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The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
Fungus spores In Seeds.

Some fungous diseases of fruits and
vegetables live over winter in the
seeds. This is especially true OF the
bean anthracnose, and possibly also of
the watermelon rot The fungus spores
in the seeds may be killed by soaking
for an hour in solution OF three
ounces OF copper carbonate in one
quart of ammonia and diluted with
four and a half gallons OF water. This
is somewhat similar to the treatment of
oats and wheat preparatory to sowing
found SO efficient at many of the ex-
pertinent stations and in actual prac.
tice on hundreds of farms
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
PLANTING PEAR TREES.
The Kinds which Arc Most Profitable for
the Average Grower.

the Average Grower.
Never plant pear trees on wet SOIL.
Do not be afraid to manure them, Tor
you cannot produce large and luscious
pears on starved trees. Do not let them
run too near the sky, but prune back
some every year. If this is done In
June and July ii will induce fruitful
ness in trees that are tardy bearers
OF all the early kinds Tyson is my
favorite 1t is almost free from blight
and for beauty and delicate flavor 1t is
scarcely equaled Seckel is also nearly
blight proof and behaves we'll either as
a dwarf or standard. 1t bears well
and for sugary richness and high flavor
is equal to the best Howell is another
favorite and is dependable bearer,
but the fruit is too soft for market.
Sheldon should not be forgotten. as 1t
is one of the best Of the fall varieties.
Bartlett is too well known to be de-
scribed and should be planted either
for home or market use. AnJou is
about the best of the winter kinds, ex-
cept it be Lawrence. All these are well
tested and of high qualities almost
every way. Those who want to make
money regardless of giving offense to
those who really know what good
pears are should plant Kieffer. 1t will
pay in almost any market, and when
cooked with sugar is quite good. LIE
Conte is almost tasteless, but in the
south it pays for marleek--Prof L. II.
Van Damau
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
Told by the Teller.

I'm our bank, you know" said the
paying tellor, 1--WE never allow any
cigarette smoking, and part of my
business is to see that nobody comes
into the bank with one of the vile
things burning. Well, the other morn
ing a young fellow came in with a
note he wanted certified He was q
nice, country-looking sort Of boy,
and must have been new at his bust.
ness, as he wandered all around the
bank before he struck my window.
But as soon as he came up to me
canght the smell of cigarette. Some
body is smoking cigarette thought
to myself, and 1t must be that boy
though l don't see one in his mouth. ;
So l looked at him and said: Have
you cigarette?
"What, sir?" said the boy, as cool
and fresh as May morning.
Have you cigarette?'
"And before l could say another
word that kid made q grab in his
pocket, hauled out box and stuck
them in at my window with the remark:
Why, yes, cert'nly-help yourself?'
Fresh? Well, l guess so!"-N. Y
Tribune
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

The farmers will be the principal
beneficiaries from road reform, but the
benefits will be extended to all classes
and its effect upon business must be of
the greatest Importance. The move
ment should command the support of
every citizen, and wherever man is
found with moss covered ideas of pro-
gression he should oe an especial object
of consideration by his neighbors =
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
A TERRIBLE BURDEN.


Poor Roads Are the Heaviest Loads Farm
ers Have to Carry.
There is considerable talk in quiet
way among farmers concerning the
roads and the question of lettering
them. They are beginning to realize
that the only time the roads are good
is in the summer when they are most
engaged with their farm work, or by o
chance freeze up in winter. The times
when they need them the most they
are the worst. In the city where peo-
pie drive for pleasure the roads are al
ways good The first and most liberal
improvements are put upon the high
WAYS. An investment OF this nature
not only serves for pleasure, but COM
mercial profit No business man would
allow for moment u mud hole or rut
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

To prevent the spread OF influenza
where there is catarrhal discharge,
all handkerchiefs used by the patient
should be placed where they will not
be likely to be handled by other mem,
bers of the family, or to come in con.
tact with other clothing. When they
are washed they may be thoroughly
disinfected, freed from stains and
whitened II first soaked in cold water
to which half-cupful OF the best kero-
sene oil has been added. Add enough
boiling water to the cold to heat it,
and with soap wash them out of this
water, and through another warm
water containing soap and little oil.
Rinse thoroughly and dry in the omen
air, leaving them out of doors an entire
day, when they should be entirely free
from the smell of oil.-N. Y. Post
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
Mr.. FuNNyMAN,s IDEA.
A Farmer Humorist Tells How to Hav'
Good Roads.

Farmer Humorist Tells How to Have
Good Roads.
I can inform your readers Of the very
best way that roads Gun be improved
and the only way to have lasting roads.
Take the road tax from every farmer
who is willing or able to build up and
care for limited length of road. Di-
vide the country roads up into small
chunks. Give premium of u new
kind Of pig or new strain Of cockerel
for the best improved chunk of road in
the care of any single farmer
Get the ladies interested by offering
them prizes of sweetmeats or chocolate
drops, il they will use their influence
with their husbands, father and sweet
hearts. to make and keep up their
quota OF the road. Have kissing bees
which will interest the boys, they will
do any sort OF work for kiss This
will start up big excitement through
out the country.
Offer to give all the stone, gravel or
sand necessary to make a permanent
road. When there is no stone there is
plenty OF gravel, and when there is no
gravel there is sand. Mix sand with
clay-mix gravel with cldy-mix stone
broken as small as hens eggs with
clay. Tax city people and farmers
who do not help to make the roads
Then when everything begins to
work smoothly offer reward for the
poorest worked piece of road. The re-
ward may be pair of mules ears cut
from the head OF defunct mule, well
creased and dried. There is nothing
like rewards offered to start the
farmer into good actions. feel conf
dent If the above is put into practice
we will have the best roads that the
world ever saw. And we will have
plenty Of fun as well as good roads.
Stir 'em up.-Cor. Rural World.
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

of the pieces has fallen out Where
the two or more cracks meet, remove
the pointed piece and carefully break
off a small bit of the point, replace the
piece lay one button face down on the
outside with the ends Of the wire down
through opposite holes, and both ends
through the opening in the glass; put
the other button on the wire face up;
twist the wire until the buttons press
the glass firmly, and the pieces will be
held securely.-Elder's Wife, in Amer
lean Gardening.
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

Don't let the cows get hungry for
salt They must have it in order to
give milk, for milk contains soda, and
salt (the common name for chloride of
sodium) is the material which furnishes
the soda. But for the soda the casein
of milk would be absent Neutralize
the soda by putting in an acid and see
how soon it turns to "elabber." Give
COWS daily access to salt
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
Slightly Twisted.

"Won't you hand me the nutcracker,
please, my dear% blandly remarked
Mr.. Fewsmith to his wife at tho dinner
table. with pleasure" was the an.
swer, but ! am sorry to see you SO adj
dicted to the Indicating habit have
heard that Darwin or some other great
man has said that nuts were never
intended for human consumption be-
cause they are SO well protected in
their natural covering; that they are
intended by nature only for germina.
tion."
what should like to KNOW re-.
sponded Fewsmith with his best com.
pany manner, lis how they can be more
appropriate for the German nation than
Tor free and independent Americans"
N. Y, Tribune, '''' 'e''T
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

Rupert. the barber, had been sem
fenced to death for murder at the in
stance of the public prosecutor. When
asked on the day before his execution
II he had any particular wish, the
culprit replied, "Oh, yes! should like
TO shave the public prosecutor
sere Gesellschaft.
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
TEMPORARY MENDING.

How to Repair y Break In Greenhouse or
Elsewhere.
I find two large metal buttons and
bit OF copper wire an efficient means OF
temporarily mending break in green
house or elsewhere provided that none
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

English laborers of oil kinds are
now paid over twice as much as they
were n century ago.
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10

Otner reasons Newman was q So
ciety man Of o not remarkable mental
caliber He measured up to the aver
age OF his set He was rather tall and
handsome, with face typicslly south
ern. What particular quality of his
that drew her toward him. Miss Bragg
herself could not say--but she was con-
scious Of liking him. Their walks, as
has been said. were frequent. and their
talks, while confidential. had never
touched upon matrimonial topics.
He reserved the mention of this sub
ject for the letter that has been re.
ferred to. Miss Bragg was bit dis
appointed at having SO important q
question treated after the manner Of q
business negotiation. 1t seemed lit
tie cowardly to write. Her reply was
Enthusiastically worded. To few
men in the world it would have meant
no." but to the generality of men
yea woman's yes
A call the next day would have ac-
corded with Miss Bragg's idea OF what
the behavior of q young man in New.
mann's place should have been, but he
did not call the next day. the next
week. the next month or the next year.
Indeed. three whole years passed and
he neither wrote or spoke to her upon
the subject After short time she re-
pented of having replied as shs had
done Her letter now seemed SO hasty.
SO ill-considered. II she had waited q
month to reply it would have been dif-
ferent, she felt Still she could not
understand Ncwmann's conduct and it
was far from her to ask him for an ex-
PLANTATION.
Miss Bragg dressed with great care,
and calmly self possessed. she sat
awaiting for Ne vmann. She read his
lnat two letters again, but the reperusal
vt Aem left her puzzled still From
The Van Buren press., 1894-03-10
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend 1t W. superior to any prescription
known to mo-" H. A. ARCHER, H. D.,
III So. Oxford St., brooklyn, N. Y.
The evening world., 1894-02-08
HAS HICCOUGHED TEN WEEKS,
Tbs Doctors Can't Stop It, and Oarberfy
Has Become Very Weak and
Enacia.ed.

Ten weeks ago last Tuesday John Car.
berry. OF No. % Webster street, New
ark, went around the corner to his bar
her and rested his back In the chair for
a shave. During the latherlng process
the barber chafed Carherry's throat
vigorously, and a violent attack Of hic-
coughs set In. His paroxysms were 50
severe that he left the char u%nsnayen,
ana went home and sought perfect quiet.
The ~hiccoughs continued in such rand
succession that he almost strangled. His
suGcessiCn that he almost ~strangled.
ihe h~lIcoughs were loud enough to
attract the attention OF passers on The
street, but gradually grew slower. N Ill
az 6'" T. N. he called at DIR. ChapinaE':
ONCE, on Belleville avenue, ami procured
a prescription. The medicine di4 HIM
lltli. good. and he did not sleep that
night. The next day Carberry attempted
TO work, but says he made a sorry Job
or Il, He called Dr. Corwin, and
attributed an hours intermission IN the
paroNys!ns 10 that physicians prescrip-
ton' tie was relieved for an hour or
two at Il time, SO far as their violence
was concerned, hut he said last night
10 \ World reporter:
For ten weeks there hasn't been an
nonr that have not had tho h~iccuughS,
~" feeling or sensation %. regular
spasms, though not so violent that |
harder and harder. until they wake me
~.
The patient was resting on "A coach
when the reporter called last night. lie
wdS very thin and haggard, and his
clothes seemed To have been made for a
much larger man. His sister talked, az
he could NOT, the greater part OF the
time. lie told his story with spasmodic
Interruptions about every twenty sec
onds, He Is thirty-two years old, and
was once in the %ship-yard. For a few
weeks previous 20 The attack he had
been tending bar al L.alars's saloon,
on Belleville avenue. At that place 1t was
said that Carberry was not a drinking
man He had drank nothing since he
vas employed there.
The family consists OF elderly parents
and a sister OF eighteen. who cares for
him She said they had tried ali sorts
OF home remedies before DIR. Lyon was
hrst called. They had given him sugar
IN vinegar and sugar N almost every
form. They HADN'T tried SPIDERS web,
she said. nor any Of the numerous r.dicu-
ious remedies suggested by callers. Hun.
dreds of persons had called 10 see him,
and no less than fifty between 6 and .
o'clock last evening.
The course of treatment Is to wash out
the patients stomach with warm water.
A pipe Ii put down his throat TO intro
The evening world., 1894-02-08
NO DIVORCE FOR MRS. MATTHEWS.
Her South Dakota Suit for q Wonder De-
cided in Favor Of the Husband.

James c.. Matthews. chief clerk Of the
Gilsey House. was married In 1882 to
Miss Adeline Sturtevant, the daughter
OF Charles p. Sturtevant, the eccentric
millionaire. In time, Matthews became
proprietor OF the S%turtevant House, but
finally lost its control. This. 1t is said,
brought about an estranEement between
husband ant wife. and she threatened
TO apply for a divorce, going TO Pennsyl-
yania for that purpose. The courts
there denied her d hearing, and in Octo-
Der, 1892, she took up her residence at
Sioux Falls. s. Oak. At the end
OF six months she brought an action for
absolute divorce; ahegb1g as the grounds
habitual intemperance. cruelty. desertion
and n~on-support. She also asked for
$1,000 for attorneys fees and $1,000 IA
alimony. OBJ.
In November last Matthews went 20
Sioux Falls and. through his attorney,
a. Is. kittridge, denied every allega-
ton. The case was tried. and Matthews
returned TO this city and resumed his
duties at the Gilsey House. Mrs.
Matthews journeyed East a little later,
and is now with her brother.
Yesterday Matthews received word
that the suit against him had gone in
his favor, 1t being the only case OF the
Kind, his attorney says. ever decided
against a woman la South Dakota.
The evening world., 1894-02-08
ON YOUR WAY, JOHNNIE.
Daveaport's E,it ms S]uperyisor ~
Federal Elections Near.


Postmaster Dayton. as custodian of
the Federal Building, will never again
be caused any annoyance by chief SD
pervtsor' Of Elections John l.. Davenport.
Yesterday the Federal Elections law
Vas repealed in Congress. and within II
lay or two. when the President shall
have signed the repeal measure, the hith.
erto unsupprSssibl- Johnny. like DIh, llu,
will Ind his.occuput lion gone. '
The last job Supervisor Davenport had
was -inesths Eaeent special electio.l for
ConECtsssnkh On theA fotu e tenth pnd.I'if-
teenM D@tSiets. United Stn1 ~ Marshal
Jaco6lM e await!ng 4 return fromFp pa
~ TO- the number OF Deputy Su-
peryisors he employed at tina election.
When that ~ made IL requisiIinn for thu
amounts. due the deputies, viii he made
by the Marshal and the men Inai.
. JisQr, l?svenpurr MAS. IL Washing.
TON yesterday Watching the doom ~ his
pet Force bill. and as IL. could notrhc
found at any Of his halintS to-day. il
was accspteIsfhat he vas s,in In th~tap-
Thro,istffths courtesy ~ the Judges Of
the Cnttfd States tircnit Court. SuvtI-
visor rDaysnpprt occupied a desk In
Clerk Shieldss office. room ~ Federal
Building. pending the special Congress
ional election. II Will require much time
and trouble for him to remove his effects
from that o~tice<after the President signs
the repeal measure. Then that viii Wit
ness the finale of John /. Davenport az
Supervisor Of Federal Elections.
The evening world., 1894-02-08

"THE WORLDS" CHALLENGE cup.
As early rs daybreak this morning, the
Garden was pandemonium 'ftself. The
Growing OF the proud looking. high-bred
ROSTERS. the Ncackle Of the Rens. the
squawkihssand! quaelahs pf the ducks.
geese and other water fowl. the rattle
o. the wire cages. and the saving and
heiss that Vas dearenins. "
the hour for the opening OF the
doors arrived several carriages of the
fashionable patrons OF the show were
drawn ap In front Of the Madison g
nue. entrance. At this time, however. the
wOrkmen were not entirely through with
their work, but by noon everything was
Among III; prominent exhibitors are
Ialtimore; Bradley; Bros. of AG ee. Mas OF |:
j. h. Thompson. of Paterson. y. j.. and
ADAMS Pardue and Young. of East
One Of the most valurhle and artistic
special prizes is that offere,t by The
World, 1t Is a silver cup. handsomely
and appropriately, engraved, and Is to be
EE,,ven to the exhibitor showing the best
Eorty-one exhibitors have entered for
this prize, n Il. c. Thornton. of Phila-
de,,phia, viii H1IdRe the exhibits.
are White plymouth Rocks. Sun Ply
mouth Rocks. American STANDARD Rur
Cochins. F~ul-Feathered Buff COchins,
Light Brahmas and Dark Brahmas.
There are W parallel rows of cages
running the full length of the Garden, In
which tho exhibits 81 rabbits. phessants,
prairie dogs. &c. will be exhibited.
one OF the most interesting feature OF
the show Is the incubator room. This liz
just TO the right Of the main entrance.
Another pleasing feature OF the show liz
the large tank In the middle OF the Gar
den for the NJ alter fowl.
The carrier pigeon, exhibit is said to be
the best over seen IN this country.
The Indications at the opening were
that the attendance will he largr and
fashioneble. 3
The evening world., 1894-02-08

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The evening world., 1894-02-08
MORE Time IS NECESSARY.
Otherwise the Police Investiga-
ton Will Be a Failure.
DR.. Parkhurst Says All Depends
Upon the Senate Now.

Unless the Senate Investiga ting Com.
suggestions contained in the letter OF
President smith. OF the Chamber OF
Commerce. published his morning. the
Att mpt to expose the alleged Corrup.
tlon in the Police Department will re
suit In dismal failure. The Committee
IL scheduled to come down from Albany
tomorrow and actually begin the taking
Of evidence. As matters stand now.
however. there are no witnesses ready
to testify and no lawyer TO conduct the
cSamination.'
Yes" said Rev. DR.. Parkhurst to an
Evening world" reporter this morning.
the whole matter Is in n haotic condi-
tinn. AN. depends ppOn what the Senate
will do to-day. 1t has twenty-four hours
in which to discuss the situation. II II
adopts the suggestions all will be well.
II not. | don gee what can be done.
'Thc letter forwarded by tho cha mber
Of Commerce answers all purposes. 1t
was practically decided upon on Tuesday
last. In the time limited by the Senate
1t would .be frnposstble to do anything.
To make..A thorodEh investigation Will
take at least stwo months.
We are in favor Of having the inyss,
p lss al Largely fssiS"i or ts RepuSIiGsns. but J" 'G the
Republican majority In the Legislature
is SO small that many OF the committee
men might be called up to Albany at any
time.
This investigation, when taken ny. II
at AL onclpled pr. P%arkhurst. must
intermission. Everything now rests with
Albany. II w have unlimited time, law
yt.ts who now hold, back win gladly ac-
Wine ,ae' coar1afttee and the ainerent
anrfisdre' congratulations are. wrestling
With. the snblsst of i9ysstiEating the 20
lamrlGrtng. alotisr IN the same old WAY.
Thet fp6dtoE Win Lawyer Frank Moss.
y dive before. ths Grand Jury t'-m9rrow,
mail and extortion against a well-known
Police Captain viii then, 1t IL said. be
made. ~.
counsel TO conduct the police investiga,
ton. John W. Con-, as first announced
in The Evening World has actually
been invited TO serve. III the senate com
mitteC EXTENDS the time for the investi-
cation ne will undoubtedly accept.
The decision OF Chairman l.exow. OF
the Senate Committce, that only the Pc.
lice Department could be Investigated
under the terms OF the resolution ap-
pointing the committee Is not taken az
n barrier to The Investigation OF any
other department. 1t IL alleged that the
police sytem IL dovetailel into every
other branch OF the municipal service,
particularly the Excise Department.
Thr Fir" Department. 1t is alleged, also
hinges on Vt.
One OF the most important subjects
which the Committee will be called upon
to investigate ~ why the city has not
been provided with police alarm signals
and IA patrol wagon service.