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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
To Close The Jaws.

"Watch the way your children shut
their teeth" says a dentist. ''Hhe
lower jaw should close inside or at
least even with the upper, Many do
this naturally, many more must be
taught and the sooner the easier.
There is no fact in artistic dentistry
more Important than this. To retain
the true facial lines is one of the chief
efforts Of the profession in its present
Advancement, and this shutting under
is a great art preservative. A forerun-
ner advancing age is the heavy low
er jaw, Rlich settles more and more as
the muscles of the face weaken and re-
lax with years-a tendency which is
long deferred if the jaw is trained to
be held back beneath the upper. Such
will be the case if the teeth close to-
gether properly. Watch your children
and yourselves, and if you have beer
shutting your teeth the wrong way fol
40 years begin to-day to reform.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
Loves Philosophy.

Pa and ma we're sitting quietly near
the fireplace. Pa was reading a paper
and ma was knitting. Presently ma
looked up over her glasses.
"Pa, she said, 81 b'lieye our Henry
is in love-"
"What makes you think so?'
"Well, he ain'tet nothln for week
past to speak of "
Pa laid his paper down in his lap,
folded his hands over it and gazed in
to the fire reaectively.
"It's kinder queer bout bein IN
love, he said slowly. "When people
is courtin, they never seem to keer
for yictuals, but jest as soon as they
git married victuals is about the only
thing they'll hustle for seven days in
the week"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

All, II she greets you with smile
She wears for you alone.
And fingers DER your name awhile
With soft, caressing tone;
II in her eyes there shines a light
Now tender, now demure--
She loves you'll
All, she loves youl
OF that you may be sure.
Or, II she has no use for you,
And lets you plainly see,
Whatever you may say or do,
How "horrid" she can be;
And If your treatment is much worse
Than other men endure
She loves youl
All, she loves you'll
or that you may be sure.
But If she's friendly and polite,
No matter where or when.
And greets you with the mild delight
She shows for other men;
No warmth or coldness in her air,
You'd better seek a cure
She loves you mott
She loves you not!
OF that you may be sure.
Philadelphia Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

The carat, used in estimating the
weight Of gems, is grain of Indian
wheat.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

Only one-fourth of the American
shipping is engaged on the high seas,
n per cent. being river, lake and
coasting trade.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
TIMELY BEE NOTES.

CARBoL1c scid and tar are said to be
specific for foul brood.
THICK, wel2-ripened honey will not
granulate SO readily as that which is
thin.
II the honey is overheated, both the
color and tho transparency are in
jured.
IT is better to have too much than
too little honey left in the hives for
the bees supplies.
In rendering beeswax a tin or brass
vessel should always be used. An iron
vessel tends to darken it.
WHILE the black bees are better
architects than the Italians and can
gather as much honey, the latter are
much the more docile and are easier
handled.
WHEN the weather is hot and dry
especially the hives should be well
shaded. Unless shaded the combs NAV
melt down, and then the bees will re-
main idle.
AFTER the honey season is fairly
over take most of the honey away from
the bees, SO that t'.ay will not rear a
large number Of bees that will be con-
Auness only.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
WHEN c,okv HAornE MEAsLEs.

We found We had 60 hide his shoes,
His stockings. trousers, Wsistcoat, coat
And tnen ho vowed he'0 put ON Sues
Pink Bingham, and ho'dahnd his boat
And have . lark. He Wouldn't stay
In bed and swallow nasty stuff
And thus he'd fret and toss all day.
Oh, there was interest quite enough
When Dicky had the naeaslesi
On Monday he was eloquent:
II say now. mother, since I'm sick,
must liSe like q hobby genW
What II Old Spectacles does kick!
500. here's . lunch list: five cream tarts,
Three red bananas. and some dates,
"A coffee cake and walnut hcarts!"
We sadly thought Of pearly gates
When Dicky had the measles
On Wednesday 'twas. he called for Bess:
"Hallooi Como in and read a story.
That's It; the page is turned. guess.
NOW give us fights and men all CORY.
Lie still, Don Carlo-sh-h-you'd bestl
Was that y Clssack rode the horse2
All right go on. oh, slr1p the rest.
That's only love-" This was of course
When Dicky had the measles
On Sunday in steamer choir
We left him when we went to church.
The service over. in tho glare
CT sunlight, ON wooden perch,
Sat freck1ed Dicky with b is chums;
HIS tongue was running like q streak.
We're thankful now, whatever comes,
II can't SurpasS that awful week
When Dlcky had the measlesi
-Arna M Williams. in N. Y. Sun
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
srACn FENCE AND MANGER.

foundation of stone or wood, the lower
log being one foot from the ground
There are three logs on each side. the
extreme height of the fence being not
less than four and half feet. Or the
leeward side of the pen a permanent
and durable manger can be easily
made from small poles. This may ex-
tend the entire length of the per and
be built upon one or more sides. The
straw is thrown into it directly from
the stack, and If ration of hay or
straw be fed at noon it will prove
as valuable as Manager in a
barn or shed. the only objection being
that it is located out of doors How
ever, it is more convenient and cconom-
zeal than to throw the food upon the
ground or in the nearest fence corner
Orange Judd Farmer
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
The Contaxlon of nlirth.

Curious how contagious mirth is,
VINO at times hasn't laughed just be-
cause Others laughed, when the cause
OF 1T all was mystery? IT attended
a town meeting in a Maine village
once" says lady friend of the Jour
nal, and tried to give serious atten.
ton to the affairs under discussion. I
sat In the gallery with other femi-
mines. and as confusion prevailed ev-
cry few m oments among the lords Of
creation down below, I found it a
dlfhcult matter to understand all the
talk. Something was said by speak-
CT that provoked laugh, but didn't
hear word of it and couldn't tell
wnere the joke came in A lady who
sat next to me laughed immoderatelv.
and, OF course, thought she knew ali
about it. and politely asked her whit
1t; was that pleased them SO. oh.
don't know she replied between her
Il couldn't hear, and
don't know what it was; but Il must
have been something ayvfully FUNNY!
He-he: and on abe went ain."-Levv-
iston Journal
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
ESTERBROOk WALKED,
Good Story Told Of a Once Famous Ban
Player.

Good Story Told o a Once Famous Ban
Player.
The fans will remember Tommy,
alias Dude Esterbrool<, who with
Chief Roseman and other famous play
ers, formed the historical Metropolitan
baseball club in the American sssocia-
ton several years ago. Since that time
Tommy has been drifting from fast
company, and early in this season he
was found in the Southern league.
Eventually this organization busted
and Tommy was left out in the cold,
cold world. His friends had wondered
what had become of him, but no one
could tell. He bobbed UP again, how
ever, and the New York Evening Tel
egram gives the following story as to
how it happened:
When the Bostons were in Washing
ton the last time Duffy was wandering
about in the morning of the day of the
final game of the series. Suddenly he
heard a hoarse voice say:
Hello, Duffy
The speaker seemed to be in hard
luck. His clothes were old and dusty,
his shoes worn out until they presented
many holes, and he had needed the
services of a barber for the past three
weeks Duffy glanced at him and
passed on, but the voice came again:
Don't you know me, Duffy? I'm Es-
Textbook; Tom Esterbrook.:
1t was even SO. The dude had walk
ed up from New Orleans, where he had
met with baseball reverses, and he was
in tough shape.
I've only got $40, old man, but you
are welcome to it" said Duffy. and
g Ester" overjoyed, disappeared IRE
habilitate himself.
That evening when the Boston play
ers went to the depot to take the train,
they noticed q stylishly dressed man
lolliHg in the waiting room. end pm fling
a fragant cigar. On a close inspection
ic proved to be Esterbrooae. and Duffy
WAS startled at the metamorphosis A
clean shave, bath and entire new out
at. including russet shoes. and wide
brimnrd straw hat made him look like
i milioGaire. He Puffed contehtedly
ut his perfccto, while Duffy was hav.
ing hard work with q f3ve-centex.~T The
last words Ester said to the aston-
ished Bostonians were that he wonld
be n good card for the New Yorles. ,,
In spite of the pcrversity of fate
rommy's taste for lresA WAS sal ways S
appermost, and as was shown by tina
above, he would sooner dress well than
pat - Pittsburgh hsouicle-Tele9rapA
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
Novel Bsrd-scarine Device.


Some of the farmers of the Eifel. the
district that lies between the frontier
OF Belgium and the Rhine, adopt a
novel plan for soaring the birds from
the wheat. A number of poles are set
up in the corn-helds, and a wire is con-
Quoted from ono to the other, Just like
the telegraph posts that are placed
along our railways. From the top Of
each pole there hangs a bell. which is
connected with the wire. Now, in the
valley brook runs along, with a cur
rent strong enough to turn a small
water-wheel, to which the wire is
fastened. As the wheel goes around
1T jerks the wire, and SO the bells in
the different fields are set tinklinR.
The bells thus mysteriously run1
brighten the birds from the grain, and
even excite the wonder of men and
women until they discover the secret
This simple ontrivance is found to
serve its purpose very well.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
UTILIZING THE STRAW.

How 1t Can He Fed Out Regularly ~
Hay Grain.
Most farmers utilize the straw more
than they did twenty years ago, and
many of them consider good bright
oat and barley straw worth for feed
ing purposes quite as much as over
ripe clover and timothy hay, and,
pound for pound, worth fully half as
much as any good hay. Hence, in
stead of wasting the straw by building
fat-topped stacks and allowing the
cattle and other stock to have free ac-
cess to them, yard is built around
the stacks and the straw fed out as
as hay or grain. TO make
all secure a log pen is built around the
stack similar to the one shown in the
The logs rest upon a
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
DEVICE FOR TURNING EGGS.

three times as long as will those from,
hens mated with cocks. Hence, after
Matching is over, remove the males, as
the hens will lay fully as we'll without
them Keep the eggs as near so de-
grees rs possible, but 20 degrees is not
too high. Keep them in a cool place
In summer and do not let them freeze
In winter: Be sure and turn the eggs
at least twice a week or the yollxs will
adhere to the shell, no matter how
they may be preserved. This may be
done by putting the eggs in q box and
turning the box or by placing the eggs
on n rack or turning tray.
The cut shown above, and taken
from Poultry Keeper, is the best
method for turning eggs. No. is the
tray ready for the eggs. No. il 4
V-shaped wood trough as long AZ the
tray is wide. s4-inch square a nd planed
down to the V-shape. No. 3 is a roller
q or 1s-inch in diameter (window cur
as the V-shaped sticks. Use stout wire
at the back end, cut it off about an
inch long and drive it into the center
OF the roller. Use wood ~ inches
wide and 9z-inch thick for pulleys in
front, using 191-inch screws, and over
the screws drive wire brads such as
the manufacturers of blinds use,
straig htening them out and then bend
ing them SO as to At the screw and go
Into the cut in the screw so it will not
turn In the pulley. Set the pulleys ?
inches apart from center to center. Fiji
Teen rollers may be put in one tray and
eight eggs on one roller. Take hold
# the middle roller with thumb and
niger, the top and bottom of the
'oller, and every egg will turn. 1t
must be made to turn easily.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
How to Preserve Corn stove,

To preserve corn stover make q great
bin beneath the barn floor, cut the
corn into short bits by machinery and
let 1T fall through the floor as fast as
cut, filing the bin to the floor. Fod-
der that is brought in in good condi-
ton and cut right into the bin usually
keeps well. If there is any fear that
it will not keep. an excellent method
is to haul it and cut It mixed with one
third oat straw directly after ths oats
are thrsshed. II the thrashjng il done
early and tho corn fodder is not sum-
GENTLY cured, the straw should be
carefully preserved for mixing with
the fodder. All stoclk eat this cDmbi-
nation eagerly. It has been found a
safe and economical provender for
horses not being severely worked an
we'll as for cows, oxen and young cat
tie. Farm and HomA
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
POULTRY NOTES.

| Notes on tho Selection of Winter Layer
| and ON Other Live Topics.
| Defects increase with age, and it is
| best to dispose of I'LL objectionable
members Of the flock early in the sea-
son. DO not keep any chickens that
appear stunted; they always degrade
the appearance of q flock, and when
once fowl has been stunted it is not
ut for breeding purposes, and in fact
is not worth the keeping. Disease, or
a tendency to disease, is hereditary.
Discard all hens that show a ten
dency to lay on fat, and retain those
that under proper feeding will convert
the food into eggs instead Of fat. If
part of the flock convert the food into
fat instead of eggs, the profit the lay
ers might give ia eaten up by the
drones. No fowl should be retained
that does not IN some manner add to
the profit of the flock.
Much care should be observed in Sc
lecting layers for breeding purposes
every year. and in a short time the en-
tire Hook will consist of nothing but
layers.
A good layer has small head, a
long neck and back and wedge
shaped body. The eyes are bright
and the comb and wattles are of a
bright red. She is energetic and active,
starting at every sound or motion with
an elastic spring.
A good layer usually laws eggs that
will hatch we'll. The very fact that
she is good layer shows that she is
In a healthy condition, the consequence
being that the greater mum Der Of the
eggs will be fertile and the chicks
strong and vigorous.
A hen is a profit until she is three
years old; after that the number OF
eggs annually decreases, aud she
should not be kept longer unless she
is world beaten and perfectly healthy. !
The hens that moult early should be |
retained in preference to those that |
.oult late. They will come into profit |
carly in winter. when eggs are at q |
rood price.
Hens that hatch and raise brood |
make good winter layers. The rest
they get by incubation fits them for
better work when they start again
Farm, Stock and Home
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
FARM wINo-sREAks.
Why Every C0untry Place Should Have
Natural Fence of WMlowp.

| Why Every Country Place should Have &
Natural Fence of wMlows.
| Every farm needs wind-breaks,
some more than others. for protection
in winter and summer, Tor what
breaks the force of the wind in the
winter will not only serve the Same
purpose in summer. but if the right
kind will also supply shade, and shade
on farm is as necessary as some
other things.
. wind-break saves-saves fuel in
winter whether put into the stove or
ted to the stock, and in the summer
saves the life or prolongs the life Of
man and beast. A tight board fence
costs, but it il economy to build if no
other kind DO available; Tut a board
fence In the summer may be in the
way and is always a radiator of heat.
If it run in the right direction it may
furnish shade, but other wind-breaks
are better.
Better than wood, more picturesque
and more useful in summer is the
natural fence of willows-the com
mon willow that grows wild in great
abundance. Nothing requires less
care "A farmer went into a meadow
and cut an armfu1 Of willows in tho
spring. thrust the scions into the earth
where he wanted his wind-break,
making two rows, eighteen inches
apart, and the work was done.
The willows grow with surprising
if there be sufficient
moisture, and moisture they should
have in abundance at the start. After
they are rooted they will grow if tho
soil is not moist, but they grow faster
with moisture.
In two seasons they may be an ap-
preciab1e 'vind-break, and in another
the hedge will turn 4 cow. In the |
summer the hedge of willows is orna-
mental; it gives the yard, the build
lngs and the surroundings generally a |
bright setting; and more, it provides
through the hot months shade for all
small stock on the farm.
The ducks. geese, hens, chickens and
'he turkeys delight in the shady re-
'reat; the turkey may make her nest
here instead of going to the woods or
'oadside bush. In providing a living
several purposes are &C.
'omPlished. every one important and
Appleton, in Farm and
Tireside.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
MULES IN THE MINES,

Exhibitions OF Animal (slee Upon Being
Brought to the Surface.
1t is a common affair for mules to be
imprisoned for years in the limitless
night of the mines. Our acquaintance,
China had been four years buried.
Upon the surface there had been the
march OF the seasons. the white splen-
dor of SHOWS had changed again and
Four times had the earth been ablaze
with the decorations of brilliant
autumns. But China and his friends
had remained in these dungeons from
which daylight, if one could get a view
up shaft, would appear a tiny circle
a silver star aglov in a sa BILE sky.
Usually when brought to the surface
these animals tremble at the earth. ra-
diant in the sunshine. Later they go
almost mad with fantastic joy. The
full splendor of the heavens, the grass.
the trees, the breezes, break upon them
suddenly. They caper and career with
extravagant mullish glee. Once a
miner told me of a mule that had spent
some delirious months upon the sur
face after years of labor in the mines
Finally the time came when he was to
be taken back into the depths. They at
tempted to take him through a tunnel
in hillside. But the memory of a
knew that gaping mouth that threat
ened to swallow him. He had all that
strength of mind for which HIS race is
famous. No cudgelings could induce
him. The men held conventions and
discussed plans to bulge that mule
The celebrated quality Of obstinacy in
him won him liberty to gambol clumsi-
ly about on the surface.
After being long in the mines the
mules are apt to duck and dodge at the
close glare of lamps, but some of them
have been known to have piteous fears
of being left in the dead darkness
They, seem, then, somehow, like little
children. We met a boy once who said
that metimes the only way he could
get his resolute team to move was to
run ahead of them with the light.
Afraid of the darkness, they would trot
after him and SO take the
train of heavy cars to a desired place. |
Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
PRESERVING EGGS.

What Must Re Done to Insure success aud
Foir Profit.
When preserving eggs use only strict
ly fresh eggs and in packing the eggs
should not touch each other, as one
bad egg will spoil the whole. Eggs
collected at neighbors' or at stores will
not answer, as even the most obIigina
neighbor may Internationally impose
a stale egg on you. Eggs from hens
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-11-10

-Caller-Your Office is RS hot as an
oven. Merchant-Well,i it might be, I
make my daily bread here. you know.
Evening journal., 1894-07-03
The NatIon's Holiday.

II there Is any day in the calendar
that should be more honored by Ameri.
cans than any other, that day is the
anniversary Of American Independence
Those who lived ia the times that "trled
mems souls, az the days Of the Revolu-
tlon have been called, anticipated that
the Fourth Of July would DO honored
more than any other holiday, and they
had q right TO expect as much from the
generations Of froomen that their deeds
enabled to possess the soil.
Gratitude for the past, pride for the
present and faith in the future should
lead to proper remembrance ard OBJ.
servance Of this great day. or all other
days in the year the Fourth Of July is
the small boys day. For weeks and
months he has looked forward in happy
anticipation and on his fingers counts the
dreary days that must be lived through
to the arrival OF the glorious Fourth
He has chopped wood, run errand 8. sold
old bottles and scrap iron, jealousy
boarding the receipts therefrom for the
purpose OF properly celebrating the
anniversary Of American Independence
The fires Of patriotism burn fercely I'm
his young heart and nothing but a gen.
erous supply Of squibs, plnwheels aud
chasers will quench them. 10 is well
that this Is 80. He Is receiving his FIRST
lessons In patriotism and the love Of his
country, and the explosion Of every tor
pedo and the burning Of each buelght
viii serve TO burn these lessons more
deeply In his soul
The older folks, on whom the explosion
Of a cracker under their feet acts like the
shock Of q galvanie battery, and the slz-
zie or a chaser chills the marrow in their
bones, can we'll afford the discomfort Of
these things, for It brings It's recompense
in the practical teachings Of love Of
country and reverence for the patriots
who fought for their land more than a
century ago.
In strong contrast with the small boy =
patriotic zeal Is the action Of the
city fathers Of one Of the largest cities
. 80 A~H@' Al -uniA NNNuhly NNihkt
She expenditure Of one hundred dollars
FOR she celebration Of the Fourth Of July
night be considered liberal, but what Is
- be thought Of great city like Brook
lyn's expenditure Of this Insignificant
sum to celebrate 30 important and COM
memorative an anniv ersary. Il Is q
shameful disgrace TO the City OF
Churches. II Is well enough TO be
economical, but such economy as this il
ridiculous parsimony. The Brooklyn
city fathers should look back at the
sacrifice Of those who celebrated the FIRST
Fourth Of July. II they had been eco
nomlcal OF either their blood or theii
money we should not have the Fourth Of
July to celebrate.