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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
SLIDING clover.

Hoard's Dairyman compiled the
following suggestions on SLIDING
clover. If any readers have nything
new in this line, as the result of ex-
perience, this is the time TO let it be
known:
!. Commence to cut early, just as
soon as the first blossoms begin to
tGrn.
?. Do mot cut when the clover is
wet with dew or rain
5. When very green the clover may
be slightly wiIted the first two or
three days.
/. Have small pits, so as to expose
as little top surface as possible. For
this purpose put partitions IN silo if
necessary.
8. Whatever may be claimed as to
corn, the best Judgment we can get is
in favor of running clover through
the cutting box.
o. Glover does not settle as easily
in the pit as corn. Hence tramping
the corners and sides and keeping
ensilage higher there than in center
are recommended.
z Cover top with boards and
weight.
:. Glover will usually yield two
good crops in one season, but both
will be less in gross weight than one
crop OF corn. The clover will, how
ever. contain less water. and cost
considered, will probably return as
much feed as the corn
8. Glover ensilage has a nutritive
ratio of to ). but it would require
50 to 100 pounds of it TO make full
ration for 1,000 COW, as ~ PER cent
o. more is water. BY ration we mean
sufficient food for twenty-four hours.
Ordinary corn silage contains nearly
- per cent water, and average
pasture grass 70 per cent.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Sires Of all kinds should be given
plenty Of exercise
Don't allow stock to suffer for salt
or plenty Of good water.
It is cheaper to prevent disease
among the stock than to cure it.
There is no poorer investment OF
money than buying scrub sire.
The man who makes money farm
ing must raise more than an average
crop.
The man who raises sheep should
have an eye to both the mutton and
the fleece.
A ration made up Of one-third each
OF corn. oats, and middlings is suited
to the srckling SOW.
just as soon as practical after a
rain the ground should be plowed and
the surface kept loose.
A sheep breeder thinks that sheep
properly cared for will pay even ii
the wool were given away.
A man should keep the future in
terest Of his dock in mind and not
sell of the best eve lambs.
Send for the bulletins of the United
States department OF agriculture, also
for those issued by the experiment
station Of your state.
Work teams should match as well
as possible in size, strength and
spirit A spirited horse by the side
OF lazy one will fret.
a writer says that many farmer
who is starving to death raising
wheat could improve his farm and
make money by dairying.
A writer advocates spreading
gravel over impervious clay lands.
When the small stones are incorpor-
ated with the soil, they make it more
friable.
A great deal OF time and WORRY Is
saved by having the crops in long
rows. Begin square with the world"
make straight rows and avoid point
rows as far as possible.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Teaspoons are LEFT in the saucer.
NOT in the cup
Making noise, either in eating or
drinking is vulgar.
Always eheerfully defer to older
people and to gueses.
Little children only have the nap
kin arranged as bib
Eat slowly, and do not FIJI the
mouth with large quantities.
A paste OF mud applied toan insect
sting will quickly allay the pain.
Fat the food served, or quietly
leave upon the plate without remarks.
When You do the weekly sweeping
wipe up the mating with salt and
water.
Opening canned fruit an hour or
two before using. that IL may regain
the excluded oxygen, improves the
favor
A pan Of boiling vinegar on the
stove will aid greatly in counteract-
ing the disagreeable doors that arise
from cooking.
SKINNED milk makes hardwood
floors. stained ones and oil cloths
look shiny. A wooden cloth should
be used to wipe up the floor with.
When preparing potatoes to fry,
slice thin have the grease hot before
putting them in the skillet, then
sprinkle little -four over them
when frying.
Newspapers wet thoroughly and
crumpled up are excellent to sweep
a carpet with, making it look bright,
and with far less trouble than it is to
wipe it with damp cloth.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

The habit that Southern negroes
have Of talking to themselves IL
noticed by everyone in the towns
below Mason and Dixon's line. One
servant in Southern family used to
carry on conversation with herself.
sometimes alleging carelessness and
disorder in one tone of voice then
defending herself from those charges
in another tone. She would upbrald
and apply disagreeable epithets to
herself when things were not to her
mind, while at other times. especially
when she was dressed in her best,
she would stand before her mirror
and assure her reflection that she was
just as pretty as white folks.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
sim Unexplaine,i.

No theory or hypothesis which has
commanded general acceptation has
yet been suggested for the explana-
tion OF the aurora borealis or north
ern lights. What is known is this:
The direction of auroral jets or rays
and the position Of the crowns have
a connection with the magnetic
meridian, and the aurora produces
great magnetic perturbation. There
fore it seems evident that the theater
of its action is the atmosphere. and
that the agent to which it's develop
ment is due is electricity, influenced
in some unascertained manner BY
terrestrial magnetism.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
Standards Of Measurement.

Tbs foot" is named from the
length OF that member In a full-grown
man. Some say that It was so-called
from the length Of the foot of a Ger.
tain English king, but it Is believed
TO cave been a standard Of measure.
ment among the ancient Egyptians.
The cubit is from the latin cubitus.
an elbow, and is the distance from
the elbow to the end Of the middle
finger Fathom is from tho Aryan.
lat, to extend, and denotes the ais.
lance from tip to tip Of the fingers.
when the arms Of an avcrage.si2ed
man are fully extended.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

done, so that the young fbers may
strike at once into solid soil. Even
in potting plants, with soil In
proper condition it cannot be made
too tirp, if nothing harder than the
hands be used 1t is oftentimes neces-
sary to use a small rammer to make
the soil sufficiently firm, especially
when changing a well-rooted plant
from q small to larger pot. The
benefit of pressing the soil over
newly sown seeds is not so well
known as it should be. Under some
conditions OF weather it makes all
the difference between success and
failure. Firlning soil around seeds
and plants is evidence of good cnl-
tuse-Earmer's Voice.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Lean Customer--I want some med.
icine or something that will put more
hesh on my bones.
Medicine Dealer, filling large bot.
tie from large glass jar-I'his will fix
you. Take tablespoonful three
times a day, eat plenty Of SOUP.
meat leguminous vegetables. wheat
bread and fruits, and abstain from
energetic exercise 2s. Cd. Thanks
RAT Customer, five minutes later
! want something that will relieve me
OF this superhuous fat
Medicine Dealer, filing bottle from
the same large glass jar-This will
fix you. Take a teaspoonful three
times a day, abstain from soup. meat
lcguminous vegetables, wheat bread
and fruits, and take plenty Of en-.
ergetic exercise. 2s. Cd. Thanks.
London Tit-Bits.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
4 Brnvo and wl.e rread,man.

A person who was supposed TO be
tho French General MOu'on, Count
dc Loban. was once captured By an
English vessel; but after time tho
captain discovered that hs prisoner
was the Count de Montro1d. why
did you deceive me?n no demanded,
angrily, OF tho count. ~ did not
deceive you replied Montrond;
mot at all You thought | was
General Mouton. You told me so.
You have fifty-gun fritate. Was IL
for me. who have only apocket.pistol.
TO contradict your" The captain did
not forgive Montrond. ind took every
opportunity to treat hin rudely. Ono
evening at dinner. some one proposed
the health of the Frolch. As Mon
trond rose to acknowledge IL, tho
captain cried. They are all cow
ardsl make no exceptions;
when Montrond's tirn came, he
gave this sentiment: They are all
gentlemen, but mako exceptions. w.
Argonaut,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

In a recent majoritJ report made
by a committee on the code of ethics
of the American medical association
it was recommended that physicians
be permitted to patent mechanical
devices and to consult with all legal
practitioners. This is a step in the
right direction. Why should me.
chanical genins in the medical pro-
iession go unrewarded any more than
in any other AMI Why should mot a
homeophathist and an allopathist
and an eclectic consult together?
Surely a case of cramp collie in a pa
tent is no less painful whether OBJ
served by one school Of medicine or
another. Pathology is the came
whether sugar-coated pills, roots and
herbs or what not are nsed
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

ONCE the story OF Philadelphia
blackbird killing and devouring one
Of the pestiferous sparrows that had
attempted to invade her nest is veri-
fed and every community in this
country that hears of the blackbird's
heroic treatment Of his enemy, will
at once want to encourage the cooling
of many more than four and twenty
blackbirds. If the impudent and per-
sistent sparrow has found his match
in the blackbird, America Will be apt
to want to canonize him.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Iris not an uncommon thing fol
municipal authorities to find them
selves called upon to prevent would
he suicides doing themselves violence.
Policemen have frequently rescued
from drowning people who had
thrown themselves into the water,
but to be called for to prevent man
from having himself buried alive is
something unique in police or NUM-
eipal authority history. That is
what the Chicago police are engaged
in doing. They are preventing a
man who claims knowledge of an In
dian occult science from having him
self put in a grave alive from which
he promises to emerge in September
alive and well
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Gan acquaintance OF yours, oh -
inquired Brown, as his friend Green
lifted his hat to passing lady.
Eyes, slight acquaintance "
''She smiled very sweetly on you. {"
"She ought to. The court allowed
her $4,000 alimony."
Brown tried to say something
about the weather, but his emotions
drowned him, and they didn't get
chatty again until Green struck
banana peel.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

MANY honorary titles have been
granted by colleges this year, titles
which, doubtless in most instances,
have added honor. to the men upon
whom they have been conferred.
But man is most worthy of honor
after all when he is so great that no
title can add distinction to him
William Shakespeare. LII ID, Phi ID, or
Abraham Lincoln, A NJ, or DIR.
George Washington would not have
half the significance Of the plain
names Of Shakespeare, Lincoln and
Washington.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
q RUSSIAN CAPTAIN.
Merciless Brutality In the Land of the
Great White Gar.

! Great White Gear.
One fine winters morning sleigh
bells jingled in our Russian village.
A police captain and his lieutenant
made their appearance, wrapped up
in furs. Behind them was mysteri-
Gus bundle covered with cloth, This
all happened before | settled here,
| but the impression is fresh still. The
peasants gathered quickly about the
strangers. anticipating nothing good
from the appearance of police Off
Ger in their midst, says TIE Contem-
porary Review. The captain alighted
slowly from the sleigh, eyed his au-
dience sharply while he calculated
the amount he could wiring from
them, then said sternly:
Where is your village elder?"
Here. your Grace answered a
white-haired. venerable peasant,
bowling abjectly
Your nameT' continued the po-
lice captain.
'Ivan lvanoviteh. your Grace, =
answered the old man. bowling again
almost tothe earth.
Ivan Ivanovitch." said the cap
tain impressively, addressing the
congregation of trembling peasants,
''a terrible crime has been com
mitted close to this village on your
land
sin Gods name, WHAT" asked the
old man, turning pale.
''See, then. for yourself, said the
police captain, and with that he
threw OFF the cover and revealed to
the panic stricken gaze Of the simple
villagers the mutilated body of a
dead man. This is a frightful
crime. " continued the captain, and
there must be dreadful retribution.
Your community is responsible for
this murder and must bear the con
sequences. There must be a commits
sion sent here; the matter must be
investigated.
Anything but that!' begged the
village elder. piteously. stroking and
kissing the captains coat. He knew
too well that such q commission
meant ruinous fines, to say nothing
of floggings for every witness. The
peasants with one voice joined in
the appeal:
Anything but judicial inquiry.
'.But the matter is very serious, =
said the captain. IAN inquiry must
be held"
''But perhaps you can help us out
Of the trouble, " said the elder per-
suasively.
Perhaps" unused the captain.
''but it will cost me lot OF money. =
What do you want lis TO ray2n
asked the elder
Zone hundred roubles may do it. =
said the captain.
Zone hundred roubles" screamed
the desperate peasants. I'VE haven't
got so much in the whole place You
want to ruin us"
Take ifty?'' pleaded the venerable
elder
What, you rascals! DO you take
me for beggar that you seek to
dicker with me? However, you seem
to be poor; l shall insist only on
seventy.
The peasants agreed sadly to the
bargain; the money was paid;
the captain and his lieutenant
climbed into the sleigh once more
and drove away with the corpse to
the next village. Here they repeated
the same performance and as long as
the cold weather lasted that corpse
represented ct least fifty roubles out
of every village community it visited.
OF course that particular trick win
not be repeated in our lifetime, but
others Just as brutal will take its
place. for the peasants are always
ready to be fooled and aeeced by
anyone who comes along dressed
either as policeman or priest.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Iris all very well for the worlds
fair managers to be figuring on royal
visitors from Europe. But it will
pay them a great deal more to ar
range for great excursions at cheap
rates from all parts Of this country.
Royalty has an unpleasant faculty Of
wanting everything for nothing.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

SEVERAL exchanges are gravely
discussing the question of whether
or not lawyer can be a gentleman.
Doubtless to be gentleman is
among the possibilities open to a
member of the legal profession. but
once having started on his career, he
seems generally to prefer to keep
right on being a lawyer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Court etiquette on the Pacific
coast seems to be approaching the
point of effeminacy. BY the latest
ruling from the bench gentlemen are
expected to unburden their pockets
of firearms before entering. A man
with a gun within reach will say
things that otherwise he would not.
The ruling of the court seems to be
an iDsidious thrust at the much
Wanted freedom Of sereech.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

| To introduce q queen bee, say
iowa Homestead, first remove the old
queen. Have your new queen in a
cage properly provisioned, insert
this in the hive between two brood
| frames. so the bees can eat out the
candy. 1t should be arranged that
it will take some two or three to eat
the candy before she is liberated.
Directions accompany all queens
sent out, or send to any breeder and
they will mail you their directions.
If your bees are very cross it would
not do any harm to have some sweet
ened water scented with peppermint
essence. Sometimes bees swarm that
have not made any preparations in
the way OF building cells; in this
case it viii be from twelve TO sixteen
days before the queen will hatch
Where they have sealed cells it will be
six or seven. if they have not been
delayed on account OF bad weather.
Some times-but the best way is to
look in the hive and try TO guess
from appearance. They are not all
alike. By removing the old stand to
new locality and settling the swarm
where the old colony stood. the
swarm would secure nearly all the
working bees 1t would very much
weaken the parent colony; still they
might swarm. Sometimes they swarm
with only cupful OF bees. Remov-
ing all queen cells but one, or cover
ing the entrance with 4 queen ex-
cluder, will lessen the chances OF a
second swarm. The excluder must
be removed within few DAYS to give
the new queen a chance to mate.
The prospects would be the swarm
would again swarm if in a good sea-
SON A pure Italian queen mated to a
black drone will give hybrid bees.
Usually about half black and half
with three bands. In a locality where
there are Italians. in few years
there will be Cne-half blood drones,
three fourth blood drones and seven
eighth bloods, etc. Now, q queen
from z pure mother mated to a seven
eighth blood drone would give nearly
all three banded tees. This is what
makes it such careful work to test
queens. We had a queen once that
did not show more than one bee in
one hundred that was black. We
took comb of Matching brood and
put wires at both sides of il, let il
remain three days and then examined.
We found about one il one hundred
black Before we closed the hive we
pulled the queens head OF and gave
it another queen, If the queen is
started from the egg, as size should
be. it will take not less than twenty
days and most probably twenty-five or
thirty days before she is laying.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

SEVERAL of the railroads propose
to carry their employees and their
families to the world fair free of
charge. That is very good as far as
it goes, but this act will not absolve
them from the duty of making rate
to the general public which will en-
able the people to see the great show
at Chicago at a cost which comes
within their means.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Failures in tgansplanting trees
more frequently occur from what
might be termed loose planting than
is supposed. In setting tree, dry
ish and pulyerized soil shdhld be
used, and this should be pressed
among tho roots as firmly as may be
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

WHEN New York woman named
Hunter accidentally received letter
from her husband. addressed Dear
Mrs. Browning, he explained that he
had written it merely to arouse her
jealousy. The subsequent procure
ment of divorce indicates that a
more successful attempt than his was
never made.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Mr.. Beentherc Yale-Well, / guess
John has settled down TO study for
his examinations at last.
Mrs. Yale--Why do you think SOP
Mr.. Beenthere Yale-He doesn't
write home for money to buy books
as often as he did earlier in the sea-
son.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

EGYPT's khedive seems to have a
glimmering idea that the land over
which he nominally rules ought 10 be
something more than mere depend
ency of England. This young ruler
will speedily realize the vast differ
ence that exists on occasion between
sought and lis. y
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

THIRTY persons -suicidea by jump
ing from the Eiffel tower, but thus
far no life has been lost by its coun-
terpart at the Columbian fair-.he
great Ferris wheel. The wheel isn't
in it with the Eiffei tower. but the
cold storage tower crowds the Eiffel
record pretty close.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

The only inkling Of good fortune in
connection with the Victoria disaster
seems TO have befallen Vice Admiral
Tryon. 1t seems, according to high
English authority, that by drowning
he saved himself the ignominy OF
being shot
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Wen ordered work IS not an injury
to mares with sucking colts. but CON
ditions arise in the rush of farm
labor, which make great care neces-
sary in order TO avoid serious injury
both to mare and colt. Overheating
the dam by violent exercise il the
middle OF the day is one OF these,
says the American Agriculeuralist,
but it does not represent all the dan
ger. In the hurry Of his work the
driver of team is often inclined to a
fractions handling Of his Lorses. with
a>resulting use OF the whip and harsh
words and tones that fret ana often
greatly excite the nervous system OF
Of mares in milk, the nervous system
being particularly sensitive at this
time, to disturbing causes, It is very
well known to intelligent dairvmen
that harshness in the treatment OF
cows, is at once followed by a
decrease in the quantity Doth of mill;
and butter, and that, too. where the
harshness is not accompanied by
blows. What may be thought then
OF the effect upon the nilk-produc.
ing organs of the mare Of the use Of
the lash, the brutal jerking upon the
horses mouth with the reins. and
the rough language that one too
often notices in the driving OF horsesP
humanity and love for dumb
animals ought 70 insure kind treat
ment OF all the animals upon the
farm, but if that idea does not carry
sufficient weight with some. self
interest ought to come in and show
that unkindness means a positive
loss in dollars and cents. II il often,
however, not question OF real
brutality on the part of unkind
drivers of horses. The drivers are
themselves perhaps tired and fret
ted, and thoughtlessly and i'm
pulsively blow of the
lash is given, or the harsh commands
uttered that would not be given or
uttered under other circumstances.
In such cases the driver must keep a
check upon himself as well as upon
his horses.
Mares in milk are more susceptible
to changes of temperature or to sud-
den chills from drinking freely of
very cold water whea heated. In all
ways brood mares must be treated
with extra care and kindness, If their
own future usefulness is to be con-
served, and the thrifty growth Of DE
foal assured. They should be given
a nourisbing supply of food that will
provide abundant sustenance for the
dam. and an ample supply Of milk
Tor the colt Good pasturage and a
liberal ration in which bran or
ground oats predominant will be
found to yield most satisfactory re-
suits.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
The TabIceloth % cnro q ooea mono

A frequent atmospheric phenom-
enon at Cape OF Good Ibpe is a queer
mist which overhangs Table noun
tain, and is known the world over as
"the tablecloth." tn, mists which
gradually collect over tho mountain
spread their surface over the perpen-
dicular sides OF the towering pilo Of
rocks, dropping over sho edges In
folds, exactly like piece Of fabric.
Then the wind begins TO roar and
lash fragments from tte edges OF the
"cloth' until II is finally torn TO
pieces. This singula' atmospheric
freak Is usually seen on the aftcr-
moons Of very hot day.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

PRESIDENT VAsoUEz of one of the
little Ay-by-night republics down
south has just had sixteen OF his
prominent opponents stood up in
neat row and shot This is not ex-
actly politics, but it has the SAVIOR OF
bnsinass.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02
THE FARM AND HOME.
INTRODUCING QUEENS AND
OTHER BEE MATTERS.

The Care of Mares with suckiiOs Colts
About SLIDING Glover-PaekinE the
Soil-Live Fence Posts-Farn Notes
and Home Hints.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-02

Miko--Arrah. Pat, ire We kilt In
tirelyP II ye're dead shpakel
Pat-No, Mike, O'm not dead
but Dim spaehelesa Judge.