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LITTLE WOUND.

Little Wound said: II have been to Wash.
ingtOn many times. 1t makes me liar to my
people" feared afterward that not only had
touched upon the greatest cause of grievance,
the bad faith shown the Indians, but that
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
Facts About Potatoes.

The potato crop of the world amounts
to the enormous quantity of 1885,
900, 900 bushels, by far the largest
proportion of which is grown in Eu-
rope. Germany is the largest potato
producing and consuming country ID
the world, with the average produce
ton of nearly 900, 900, 900 bushels per
annum, and in years of large produc-
ton exceeding 1000, 900, 900 bushels.
Russia comes next, with crop of
AGA, 900, 900 bushels, closely followed
by Austria Hungary and France. The
crop of the United States is small in
comparison with that of Europe, aver
aging only about ITO, 900, 900 bushels,
which is considerably less than that of
the United Kingdom. This crop does
not enter legally into the foreign trade
of any country, the supply grown be-
ing mainly for home use.
Germany, shipping less than 5,0OO,-
900 bushels annually, is the heaviest
exporter, and the United Kingdom, inn
porting about the same quantity, is
the largest importing country. The
aggregate European crops are just
about enough for domestic require
ments, the exports of potatoes from all
European countries being only 700, 900
bushels more than the total import.
Under intensive farming the produc-
ton per acre of potatoes is very large.
This is exemplified by the crops
from the Channel Islands, where an
area of only S,S19 acres furnishes
1887, 900 bushels of potatoes for ship
ment to the United Kingdom. This
was at the rate of 265 bushels per acre
in addition to home consumption, and
the export trade amounted to 1884 per
acre cultivated.-[New York Journal.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
SELECTING A DRAUGHr HORSE.

For draught a horse must have
weight. He may have fine action also,
but the weight he must have if capa-
BILE of long pulls before heavy loads.
The shoulders should be upright and
heavy below, in order that the strain
on the traces may be met by collar re-
sistance at such an angle as will utilize
all of the force exerted. The draught
horse should stand fairly high in front
(rather prominent withers) and must
have chest of ample width to per-
NIT free expansion of lungs when
under any temporary strain. The legs
are best short, and should never
exhibit that smooth, puffy appear
ance which always indicates ten
dency to form fat at an expense of
muscle; the cannons should be fat,
and the joints, especially, hard and
firmly bound together. AS we have
stated, fine action is not absolutely
necessary, but for farm use good
sprightly walk is certainly desirable.
Right here we say that horse of l, 200
to /, 400 pounds weight is about the
heaviest that will be found profitable
on the ordinary farm the heavier ami
mails will always be in demand for a
different purpose, and an intelligent
Judgment will select in reference to
the purpose for which desired. To be
too "fery'' or s'high strung is an OBJ
lection; the draught horse should be
pre-eminently an animal of quiet
yet not sluggish-temperament. A
strong, even puller will resist fatigue
better and do more service.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
The Lawyer in the Case.

One day when was in one of the
mountain county seats of Kentucky, I
dropped into the courthouse to listen
to case in which one man was suing
another for the recovery of horse.
A couple of hours after the case had
been decided I met the defendant on
the street.
ssWell'' I said to him, ssthat fellow
didn't get your horse, did he?"
sNot much - he replied, but not as
cheerfully as I expected.
''There was time there" I went
ON, "when I thought you'd have to
walk home, sure"
eyes, he said, sit looked that a-way,
but that lawyer Nv mine waz too peart
for him. Fine lawyer, he is"
"Very good" I affirmed. "How
far do you live from here?"
'Ten miles, the way I've got to go. =
ssThat isn't SO bad when man haf
q horse to ride"
sBut I haint, F" he said, lugubrious.
ly.
"Why not? Didn't you just recov-
er him?"
"Ya-as," he hesitated, "but I had
to give him to the lawyer fer his fee.
Il Detroit Free Press.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

cent or more per quart, it can Be
utilized more proftably by feeding it
to growing pigs, together with corn
meal, gluten meal, wheat bran, maize
feed or gluten feed, all of which have
proved healthy and nutritious foods
for the production of pork. Expert
msnts at the Massachusetts, State sta
ton as reported by J. B. Lindsey
show that with skim milk at thirteen
mills per gallon, or with cream
cry buttermilk at fourteen mills,
gluten feed at $22 per ton, and
corn meal at 80, dressed pork can
be produced from $4 so to $3.50 per
hundred pounds. If the value of the
manure be deducted, the net cost OF
this dressed pork is from $3.50 to
So. so. Experiments made at the
Massachusetts and other stations have
proved that it is not profitable to feed
pigs after they reach weight of 180
to 100 pounds, excepting, perhaps,
when pork brings very high prices.
Fed beyond this weight, the food con-
sumed increases, and the percentage
of gain in live weight steadily decreas-
es, so that the daily cost of food con-
sumed is more than the value OF the
daily increase in weight. Where
skim milk or creamery butter-milk is
used as part of the daily diet in
feeding pigs for market, the following
rations are recommended For pigs
weighing from twenty to eighty pounds,
two ounces of corn meal to each
quart of milk, feeding all the animals
will drink or if the milk supply be linn
tied, substitute four ounces of gluten
feed for each quart of milk; or give
from one to two gallons of milk daily
to each pig, and supplement to satisfy
appetite with mixture by weight OF
one-third wheat bran and two-thlrds
gluten meal. For shoats weighing
from eighty to 100 pounds, mix four
ounces of corn meal with each quart
of milk drank; or give gallon OF
milk daily, adding, to satisfy appetite,
equal parts by weight OF corn meal,
wheat bran and gluten meal or six
quarts milk daily, supplemented by
mixture of equal parts, by weight, OF
corn meal and gluten feed. For hogs
weighing from 125 to 100 pounds, add
six ounces of corn meal to each quart
of milk feed: or to the milk at dis
posal, add, to satisfy the animals,
mixture by weight of one-half corn
meal, one-fourth wheat bran, and one
fourth gluten meal; or to six quarts
milk add three-ffths by weight of corn
meal and two-ffths of gluten feed.
The pork thus made is Of excellent
quality and flavor. [ American Agri-
culturist.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
COMMON SALT AS A FERTILIZER.

COMMON SALT AS A FERTILIzER.
The question of the value of COM
mon salt (chloride of sodinm) as ma
nure is often discussed by practical
farmers, and it is claimed that plants
are frequently benefited by its applica-
ton. The beneficial action Of the
common salt contained in sea-weed
manure is attributed by H. j. Wheel
er and B. l.. Hartwel1, of the Rhode
Island station to the fact that sodium
is q natural constituent of all farm
plants and some soils, so far inland
that they get but little of it in the rain
water, or in which it is naturally def
cient, may contain snch small quanti
ties that its application supplies the
crop with direct fertilizer which is
lacking. Farms upon which large
quantities of commercial fertilizers
are used will generally receive there
with sufficient soda. Salt may be SER
viceable in killing fungi, and in freeing
land from larvae of insects. It acts as
solvent upon other elements in the
soil, setting them free for the use of
the crop. It absorbs moisture, and
may, therefore, be of some use in a
dry season. Il American Agriculturist.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

night and on Halloween night it be-
came o favorite ghostly challenge
among the young folks to alone visit
the haunted or whispering tree. 1t
became current rumor that a murder
had been committed there.
Mr.. Maxwell finally became annoy
ed at the superstitious talk which the
tree prompted and last week cut it
down. When his ak, after several
blows, had penetrated several inches
into the trunk water gushed forth and
continued running with considerable
force for several minutes, greatly to
Mr.. Maxwell's surprise. He finished
telling the tree and then had it sawed
into lengths to investigate. The rings
showed its age to be over $50 years.
1t stood on sloping ground near the
bank of swift running stream which
is fed from springs. In the trunk
was found seventy odd, old fashioned
bullets. These had been fred into
the tree mainly in perpendicular line
up to about five feet in height. Two
decayed streaks had ensued down to
the roots, several of which were hol-
low and ran down into The stream.
Through some species of capillary at
traction at first favored by the force
or head of the running stream, the
water had worked up the roots and up
one decayed streak and down the 9TH
er until it had established permanent
runway. 1t was the water that caused
the whispering noises, and the strange
secret was out. How long the bullets
had been in the tree and by whom
they were shot, there remains mys-
terry, but they must have been many
years, Judging from all appearances.
Herald.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
BEES AND HONEY.

Bees will not make much honey, nor
will the brood thrive well, if the hives
stand where they receive strong and
disagreeable odors. If the odor last
only for few days, they will simply
stop work and consume the honey
they have on hand during that time !;
but permanent strong smell like that
of rendering establishment or glue
or fertilizer factory discourages them
every time the wind brings it toward
them, and the colony soon die out.
Perhaps the reason some farmers cam
not succeed with them, is because they
place the hives too near the hog yard
or other places of foul odor.
Some people say it is natural for
bees to swarm, and therefore wrong
to attempt to check it, or to control
by artificial dividing of colonies. But
Is not the whole business of farming,
In all it's branches, an attempt to inn
prove upon the crude processes Of
nature? It is not natural to the wild
horse or other animals to have warm
stables and an abundance Of food in
the winter, but when they are subdued
to the use of man they require them,
or they fail to meet the require
ments of man. Such people would do
better to let their bees seek out their
nests in hollow trees, as is natural for
the wild bees to do, than to provide
niyes for them to go into.
"Out West" it is quite the fashion
for the principal bee keepers to have
several yards Of bees miles apart, 50
that they can find honey enough, and
they visit them almost every day, but
''Down East we do not hear Of any
| one who has one-half the bees his own
farm would furnish nectar for. - Bos.
ton Cultiyator.
!
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
A Ridge Of Corn.

with heart grown weary of the heat
And hungry for the breath
OF field and farm, with eager feet
trod the pavement dry as death
Through city streets where vice is born
And sudden, 10 ridge OF corn
Above the dingy roofs it stood
dome of tossing, tangled spears,
Dark, cool, and sweet as any wood
Its silken CLEAN and plumed ears
Laughed on me through the haze OF morn,
The tranquil preseuce Of the corn.
Upon the salt wind from the sea,
Borne westward swift as dreams
OF boyhood are, I seemed to be
Once more part OF sounds and CLEANS
Thrown on me by the winds of morn
Amid the rustling rows of corn
I barred my head, and on me fell
The old wild wizardry again
Of leaf and sky, the moving spell
OF boyhoodis easy joy or pain,
When pumpkin trump was Siegfried's horn
Echoing down the walls of corn.
I saw the field (as trackless then
AS wood to Daniel Boone)
Wherein we hunted wolves and men,
And ranged and twanged the green bassoon.
Not blither Robin Hoods merry horn,
Than pumpkin vine amid the corn.
In central deeps the melons lay,
Slow swelling in the August sun.
traced again the narrow way,
And joined again the stealthy rum
The jack-o'-lantern race was born "a
Within the shadows of the corn.
o wide, west wilderness of leaves!
o playmates far away Over thee
The slow wind like mourner grieyes,
And stirs the piumed ears like sea.
Would we could sound again the horn
In vast sweet presence of the cornl
-HAmLIS GARLAND, in Harper's Weekly.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Never breed from grade boar the
pure bred is none too good.
Any stimulant fed to poultry too
plentifully and persistently soon loses
its effect.
Do not be stingy with the bedding
given hogs, especially the SOW who is
in farrow.
Oily foods should not be fed to lay
ing hens except in cold weather or
when they are molting.
Avoid getting your breeding boar
too fat; rather give him food that
forms bone and muscle.
Red pepper is only temporary
stimulant, and increases the fowls APP
petite for short time only.
Stagnant water is the home of dis
ease germs hence it is the best policy
to have drain in the hog yard.
When you purchase any pigs quar-
antine them for thirty days before let
ting them associate with your others.
The curl in the pigs tail is an indi-
cation of health and thrift. Don't
fail to keep your eye on the indicator.
Sunfower seed and oil meal can be
fed to good advantage in small quanti-
ties during the molting season.
Mix all slops fed fresh at each feed
ing. Nothing is more injurious than
the feeding of sour, fermented, rotten
slops.
All beginners in poultry keeping
are advised to start with few fowls,
increasing the number as they learn
how to handle them.
Never feed pig so Literally but
that it will always be ready to eat
heartily at the next meal. Oyer-gorg-
ing is as Improbable as half-starving
it.
Pigs should be taught to eat at the
earliest age possible. Give them milk
in shallow trough, and oats upon the
ground where the SOW cannot get to
modest them.
The grass fed SOW never becomes
addicted to the vice Of pig eating.
Her whole system is in good condi-
ton, and only feverish, constipatcd
sows devour their pigs.
Good oats, whole or ground, are far
preferable to corn as food for preg-
nant sows. Oats form bone and mus
Gle rather than fat; hence their value
for the breeding sows and embryo
| pigs.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
Mystery Of the whispering Tree.

For years past a large maple on the
grounds of Attorney J. H. Maxwell,
at the East End, Pittsburg, has been
known as sThe Whispering Tree. ("
and as such excited the curiosity OF
many and the superstition of others.
A peculiar murmuring could be heard
within the trunk Of the tree, especial
ly at night, and sometimes at mid
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
Had to Wait. Too

Ponsonby--sDon't you think this
struggling for mustaches on the part
of the walters extremely indecorous p"
Wetherby-"Not at all. remember
as boy, struggling for one myself. -
New York Herald.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
How They Stopped the Run.
BIZ ANTHONY HOPE.

There was run on the OanQnill ana
District Bank. It had lasted the
whole of one day, and had shown no
signs of abating in the evening. Ii it
had lasted another dayl Old Mr..
Bradshaw wiped his brow. 1t had
come Just at the awkwardest time
just after the farmers had got their
usual loans, just when securities were
hard to realize; in fact, just at the
moment when the bank, though in
reality solvent, was emphatically not
in O position to answer long-contin-
ued demand for payment on the spot.
Mr.. Bradshaw groaned out all these
distressing facts to his son Dick. 1t
was, indeed, no use talking to Dick,
for he took no interest in business,
and had spent the day in boat with
the Flirtington girls; still, Mr.. Brad
shaw was bound to talk to some one.
ssWe shall have to put the shutters
up. One days grace would save us, l
believe; we could get the money then.
But if they're at us again tomorrow
morning we can't last two hours"
Dick sympathized, but had nothing
to suggest, except that it would not
make matters worse if he carried out
his engagement to go to the circus
with the Flirtington girls.
ssOh, go to grass with the Flirting
ton girls, if you like" groaned Mr..
Bradshaw.
So Dick went to the circus and en-
;oyed the performance very much, es-
pecially the ion-taming, which was
magnificent and so impressed Dick
that he deserted his companions, went
behind the scenes, and insisted on
standing Signor Philippini several
glasses.
'Is that big chap quite safe?" he
asked, admiringly.
81 can do anything with i'm, . said
the signor Whose English was natural
ly defective); 'but with any one helse
'e's a roarer, e is, and no mistake"
After the performance Dick took
the Flirtington girls home; then with
thoughtful look on his face, he went
and had some talk with his father, and
came away, carefully placing roll of
notes in his breast-pocket. Then he
sought Signor Philippians society once
more. And that is all that is really
known abort it-if, that is, we discard
the obviously fanciful statement OF
Fanny Flirtington that as she was
gazing at the moon about 2 a. M, she
saw heavy wagon, drawn by two
horses and driven by Signor Philip
pini, pass along the street in the direc-
tion of the bank. She must have been
wrong; for Philippini, by the evi.
dence of his signora Whose name, not
withstanding that Philippians morals
were perfectly correct, was Mrs. Bug
gins), went to bed at 11.30 and snored
like pig all night
However these things may be. this is
what happened next morning: Wher
the first of the depositors arrived at
q. M, they found one of the windows
of the bank smashed to pieces, and the
shutter hanging loose. A cry went NJ
that there had been robbery ,and one
or two men began to climb in. They
did not get far before fearful roal
proceeded from the neighborhood o
the counter. They looked at one an
other and said it would be more regu
lar to wait for the officials. The roar
continued. They sent for Mr.. Brad
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. 1t is
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels tocleanse the sys-
tenn effectually, it promotes the health and
comfort Of all who use it, and with millions it
is the best and only remedy.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

Syrup

Boschee's German Syrup IS more
successful in the treatment Of Con-
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. It has been tried under
every variety of climate. In tho
bleak, bitter North, in damp New
England, in the tickle Middle States,
Ia the hot, moist South every.
where. 1T has been in demand by
every nationality. Ithas been EN-.
p1oyed in every stage of Consump.
ton. In brief it has been used
by millions and its the only true and
reliable CONSUMPTION Remedy. q
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
4 HOMEMADE CONDITION POWDER.

Flax seed, one pint; jimson seed,
one pint; saltpeter, one-half pint.
These should be ground to powder
and mixed with an equal quantity of
Indian meal. Feed two tablespoon
fuls twice day, mixed with oats. -
(American Farmer,
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

The German Empire has 5000
farms. Of which 1853, 900 are cultiyat-
ed by the owners.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

No matter of how long standing. Write
for free treatise testimonials. etc, to S. ].
Hollensworth q Co. Owego, Tioga Co., y. Y
Price ST.: by mail ST 15
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

Are your lungs sore? Hatchs Universal
Cough Syrup will cure them. 25c. at druggists.
Ii afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at 25c per hottie.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

SKIM MILK FOR PIGS.
Unless skim milk can be sold at one
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

Beecham's Pills with drink of water morn
ings. Beecham's-no others. 25 cents a box.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-06
GARRISON Batted Out OF the Rox By His
Former Com panions.

clarkson Batted Out Of the Box By His
Former Companions.
Boston, June 6--John Clark son made
one more attempt to defeat his FORMER
companions In the Boston club yesterday,
but received his usual dose. He was bat ted
out OF the box and was relieved by Young
at the beginning of the seventh inning,
after IL hits, including three "homers"
and double, had been made off him.
Harry Stalsy was very effective, despite
the number OF hits and runs recorded
against him. The umpire was especially
severe regarding strikes, and invariably
favored the visitors on the bases. The field
Ing was mixture Of good and bad, MAE
errors being made by the two teams
Tom Mccarthy made q brilliant running
catch OF low line fly, and some fine
throws to bases were made by both Duffy,
Carroll and Mccarthy, but the umpire
would not allow the outs.
The Bostons scored in six of the eight
innings, while Cleveland failed to cross
the rubber in five of them. Mccarthy,
Lowe and Long put the ball over the left
field fence. Merritt caught finely and
Tucker put up fine game.