Los Angeles. The president
spoke at Deming N. M
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
Illinois Municipal Election.

CHICAGO, April % Municipal elections
were held in number of Illinois towns
yesterday. License won at Plano, Prince.
ton, Ramsey, Wenona, Tolono, Marion,
Hillsboro, Lawrenceville, Petersburg,
Rochelle, Taylorville, Pontiac and Fair
bury. Anti-license captured Carrollton,
Paris, Tuscola, Winchester, Bement,
Huntley, Greenfield, Newton, Whitehall,
Carthage, Auburn, and Chrisman.
The Republicans carried Nation, Nor
ris, Clinton, Decatur, Kewaunee, Carlyle
and some other towns. The Democrats
were successful in Havana, Virginia, Al
ton, McLeanssoro, Seneca, Carlinville,
and several other towns. Citizens tick
cts were successful in number OF places.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
Republican League Convention.

CINCINNATI, April % -Delegates to the
national convention Of Republican clubs
have been arriving here for the past two
or three days and, the city is very much
increased in population by these arrivals
and tie large number of politicians, not
delegates. who are on hand to see that the
n Getting goes off with proper enthusiasm.
Music hall, where the convention meets,
has been brilliantly decorated, and when
the delegates met yesterday there was a
tremendous throng of people in attend
ance. 1t was after p. m, however, be-
fore the body was ready to begin business.
At Ills President Thurston. ex.Gov.
Foraker, Hon. VIM. Mckinley and Mayor
Mosby appeared and were greeted with
loud cheers. Order was obtained In a
moment, the opening prayer was read
and the convention settled itself to listen
to the welcoming speeches and responses.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24

CHICAGO. April 20-Following are the
base ball scores made Saturday and Sun
day-Western: At Omaha-Milwaukee
2, Omaha 3; at Kansas City-St. Paul 5,
Kansas City IA; at Denver-Sioux City 6,
Denver 5; at Lincoln-Minneapolis 8,
Lincoln 6. Sunday: At Omaha-Mil-
waukee IL, Omaha s; at Kansas City-St.
Paul 10, Kansas City o; At Denver-Sioux
City 3, Denver 10.
Association: At Boston Athletic 8,
Boston 6; at Columbus-Cincinnati 2,
Columbus 3; at Washington City-Balti-
more 3, Washington Z; at Louisville-St.
Louis 2, Louisville s. Sunday: At Column
bus-Cincinnati 4, Columbus s.; at Wash
ington City-Baltimore 5, Washington z;
at Louisville-St. Louis 2, Louisville 5;
at Boston-Athletic 8, Boston 6.
CHICAGO, April 2l.-Following are the
Association scores recorded yesterday: AT
Boston-Athletic 8, Boston 3; at Colum.
bus-Cincinnati A, Columbus 3; at Wash
ington City-Baltimore 8. Washington 4;
at Louisville-St. Louis 4, Louisville Is.
Western: At Omaha-St. Paul A, Omaha
81; at Observation-Disclosures IL, Lincoln O.
no other games.
CHICAGO, April %. Following were the
Association scores on the ball field yester.
day: At Boston-Athletic 4, Boston IL
at Washington City-Baltimore IL, Wash.
ington 8; at Observation-Disclosures 1, Col.
umbus s; at Lonsville-No game, rain.
Western: At Observation-Disclosures 2, Lin
coin 5; at Kansas City-Sioux City 4
Kansas City z; at Denver-Minneapoli
2, Denver IL; at Omaha-No game, wet
prounds
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
FIREMEN In PERIL.
Twenty Ladies' and Reporter
Nearly Killed.
CARRIED DOWN INTO A FURNACE

Prompt Work Saves Them All Alive, but
Several Seriously Hurt, Three, Perhaps,
Fataily-Eight Men Killed In Wreck
ON the Lake Shore in Ohio-Two En-
gineers and Six Postal Clerks the VIC
tims-Fatal Work of Dynamite-Othel
Disasters.
Boston, April 2O.-Fire at 2 o'clock yes
building, at the corner of Hanover and
Court streets, adjoining the Crawford
house annex, and when the flames had
been nearly subdued, the falling of the
flaming roof buried twenty-one firemen
and one reporter in the ruins. None OF
the apparatus had left the scene, and all the
engines began at once to pour deluge OF
water upon the ruins, while the laddermen
went to work with axes and bars to release
the imprisoned men. The flooring of the
upper story had been little burned, and
to this is due the fact that all did not lose
their lives. The rescuers had tolerably
firm footing and the work was carried for.
ward SO rapidly that all were rescued
alive. Among the men imprisoned in the
ruins were Chief of the Department Louis
p. Weber, District Chiefs Cheswell,
Pope and Regain, and Capts. Griffin and
Willett.
The Unfortunates Rescued.
AS fast as the men were taken out they,
were carried to the Crawford House and
there attended by the fire department
surgeons. Chief Webster sustained
severe injuries to his back and head and
was badly burned. The most seriously
injured were District Chief Cheswell
and Captain Griffin. Both were terri
bly, burned and, it is feared, suffered
internal injuries which may prove fatal.
Hoseman John Long was struck in
the abdomen by timber and will proba.
bly, die. At one time the fire threatened
to extend to the Crawford house, which
has just recovered from a severe fire, and
the panic among the guests was painful
to witness. The building was occupied by
Bailey 81 Rankin, carpets and oilcloth,
who lose $4,000; S. c. Thompson, musical
instruments, and Burrage g. Co., fur
nishing goods, who lose 81, 600 each. Other
losses are small.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24

pal stock in trade. Its price is regulated
by the supply and demand.
Charges It to Labor Agitators.
The men would be satisfied IL it were
not for the labor agitators who come
among them, and there is no doubt they
would ask for IS an hour il they saw any
chance OF getting it. AS regards their
board, 1t Is rs good as can be given for the
price, and Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Seymour,
our two engineers, eat at the same place
In preference to going down to Woodlawn.
We pay ON the Goth day Of the month and
pay cash. II, however. man demands to
leave during the month we give him a
time check, which he can get cashed for 3
percent. discount at "A real estate firm close
to the grounds, but if he is discharged he
gets paid in cash."
EtF Meeting of the Men.
About 400 of the strikers met during
the afternoon, and were addressed by
William H. Kliver, of the Carpenters un-
ion. He began by telling the men that
the sympathy of the business men of the
city and the press was with them, and 1t
was considered an outrage that in city
like Chicago men should be treated worse
than slaves. In order to keep this sympa-
thy they must, however, be careful that
during this strike there was no violence
or misbehavior of any kind. He then ad
vised the men to thoroughly picket the
site, and persuade men going there to
work from doing so.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24

Kindness, if nothing stronger should in
duce any one to use DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
for the relief of the diseases babies are sub
ject to. Price only 25 cents bottle. Sold
everywhere.
The only kind of cake that the average
small boy has severe objections to is cake
of soap.
j. w. Apple has been elected president of
an Indiana horticultural society. Quite
windfall.
OF all the 400 methods of improving the
memory that have been invented, nothing up
to date, that beats giving thirty day note.
Wickars-Ah, well. 1 suppose my days
for falling in love are past. Vickars-In
that case, then, suppose you will start out
looking for wife, with little money.
The people at the Worlds Dispensary, of
Buffalo, n. Y, have a stOck-taking time
once year and what do you think they do?
Count the number of bottles that have been
returned by men and women who say that
DIR. Perces Golden Medical Discovery or
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription didn't do
what they said it would do.
And how many do you think they have to
count. One in ten? Not one in five hun
dred.
Here are two remedies-One the "Golden
Medical Discovery" for regulating and in
MIGRATING the liver and purifying the blood;
the other, the hope Of weakly wOmanhood;
they've been sold for years and sold by the
million bottles; sold under a positive guar
| antee, and not one in five hundred can say:
ut was not the medicine for me-" And--is
there any reason why you should be the one?
And-supposing you are, what do you lose
by it? Absolutely nothing!
Almost any fashionable woman coming
home from Europe will agree with you that
it is wrong to smuggle, but she thinks it is
just fun to try to get ahead of those horrid
custom house officers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
EIGHT MEN SENT TO ETERNITY.
Wreck of Fast Mail on the Lake Shore
Railway.

Wreck of Fast Mail on the Lake Shore
Railway.
CLEVELAND, o., April 20.-Saturday
evening as the fast mail on the Lake Shore
railway was passing Kipton station,
about forty miles west of this city, it col
lided with the Toledo express just as the
latter was pulling off the main line to let
the mail pass. Both engines, three mail
cars and baggage car were reduced to
splinters and old iron, and the following
killed: Edward Brown and Charles Tup-
ton, engineers, of Toledo; +. j. Nugent,
Toledo; Charles Hammill, j. +. Bower;
fine, and G. H. Mcdowell, of Elyria, o.;
+. +. Clemens, Cleveland, and James Nc
Kinley, Conneaut, O.-all postal clerks.
The Passengers Escape Injury.
Starkey, fireman of No. IA, had his
shoulder dislocated and leg broken; Will
Danzig, son Of a section foreman, was
struck by wreckage and badly hurt. None
of the passenger cars left the track and
none of the passengers received serious
injuries. AS nearly rs can be ascertained
there was a conflict of orders. A dispatch
was first sent that the trains should meet
at Oberlin, seven miles east, and almost
Immediately after it was followed by
another announcing Kipton as the meet
ing place.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
The Strike ut the Fair Site.

CHICAGO, April %. Police are on duty
at the worlds fair site and the work is
going on, though with decreased force.
The police have slightly deranged the
plans of the strikers. All who would not
work were driven from the grounds, and
the picket business in the park was broken
up, while the pickets on Stony Island ave.
nus did not seem to be very vigilant and
soon left their posts. About 100 of the
strikers went to work again yesterday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24

The majority of people eat about a
third too much. The average Ameri-
can really dimes about three times a
day, with his beefsteak breakfast, chops
for lunch and roast beef at his o'clock
dinner. And he does it at his peril;
for this habit of overlooking, especially
of eating so much meat, is one of the
provoking causes of so many sudden
illnesses and so many premature deaths.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
Yictorrn,s Children.

The Oldest child of the queen OF
England is the ex-Empress Frederick
of Germany, who was born on Nov.
Il, 1910, and the Prince of Wales, who
is the second child, was born on Nov.
3, 1871. The date of birth of the
queens other children arc these Prince
Alfred, Aug. 6, 1874; Princess Helena,
May 25, 1916; Princess Louise, March
Is, 1S4S; Prince Arthur, May 1, 1859,
and Princess Beatrice, April IA, 1857.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24

Is the best blood purifier before the public.
1t eradicates every impurity, and cures Scrof-
ula, Salt Rheum, Boils, Pimples, all Humors,
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indi-
gestion, General Debility, Catarrh, Rheuma-
tism, Kidney and Liver Complaints. 1t over
comes that extreme tired feeling, and builds
up the system.
floods Sarsaparilla was God-send to me,
for it cured me of dyspepsia and liver CON-
plant with which had suffered 20 years."
j. b. HoRNBEcK, South Fallsburg, N. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24

Numerous accounts have been given,
both in ancient and modern times, of
the sacrificing of dogs for religious pur-
poses. They were inundated at GER
tain periods by the Greeks and Romans
to almost all their dieties, particularly
to Mars, Pluto, Minerva and Proserpine.
Also they were offered to the moon, be-
cause the dog by his barking disturbs
all charms and spells and frightens
away specters and apparitions.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Is prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion,
Mandrake, Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper Der.
ries, and other well-known and valuable vege-
table remedies. The combination, proportion
and preparation are peculiar to Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, giving 1t curative power not possessed
by other medicines. 1t effects remarkable
cures where others fail.
:" consider Hoods Sarsaparilla the best
medicine ever used. 1t gives me an appetite
and refreshing sleep, and keeps the cold out"
j. s. FoGG, LOG Spruce Street, Portland, Me.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
Three More Victims of Dynamite.

ASPEN, Colo, April 2o-A frightful ac-
cident in which three men were instantly
killed and two others seriously injured
occurred at the Cameron shaft of the Ar
gentum silver mine near this city Satur-
day. While men were engaged in putting
off round of over twenty holes loaded
with giant powder, premature explosion
occurred, killing Foreman Ed Reed, and
Thomas Kennedy, and Jack Mahoney,
miners, and seriously injuring Edward
Gileing aud one other miner. All the
men were married and have families.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-04-24
REPRESENTATIVE FORD DEAD.

The Michigan Congressman Carried Of
by Apoplexy.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, APRIL 2i.-Con-
gresham Melbourne H. Ford was found
in bed yesterday morning unconscious,
and the doctor who was called pro-
nounced it a case of apoplexy. He died
at Up. m. Mr.. Ford was born forty-two
years ago in Michigan. He was mid
shipman in the navy. He was elected to
the state legislature from this city in
1884, was elected to the Fiftieth congress-,
defeated for the Fifty-first, and reelected
last November by over 9, 500 plurality. He
leaves a wife and three children.