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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-02-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Eggs cannot be produced without lime
for the shells.
The earlier the pullets are Matched the
sooner they will begin laying.
The beginning Of the year IS a gooo
time to begin keeping accounts.
In small wards two cocks are worse
than none on account Of fighting.
In-breeding is the father of good
deal of swine trouble. Change boarS.
Extra care is needed with the chickens
that are Matched early, but it will pay.
Success with young chicks demand'
warmth, dryness, liberal feeding ana pure
air.
A few DAYS in the spring will make
considerable difference in the price; try
to pc early.
! Never leave a horse after driving IN
the mud until his feet and legs are
! rubbed dry.
When the fowls are confined, as they
must be largely at this time, scabby legs
will be more prevalent
The best market usually for large tur'
KEYS is during the holidays; after that
medium fowls sell the best:
The colt needs salt and the best way
to give it is to let him have free access
to a manger or box which contains salt.
Teach the boys in practical way that
the farm is the foundation Of their sue
cess in life and they will not flee to the
city.
With comfortable stables the horses
will not suffer But the more comfort
able the stable toe more the horse needs
blanket when left standing outdoors.
Whv not work the stallion? You want
the colts to work, and if the sire spends
his life in the stall doing nothing won
he be likely to breed laziness into his
colts?
What is the use in paying twelve to
!, twenty dollars service fee for colt from
GOOD horse and then making scrub
of it by roughing it Through the first
winter!
Oats must be very high In your locality
If YOU cannot afford to feed the colt and
calves some. In fact, if you have young
animals that are worth raising at all, you
[ cannot afford to 90 without feeding
oats.
Experimenters on the other side oil
= the Atlantic have found that by cheaE
= method of supplying atmospheric cleo
tricity to the growing crop the yield Of
= potatoes has been increased from 3oO Il
450 bushels per acre.
a An intelligent farmer, milking twenty
d one cows, stated that five of these dc
|. not paw their way, though the aTerag
| production Of the whole herd was ~
,e bounds yearly. At the same time b
,e could not ser that i would be for M
!. interest to dispose OF the five and mil
;. sixteen.
IT. If you keep poultry in pens and yard
b. throIr in all the vegetable and garde
- truck YOU can spare, reduced to eatabI
size. Raw potatoes, onions, tuEn1p
carrots, cabbage, beers, celery top
etc. chopped dne. All will aid IN pre-
a. ducing winter eggs, and remember me
Z. If some kind is almost necessity
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-02-12

One afternoon when I returned from
q determination longer than usual, was
handed to my fair creator where she
walked in the sweet-scented green and
gold light of the garden. accompanied
by tall and handsome young man.
She sighed, Again" as she received
me; then I trembled in her fingers, ana
somehow my string became untled' ana
escaped from my wrapplngs.
Her companion fastened to PICK me
up. handling me with a consideration
no other man had evinced toward me.
Then he said to Sister, taking both her
pretty hands as he placed me IN her
| keeping.
"Sweetheart, if you love me, why IN
sist on this long, this endless delay1"
Sister looked down, and rosy color
stole over her face, while her lips qulV'
cred.
ssIt is so hard to speak of. have
contracted debt, and, until can repay
it bv my own earnings, l cannot marry
it would not be honorable; and no on
will publish my story"
She was still looking down, sad ~
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-02-12
THE FARM AND GARDEN.


Few realize how much is lost by leav-
;,p land uncovered in winter. When the
country was new and forests numerous,
snow lay evenly spread over fields that
are now wind swept, and all the sno"
piled over the fences IN banks. These
banks are usually blockaded before the
spring by the fine dust produced on the
surface by repeated freezing and thawlng,
which is always the richist part OF the
soiI.-Boston Cultivator.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-02-12

stem, my creator
loved the thing she
had created. Out
of innumerable
scraps was 1 created,
and built upon a
disused skeleton OF
some old romance.
Nevertheless, [ was
beloved aud tender
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-02-12

CHOOSING BRONZE TURKEYS.
The bronze turkeys probably pay a:
Will as any breed of birds. and In start
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-02-12
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A
MANUSCRIPT
DY CLIFTON EsDAILE.

evz7 ~ Mike FrankeI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
SAYINGS AND OOINGS,

''IT is gigg,e, gable, gobble and git"
was DR.. Holmes description of an after
noon tea, in reply 10 polite inquiry
from his hostess
JOIN HABBERToy says there were not
twenty canoeists in the country when
he began TO paddle a canoe twenty
years ago. Now there are twenty thou
sand of them who write their names in
water" every year.
KATE FIELD says that one of the most
difficult things to do IN Washington Is
70 hear great speech The best of
them are never announced in advance
Of their delivery. and even when notice
IS given that a fsFoEite speaker viii
have the floor It is not safe to count on
his securing it
W. s. CULBEETsoy. a millionaire Of
New Albany, Ind. died recently. In his
viii ne cut OF his grandsons. Percy and
Glover Cuibertson, of ST Paul, with
500 each because they nave been en-
gagged in horse racing, but gave $50
90 20 the Old Ladies home Of New
Albany.
THERE was double golden wedding
a. Thompson. Conn, the other day, the
principals being DRAGON and Mrs Hi
ram Araoli. Of Thompson. and Deacon
and Mrs Alvin Green. of Westerly, T. l.
Mrs G5eea IS Deacon Arnoldis sister,
- the two eounlss uars na--iAd Ia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

At Quito, the only city IN the world
on the line of the equator, the sun rises
and sets at six o'clock the year rou1d
From brief study of the Palengue
Tablet il can safely be inferred that
the four-year system. and consequently
the year Of S65 days, was in use when
the "a blet was made.
THE soldering of aluminium, which
has long been q difficult problem, has
been recently solved By sprinkling
the surfaces TO be soldered with Chord
Of silver, and melting down. the solder
lag is effected simply and satisfactorily.
A DISCOVERY has been made that cit
.rie acid is q normal constituent Of cows
milk It's source. however, has Eot yet
been fixed. although il has been estab-
Iished that ]; does not come trprn citric
or ether organict acids existing II the
foods
4 FINE geological specimen Of fossil
tracks was fond ( few cars ago IN
Brzinerds quarry, in Portland. az a
depth Of 10 feet below The surface The
stone Is about ~ fee: long by feet
wide and z. Of an inch fhici,- On the
upper side. as the stone Law u hen found.
there are eight tracks, evidently made
bv some animal about the size of large
dor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
gether by the same clergyman at Paw
tucket, X. l.. in 1912.
THE NAMES NOT GIVEN.

A MAN in Maine eighty-four years old,
shot four foxes in one day, making q
total of forty for the season.
A PITTSBURGH justice decides that it
Is legal for any householder, from his
own premises, to throw water upon an
organ grinder who refuses 10 move on.
a BACHELOR in Baltimore recently
gave as reason for his refusal to marry
that he considered young married
women the most ill-behaved creatures
in existence.
A HUSBAND in Cleveland drove his
wife and baby out OF the house by
sprinkling red pepper on hot stove
For this and other cruel conduct the i'll
treated woman has just secured di-
vorce.
Az aucacious horse-thisf In Phoenix.
A. T., after listening in court 70 the
testimony against him, coolly arose and
requested the judge 70 direct the jury to
convict him. The jury obeyed his re-
quest
A PoTTsrowY pa lady is in search
of an owner for silver thirnble which
she declares she found imbedded in the
center of ham which she was siiciny
She would like also 20 have some expla-
nation Of how the thimble got there
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
Oddities About the River Nile.

The Nile has fall Of but six inches
to the thousand miles! The overflow
Commences in June every year and con-
tinues until August. attaining an eleva-
ton of from 81 10 20 feet above low
water mark, and flowing through the
Valley of Egypt" in turbulent body
twelve miles wide. During the last
thousand years there has been but one
sudden rise of the Nile, that of 1929,
when $4,000 people were drowned. Al
ter the waters recede each year the ex-
halations from the mud are simply in
tolerable to all except natives. This
mud deposit adds about eight inches to
the soil every century. and throws a
muddy eInbanlment from IL to 16 feet
into the sea every year. This being the
case it is plain that the mouth of the
river is thousan ds of feet further north
now than it was in the time of the
Ptolemies, and it is only question of
time when the sediment viii make a
dam entirely across the Mediterranean
sea
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
RELATED OF THE RENOWNED.

The biggest man in congress is Rep
resentative Stone, of the Twenty-third
Pennsylvania district. He is six feet
six inches tall and proportionately stout.
JAY GoULD's outlay in pocket money
amounts to about $50 a month, and he
rarely has more than $40 in his clothes.
Nearly all his purchases are paid for in
checks
GEORGE ]. GOULD has brought drove
of fifteen elks from Manitoba to his
Catskill shooting preserve, where they
will have five hundred or six hundred
acres of forest and dale over which to
roam.
GEORGE D. JOHNSTON, the newly-ap-
pointed civil service commissioner, is an
Albanian. nephew of the confcder-
ate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, and
was himself a brigadier of the confeder-
ate service.
Mrs. p. &. CCATE, young bride from
Memphis, Tenn, recently accomplished
the feat of climbing to the very top of
Mount Vesuvius and looking down into
the crater. She is the second American
woman to attempt this hazardous IN
dertaking successfully.
MISNEHAHA, the eighteen-year-old
daughter of Sitting Bull. is to be hon
ored with a life-sized statue in the
South Dakota women's exhibit a. the
Columb ian exhibition. 1t is related
that she died of broken heart after
having loved hopelessly an army officer
at Fort Sully.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
EPISODE ON A STREET CAR.
The Laugh on the Conductor and EnJoved
by All the Passengers.

The Laugh on the Conductor and EnJ owed
by All the Passengers.
There was man and a boy and a
dog. The man was waiting for a car
So was the boy. So was the dog. When
the car came they all took the rear plat
form and stood there. In Is few min
utes the conductor came out, collected
two fares and tinkled the bell twice
He noticed the dog and turning 10 the
man said:
Dogs are against the rules"
The man was deeply interested in the
white film of smoke which coiled up
ward from the end OF his cigar and did
not hear. so the conductor touched him
on the elbow:
Dogs are not allowed 20 ride on
street ears, / said"
Did you, indeed7 All and do the
dogs mind II very much. ! wonder?"
The two high-sehool girls Uttered,
and the boy shot wad Of paper at a
passing vehicle. The conductor looked
black and growled:
please put that dog of, will you?"
"will ~ Well, not if the court
knows herself"
well. will. then" ard he showed
the dog of the platform, slammed the
door and went forward. The man
smiled, the boy whistled, the dog
jumped back again and the high-scbooI
girls Uttered a little more. In few
minutes the conductor came out again,
and he looked ugly.
Now, look here, my friend" he
said, II want you 20 understand that
! want you TO pat of that dog and keep
him of
"All right, I understand
Well, do IL then"
'Oh, no. not this evening"
Bill The dog yelped and landed
baf way across the street
Now, Hr Man. the next time have
20 put that dog of this car I'll
fire you after him. AID be went for
ward and iera1ed the bell-rope. The
man Still watched the curling
smoke. the boy whis;led again, the
dog jumped back on the platform, and
the passengers smiled and uEdyed each
other. At the next crossing the con-
ductor burst out on the platform vita
the snort Of war horse,
see here, SINAI ty-but lust then the
boy jumped OF. called his dog ard Ike
two went trotting dosSn tlle street
The passengers reared, the man
knocked ire ashes of his cigar with
his little finger and smiled, the eondu =
-. L..
chewed up The rest Of his sentence ard
jumped hack 20 bss post growing:
BLAST fool- any haW-~-omahs Bee.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
The aaaiehita Daily eagle Saturday orrue Zulu So 1892
cept IN practice, when, OF course, it must

cept IN practice, when, OF course, it must
be studied.
Beginners often flight the ball'' this
way in game when care would enable
them to avoid doing SO. They do not
realize the value of making choice, or
are not quick or alert enough to take adj
vantage of an opportunity. There is al
ways right way to field ball all there
are several other ways that are wrong.
inexperienced players do not carry their
head work far enough to take advan-
tage of every possibility when they see
a batted ball coming at them. would
recommend that a man should never be
satisfied with himself because he has
felded the ball, if he has done it in such
a way as to give an unnecessary chance
of losing it. Carry this principle as far
as it will go. Whatever is worth doing
is worth doing well, and if you are going
to play the game play every point there
is in it. There is nothing too small to
be attended to- For instance, l have
seen Long, when absolutely unable to
handle fumbled ball in time, kick it
into basemans hands and thus make
the play. This is not accident; he has
done it in practice until he is reasonably
sure of putting the ball pretty near
where he wants it to go. He might not
have a chance to do that in hundred
games, and. again, he might save game
by it.
In practice man should always have
a definite idea Of improvement. He
should know exactly where his weak
spots are and should remedy his defects
by no haphazard work. Some young
players, finding that certain plays come
easy to them, devote all their attention
to perfecting themselves in those
points. But that is not the way to be a
player Practice for your weak points,
but don't do any practicing in a game.
There the player is all for his team. If
he can guard his weakness he must do
it. A third baseman who is weak on
his right side, who isn't so sure of ball
when he runs to the right as when he
runs to the left, should play nearer the
bag on that account And so with
every point of play. It Is study of him
self which makes the best of man.
One of the hardest things l had to
learn was how to touch runner. 1t is
easy enough to say how it should be
done, if the ball is thrown properly and
everything works well. But there are
about million different ways that it
may happen, and a man must be pre-
pared for any one of them.
AS to the values of different infield
positions they are too easily perceived
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
THE JELLY PALACE.

srched entrances will form shrine
twelve feet square. The frame of the
structure viii be the Gghtest possible
steel 1t will carry plate glass shelves
its entire height On these shelves the
bottles containing jelly of every color
win be arranged. Some of them will
be set upright and others horizontally,
according to the effects to be produced.
In the decoration of this novel palace
2,644 glasses, two and one-half inches
in diameter, win be used; S6o four
inches in diameter, and ,e4s of assorted
sizes, making total of 4,6Ss.
The women estimate that this palace
viii cost g., 400, of which 81 ZOO viii be
for the steel frame. 1t was designed by
Architect A. Page Brown.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
CAPT. WA. n. NASH.

training and practice, and from fuller
comprehension of the points of an
actual contest. But the most important
line of development has led in the di-
rection of more perfect unity of ac-
ton. A winning team must now play
all together, and the infelders especial
ly must act as one man.
Among the individual qualifications
of good infielder one of the most i'm
portant is the faculty of accuracy. L
doubt whether anybody knows ex-
actly what that is, but everybody
knows that some men possess it while
others lack it. The man who has it
can be depended upon. If he can learn
to make play he is reasonably sure to
repeat it. This steady command of the
faculties must be possessed by the good
infeld player. Quick and accurate
judgment and good retentive memory
are also essential The infelder must
know the batsman; he must have the
power of quickly learning an oppo-
nent's peculiarities and then he must
remember them. / can recommend moth
ing more strongly to a young player.
Make an experiment with your powers
in this line. Next time you go on the
field carefully consider what you know
about each opposing batsman, you
have seen him before, or if you haven't
make an attempt to draw some useful
inference from his conduct when he
first comes to the bat. Does he hit
the ball hard and run to the base
slowly? Then you can play deep, take
the ball the easiest way if it comes to
you, and throw carefully to the base.
If he hits weakly but runs very fast
you must come in on the hall and snap
it over to first with all the speed you
can get into it. Balance the batsman's
power in this way and you will gain
many point. And don't expect to be
a good infelder without paying atten-
tion to the individual peculiarities of
your opponents. Some young players
always wait for ball, and SO lose the
fast runners; while others always rush
in, and so make many an unnecessary
error.
Physically, an infelder should pos
sess activity and good arm. An arm
that can be thoroughly relied upon is
most valuable possession. l play my
position deep, on the strength of my
arm, and thus cover more ground than
] could if my arm were weak. But if it
were should never play deep for the
sake Of getting balls which there was
no chance of my throwing over in time
A player should study himself, and
never play an infeld position too deep
for his arm.
In throwing cultivate the muscles of
the wrist and forearm. An inielder
must be able to snap" the ball as well
as throw it. That is how he makes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
TIE TEXAS AS SIZE WILL LOOK.

H. NJ. Hotchkiss guns, all mounted on
the gun deck behind one and one-half
inch plating; two Calling guns and two
thirty-seven NJ. NJ. Hotchkiss guns, all
mounted Oh the bridge, the same in the
military tops and two three-pounder
rapid firing guns on the flying bridge.
There are six torpedo tubes; strong
ram bow adds to her offensive powers.
The turrets are armored with twelve
inches of steel and their bases are in
closed by diagonal redoubled armor
with IL inches of steel, which also pro.
tects the hydraulic machinery for work
ing the guns and the smokepipe cas-
ings. A belt of steel armor, IL inches
thick, protects the boilers and engines.
The hull is of steel throughout and is
built on the cellular system A double
bottom extends under the engines, boil
ers and magazines and is divided both
longitudinally and transversely into
numerous water-tight compartments.
There are 129 of these compartments.
Two second-class torpedo boats are car
Tied, in addition to the usual compile
ment. The ship is lighted throughout
by electricity and carries powerful cleo
trio searchlights.
The Texas Will be used as a flagship,
ana carry a complement of 500 officers
anu men. The machinery is being
built by the Richmond locomotive and
machine works, of Richmond, Va, but
will be placed on board the Texas at
the Norfolk hayward. The construc-
ton of the Texas was authorized by an
act of congress, approved August 3,
1886, and in the spring of 1887 the
board of naval experts unanimously de-
clared that the best design was that
submitted by William John, an Eng
ish naval architect of the highest repu-
tation who has recently died. The
Texas is the first battleship of the new
navy. A single shot can totally disa-
bic a cruiser, but the armored battle
ship has much greater endurance and
can take the risk of receiving the fire
of heavy guns, knowing that the vitals
of the ship are protected by armor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
Oh rh.ors.. r.s,.,ar.rsa.

Last fall the Star br0ught before ths
general pc bic the fact that ths theory
Of the circulation % s5s biOe>8 wa dis
covered By the AyzbizEs ia SPAIN cen
turies before HsrTsy's discovery. and
wss ztteT.zro stated ia outlsne by
Dante IA The DIS nc Conady~ Ssay
comes a reported End - HslsinzforS,
FINLAND, q zn ancient chest with co.'s.
tents &c most startling magma ssle IA
Is SD that tse curioafs iron machinery
AMI parchment esszln~nts wksch 10
holds are the work Of lie fsz10as Aots
SuzeT of The twelfth eoasasy. who Wa
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THAI they show the possibility - spyiy-
ing steam 70 mechanics The repo-s q
confirmed. Eiu stamp IL period e Tbs
revival Of civilization ard iearning -
more important in the sriestar sense
than the world has heretofore thought
IN letters, architecture. soznexilr sris.
government ard ether respects re
twelfth zna thtrternth ecatarses hare
bern ths great preerrs<vs - The nzo<.srn
age. VITA TIE discovery Of shs elgwula-
boz Of the blood aad sise applszts0a q
steam u iocoulosloz Il SEEMS that tha
prod wae TIE morning ssaT sSsoSa 81
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30

a FORMIDABLE SHIP.

Description OF the New Steel-Armored
Flagship ssTeIes."
The double turreted steel-armored bat
heship Texas, the first one of that class
In the new navy, was launched at the
navy yard at Norfolk, Va, few days
ago in the presence of a large number
of spectators. including representatives
hom the navy department at Washing
Son and other officials.
The Texas has been on the docks in
che Norfolk navy yard since June Ii,
1889. Following is description of the
vessel: Principal dimensions-Length,
300 feet; breadth, "a feet; depth, 80 feet,
B inches. The main armament consists
of two twelve-inch breech-loading guns
The secondary battery consists of four
six-pounders and four three-pounder
rapid firing guns, with four forty-seven
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-30
HOLDING OFF A RUNNER

many of his prettiest plays. And al
ways field bali with reference to the
throw.
/ never pick up ball except in e po-
sition to throw unless by an error, for
which ! condemn myself afterwards.
Especially in case OF tumble. pick up
the ball in position to throw il, for
you haven't tenth part of second to
lose. If il bounds high, grab it right
out of the air and throw it from the
shoulder; if it is on the ground, snap it,
and have the snap SO fine in practice
that there is no luck about its going to
the right place. If the fumbled ball is
behind you, always turn so that your
swing viii bring you into position to
throw. Tommy" Burns, whom I re-
gard as one of the brainiest ball players
on the field. takes advantage Of this
principle In a way that gives him many
an assist that another man might lose.
In fielding batted ball the bound is
always Your FIRST choice, OF course, but
look ont for your runner. If he is fast
get in on the ball and take the pickup.
That is the second choice. Where you
haven't any choice You must prepare
for the short bound, as il is sometimes
called There You meet the bali while
1t Is coming up off the ground, and it is
the hardest way to handle it, as most
players have learned. / call it fighting
the ball" and Long, the Boston short
stop, is the only man I know who seems
to like it he is almost as sure of that
difficult play as man can be of any,
thing. But, for my part, avoid il. ex-