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The free press., 1894-07-12

Three-year-old fruit trees may be
easily transplanted in this way: First,
the holes are to be dug, that the roots
may be covered without any more ex-
posure than necessary. Some rich
soil or compost is prepared and placed
by the holes. Then the trees are dug
up and the roots are smoothly cut and
trimmed, as little disturbance of them
as possible being made. The holes
should be as large as possible to af-
ford room for the roots, spread in a
natural position. They are then cov-
cred with the rich soil, and this is
worked we'll between the fbers and
made compact. The rest of the soil
is then thrown on this, and is well
trampled down. If rain falls in a
few days, no water will be needed !;
otherwise, it will be necessary to give
pailful to each tree New York
Times.
The free press., 1894-07-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
TO REMOVE WARTS.

10 remove safely warts from the
tcnts of COWS is usually difficult, espe
clally while they are giving milk.
First try applying liniment made of
equal parts of sweet oil and spirits of
turpentine. Touch the warts with
this every evening after milking, and
If the warts do not disappear after a
week or ten days, go to the druggists
and procure some glacial acetic acid
and with feather or brush touch the
surface of the warts once day. Be
careful not to apply SO much that it
will run down or over the skin of the
udder. This acid will usually destroy
the warts in few days. = New York
Sun.
The free press., 1894-07-12
KEEP THE PIGS GROWING.

The most important point in grow
ing hogs for profit, even when they
are to be fattened early, is to secure a
strong, vigorous frame. That the fat
tening process should not begin too
eariyis well understood by practical
farmers. Heavy feeding on corn will
stunt young pig even more quickly
than will insufficiency of food. But
1t is almost equally important not to
60 to the other extreme. A pig that
for days and weeks has had insufficient
food has by that fact become incapa-
BILE of properly digesting large guam
tity. The stomach, like other bodily
organs, is strengthened by appropriate
exercise and weakened when it is
either overloaded or has too little to
do. There is no harm in giving young
pigs penty to eat, provided it is the
right kind of food for growth, with
comparatively little of fat-forming
material in its composition. The pig
always begins right. The sow's milk
is excellent for growth, and for the
first day or two, while weak, the pig
takes its food in small quantities and
often. 1t is about the time that the pig
is one or two weeks old that its dams
milk becomes insufficient. The age
depends on the size of the litter and
the milk-producing capacity of the
SOW. If stunted at the time the sow's
milk becomes too little for them, the
pigs never after recover all that is
then lost. Boston Cultivtor.
The free press., 1894-07-12
METHODS OF TRAINING GRAPES.

Many punches of grapes, on
vines trained to stakes. become en-
tangled, and it is very difficult to har-
vest them without cutting them to
pieces. Experiments at the Illinois
station by G w. McCluer proved that
some varieties, especially the strong
growers, yield decidedly more when
on trellis than when on stakes, and
it is much easier to keep them under
control and to gather the fruit.
Moore's Early did best on three wire
horizontal trellis; next on single
wire next on covered trellis, and
poorest ON stakes. Ives Seeding
seemed to do little better on the up
right trellis; next better on the hori-
zontal trellis; next on the single wire
next under cover, and poorest on
stakes Delaware did about equally
we'll on the upright and on the hori-
zontal trellis The Concord did best
on the horizontal trellis. The four
varieties, as whole, did best on the
three-wire horizontal trellis, though
there was not much difference on the
upright three-wire trellis, except in
the case of the Concord. The vines
on STAKES uniformly made the poorest
growth and yielded the least. The
grapes on the covered trellis rotted
less than those on an uncovered row
beside them, but they yielded less
The free press., 1894-07-12
isfied if Monsieur were, and Monsieur
said he was and shook hands.

isfied if Monsieur were, and Monsieur
said he was and shook hands.
Give minutes later we were in our
carriage on our way back to Paris,
when Walter collapsed and fell over
in my arms in dead faint. When he
had recovered and pulled himself to-
gether he laughed almost Historically.
"By George, old man, he said, 4
wouldn't again go through what 1
have gone through in the last forty
eight hours for million dollars
Whew I never was SO badly scared
in my life,' and then he drew long
breath. But l say, old boy he con-
cluded, 'mesmerism beats swords all
hollow to fight duel with.
"The last sentence explained every
thing. Walter had put his mesmer-
ism against the sword of the French
man ana vanquished him in the open
field
"But we never boasted of our vic
tory-at least not in France. "-Detroit
Free Press.
The free press., 1894-07-12
A Shower Of Salt.

Last Friday was balmy day. Late
in the afternoon drizzling rain blew
up, carried on a wind directly from the
south. 1t was of peculiar whiteness
and, every one who happened to be
out in it and who wore dark suit of
clothes or dark hat noticed that
clothes and hat were covered with thou
sands of tiny white specks Later it
was noticed that every window in town
looking to the south was also covered
with white spots. "lt has been rain
ing mud" said everyone who noticed
the phenomenon at first, but later,
some of the curious tried tasting the
spots. They had distinctly salty
flavor, and analysis made later by
druggists proved that they were salt.
The question now is, where did the
salt come from? There can only be
one answer: From the Great Salt
Lake, nearly 800 miles south, in Utah.
1t must have been a warm day over the
Great Dead Sea when strong south
wind swept over it, catching up the
salty vapor and sweeping it north into
Idaho, and finally bespattering the
clothes and windows of the good peo-
pie of Pocatello with the salty spray.
-[Pocattello Tribune
The free press., 1894-07-12
Largest Photograph Ever Made.

In 1884 the ''monster photographs
exhibited at the New Orleans Exposi-
ton were only 45xlS inches, foot
and half wide and less than four
feet long, yet they were labeled
Largest photographs ever made" In
the last ten years, however, photo
graphy like the other arts and
sciences, has made greater strides than
it did in the twenty-five years preced-
ing that time. Tens of thousands of
people know this to be true, basing
their judgment on what they saw at
Chicago last year, but it is for the
hundreds of thousands that did not
visit the great Exposition that this ar
ticle is written. The very largest
specimen of the photographer art
was shown in the Government display
at the Worlds Fair. 3 1t was photo
graph of relief map of the United
ot"tce, ocoiSuou CopssOihiiJ W oAO oCo-
logical Survey for the purpose of ex-
hibiting the oil-bearing districts. This
photograph, although rsckoned as a
real gem, was "titan of titans" as
size goes. 1t was seven ~ feet long
and exactly four feet and two inches
"A feet inches) in width. All artists
will quickly undertand that there has
never been an ordinary camera con-
structed that would be large enough
to do such work. In lieu of regular
apparatus, however, the four experts
engaged for the work made camera
of room, which was 12x15 feet in
size, blackened and air-tight. The
result of the experiment was crafty
ing beyond all expectation. st. Louis
Republic.
The free press., 1894-07-12
KEEPING POULTRY.

1t has been proven that with proper
nourishment and food hens can be in
dueed to Jay almost continuously up
to the usual number natural to each
This number is from 100 to 125 per
year. If, then, by proper feeding
and housing, hens can be induced to
lay in the winter, when the price OF
eggs is high, the profit is proportions
ately greater. One write, So ) he be-
gan business with seven scrub hens,
and his wife was the only person who
knew how to take care of them. With
her care the result was SO encouraging
that they went into business on 0
larger scale Apropos of pure
breeds, it may be we'll to observe that
this writer says he had one ''scruh
hen" that gave him 1872 eggs with
out setting at all. Remember,
if one wishes to sell eggs, that infer
tile eggs keep much longer and accum-
ulate just as readily, which makes
them best to hold for rise in mar
ket. After gaining experience in the
tricks and manners of ones hens one
will find their interest growing, and
very likely will wish to begin raising
thoroughbreds. Ones plans and pur-
pose should be governed by the mar
ket they can command. Know what
and where you are to sell and work
toward that end. If eggs sell best,
raise eggs. If broilers, then raise
broilers, and if fowl, as they are tech
nically called in market, then ship
fowl. Ones choice of breed must be
governed by their knowledge of de-
mand. Courier Journal
The free press., 1894-07-12
It's Healthy to Work in a Sewer.

Occasionally the assertion is heard
that the healthiest of all occupations
is sewer scavenging. In large cities
the men, in spite of their filthy work.
are proverbially healthy. Mr.. Laws,
a chemist who has been employed in
special Investigations in the sewers by
the London city council, has proved
in huge report that sewer gas is all
but innocent of distributing bacteria
of any kind, and certainly not those
which are pathogenic. The sewage
contains microbes of various kinds in
abundance, but the gas itself is much
freer from these dreaded organisms
than the outer air of the street. OF
all this he gives most convincing proof,
and SO challenges the theories which
Law to the account of sewer gas train
of horrible ravages on health. This
is a startling revelation and suggests
that fresh inquiry is needed into the
real causes of SO much illness trace
able to drains and foul odors.-[ San
Francisco Call.
The free press., 1894-07-12
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The fattening of the poles of Jupi.
ter can be seen through the telescope.
Horses sleep with one ear pointed
to the front; but why, no man can
tell.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer,
declares that there is animal life but
no men on the planet Mars.
Some species of fungi have neither
roots, stems, leaves, flowers nor seeds,
and derive their nourishment through
their pores.
1t is said of the fur seal of Alaska
that there is no known animal on land
or water which can take higher physi.
cal rank OF which exhibits higher
order of instinct.
The London Lancet says that per-
sons afflicted with insomnia should
not 90 to either seashore or mountain,
but should seek quiet island resorts
that are few feet above the sea level.
When suddenly frightened, lizards
will often drop their tails and scurry
away. The discarded member, bounc.
ing up and down, attracts the atten-
ton of the enemy and enables an es-
cape to be effected.
The green tree frog is an excellent
barometer. Put him in jar with an
inch or two of water at the bottom and
little ladder running up to the top.
If the weather is to be fine he will as
cend, if bad he will go down.
Condors have been seen to circle
to and fro in the sky for half day at
time, rising and descending without
once Topping wing. There is mys-
terry about their method of motion
which has never been explained.
A dark-eyed man was kept for fiji
teen years in an unlighted dungeon in
Salzburg, Austria. During that time
he never saw human face. When he
came forth into daylight it was not
iced that his black eyes had become
blue.
Laryngitis is inflammation of the
larynx, that part of the throat where
vocal sounds are produced. 1t is not
throat consumption, but if tubercles
are present, so that the disease be-
comes tubercular laryngitis, it may
properly be called throat consump-
tion.
The French medical journals re-
port another instance in which diphthe-
ria appears to have been transmitted
from pigeons to man. One of these birds
died, and a veterinary surgeon found,
post mortem, that diphtheria had been
the cause of death. From this bird
it's owner, his daughter and a child
were infected.
How insects and spiders walk has
been studied, according to nature, by
III. II. Dixon, by means of instantane-
Gus photographs. He finds that the
limbs move together in "diagonals
In insects the first and third legs on
one side with the second and fourth
on the ether while the antenna of an
insect is moved with the first leg on
the same side.
The free press., 1894-07-12
Some Words Of Hen Talk.

"Ck-ck-ck-ck" means, "Here is
food" "cut-cut-cut" indicates sur.
prise and curiosity: ''prr-a-rt, pra-a-
rt" means, "My health is very good
this morning and feel as indepen-
dent as hog on ice;" ''c-r-r-r-r
means, "Danger is approaching over
head; all able-bodied hens will be on
their guard and chickens would better
cease talking and get into the cyclone
cellar. u Biddeford (Me. Journal.
The free press., 1894-07-12
Unearthly.

Valet (entering chamber}-I heard
YOU scream, sir. Wot's the bloomin
row, sir?
Algy-Come in, James. You'd best
sit up with me till morning, James, i
inst had the fwightfullest nightmare.
Dweamt I was pwomenading the
avenue without me walkin-stick
James.-Judge.
The free press., 1894-07-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

| FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Old, dry corn makes the hardest
pork.
In clay soil do not set trees too
deep.
1t takes a good butter COW to make
| the best cheese COW.
Money paid for old COWS is wasted.
Buy young COWS or none.
Keep salt, ashes and copperas where
the hogs can help themselves daily.
No pasture is profitable which takes
three or four acres to support a COW.
If the bees are restless give moro
air and water, and sweep up the dead
ones.
1t is not what is eaten but what is
digested and assimilated that benefits
the stock.
II lS tut CoW "hiSi iiii'
the pail with milk and The milk with
butter fat
All young animals should be kept
growing rapidly in size, strength, bone
and sinew.
Set out new bed of strawberries as
early as you can, before the hot, dry
weather comes.
A remedy for a lice-infested hen.
house is burning sulphur in it. The
house must be tight and all ventilators
closed.
There is no fodder crop in the world
that will produce SO much with so little
expense as corn. 1t is easily cult
waited, and will keep more stock to the
acre than anything else.
Fruit should not, on the farm at
least, be considered luxury, but
rather an essential and healthful arti-
Gle of food, and every family should
have an abundant supply all through
the year.
Perhaps you have not been brought
up to let the hogs have grass OF
clover pasture, but it pays. Look in
to it this winter and decide to do what
is best for the purse, whether it ac.
cords with the antique sentiment OF
not.
Don't forget to SOW something fol
the bees to work on. You can't ex.
pect good crops of fruit without bees,
and your bees will never be profitable
unless you give them an abundance of
honey-making material to work on at
various seasons of the year.
For swine weak in hind quarters,
evidently with kidneys affected, give
dose of epson salts every three days
for three times. Give small pigs two
drops tincture nux vomica in feed
three times daily. Larger pigs will
take more safely. II too fat. reduce
the feed.
The free press., 1894-07-12
4 HYPNOTIC DUEL.
BY W. ]. HAMPTON.

II am firm believer in hypnotism,
rsutiic and otherwise" said man
a0 looked as little like crank or q
Ildist as could we'll be imagined. He
uone of group talking on occult
lin general and this rs collateral,
lvhen he made the announcement
was an immediate demand for
reasons for the faith that was in
h.
Twenty years ago." he went on in
sponse to the demand, IT was a stu
Int in France, and at that time, hyp-
ptism, or mesmerism, as it was then
hown, did not hold the place it now
olds On the contrary, the believer
mesmerism was considered by a ma
Rnty Of the most respectable people
be mentally lax, 80 to speak. My
DOMINATE and best friend was an
merican attending a medical school,
pd both of us were more or less in
rested in things occult, as active
|lnded young men are likely to be,
ben they are not rich enough to in
nge in all those frivolities of youth
|hlch are quite the contrary of occult
n We attended hypnotic seances
THAT sort of thing at every oppor-
pity, and it was not long until my
Pend, Walter, began to show signs
being a mesmerist himself. When
discovered he had the gift, we were
Psstly elated, and on every occasion,
pong our friends, he was practicing
dperfecting his skill. So adept did
nnally become, that had it not been
\ the prejudice against it, we would
'e turned it to account to assist our
Fenues, which about this time felt
need OF assistance, as we had made
acquaintance of fast crowd and
e1chequer was assuming a degree
emaciation which was positively
|aiul.
one night, on our way home from
nail festivity, not at all in the line
0ccuitism, we stopped at a well
|ovn cafe, where number of giddy
|u'ns like ourselves were making a
Fl' OF 1t, and when we left the place
|a'er had duel on his hands, with
F'sfy' young official, who had been
Fppea IN the face for certain re-
['ks' which if Walter had been duly
e'' ne would never have noticed.
rSeVer, that was of no avail now,
1 ao'ning was left except to fight,
1 " night with a Frenchman' 8 choice
'sapons, as Walter was the chal-
pser' What fool he was; what a
I was; what a fool the French
: was; what fools all of us we're /;
1901 a man always is when he
"unk! Yet it did not strike us so
A'snt as we rolled along to our
M But the next morning, when
"'ne was out and the wit was in
-'e' and | would gladly have given
!. 'e Possessed to be out of the
= business. What the Frenchman
1su. about it, 1 have no notion.
iAeiy he didn't think about it at
['''''0ok itas a matter of course. For
|'sas tAsway he had been raised.
The free press., 1894-07-12

from the failure of fruit to set. A
trellis should be high enough that the
fruit may be easily gathered, as the
punches all hang down and are in
plain sight from below. American
Agriculturist.
The free press., 1894-07-12
The Children.

only to keep them So
Soft, warm and young;
The wee, feeble fingers,
The babbling tongue.
Tears that we kiss away
Smiles that we win;
Careless of knowledge,
As guiltless OF sin.
bly, to keep them 80,
Frank, true and pure;
Of our full wisdom
So lovingly sure.
our frown all they shrink from,
Our fiat their law;
onr store, whence all gladness
They fearlessly draw.
Only to keep them so,
Sweet hands that cling,
Sweet lips that laugh for us,
Sweet tones that ring;
curls that we train to wave,
Feet that we guide,
Zach fresh step wonder,
Each new word pride.
Only to keep thom so!
Women and men
Are the TIMES that circled us
Lovingly then.
Gentle and good to us.
Patient and strong,
Guarding Our weaknesses,
Bearing US long.
Tenderly mocking US,
Old thoughts and ways.
That scarcely keep measure
With lifc's rapid days.
Good to waiting.
Our sunset shows fair!
But, only to have them so,
Just as they we're!
ALI the Year Round.
The free press., 1894-07-12
Life TOO Short.

Miss Rinkles-I wonder if I'll live
to see my thirtieth birthday?
He-~No. 1t only comes once
Life.
The free press., 1894-07-12

Consumption is most common In
Belgium, Scotland and Canada
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
DEATH IhvADES The SENATE.
Zebulon B.vance. ofNorth Caro-.
lima, Joins the Silent Majority.
he Had Been In Ill Health for Some Time,
but the Serious Change for tho Worse
Yesterday Was Wholly Unexpsctsd-Ne
Arrangements for the FUNERAL Have
Dead henRtor's Life

WASHINGTON. April 14.-Senator Zeb
nlon .. Vance. OF North Carolina, died
at his residence, No. 1927 Massachusetts
avenue, at 10:45 o'clock tonight.
The Senator had not been in good
health for the past ysar, and in the
early part OF the session of Congress
was compelled to abandon his Sena-
torial duties and take trip to Florida
in the hope OF recuperation.
His trip proved beneficial, and on his
return to Washington no was able for
while to partically resume his OF.
fetal duties. His improvement, how
over, did not continue long, and for the
last few weeks he has been confined to
his home, Hewas practically an invalid,
but lately has boon able to receive q
few intimate friends. and superintend
the looking after the interests OF his
constituents.
During the past week he has been re.
ported as doing as we'll as could be ex-
pected and tho serious change for the
worse to day was wholly unexpected .
Shortly before IL o'clock to day he had
an attack OF apoplexy and became un-
conscious, regaining consciousness only
a few minutes before death. His wife,
Thomas Allison, Harry Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Vance, Judge and Mrs.
Houke and Rev DR.. Pitzer and DR.. w.
w. Johnson, wero at his bedside whom
he died.
Tho critical condition of Mr.. Vance
became known this evening, and soon
inquiries from his many friends in the
city were made at the house. Senator
Ransom and Representative Henderson.
OF tho Seventh North Carolina district,
and few other close friends spent tho
greater part OF the evening in the pa
lors of tho Varce residence and waited
anxiously for tidings from the sick
room. They lett about half an hour
before the Senator died and were noti.
hed by MI ssongers of his death.
The scrsenntatarms of the Senate
will have charge OF the funeral, and
Will make all tho necessary arrange
mt ats as soon rs the family OF tho de-
ceased decide which day it shall be
held. They will also determine whether
or not the ceremonies shall take place
in tho Senate chamber.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15

CHARI.orrEsvILt.E, Va, April 15.-R.
b. Guard, who shot Miss Martin, re-
fuses 10 soc any OF his sisters who are
here. presumably for the reason that he
docs not wish to undergo tho ordeal of
an interview with them. His brother.
f. Guard. OF Washington, has visited
him frequently.
The first interview was very affecting,
tho prisone, shedding tears. He told
his brother that he did not know why
he shot tho lady. The brother and one
of tho sisters went to Faber's Mill, the
home OF ihe victim and prisoner, to- day.
MIR. Martin also went to see his wife,
who is pros trated, and VINO has been
under The care OF 9 ply ician ever since
tho sad event. The co dition OF Miss
Marlin gives hope OF recovery,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15

Zebulon Il. Vance was born in Bun
combe county, N. c., May l3, 1890,
was educated a: Washington College.
Tennessee and at the University OF
North Carolina; studied law and was
admitted TO the bar in January, 1852,
and was elected county attorney for
Buncombe county in tho Same year;
was member of tho State house Of
commons in 1854, and was representa-.
tive from North Carolina in the Thirty.
fifth and Thirty-sixth Congrei SEES
He entered this Confederate Army as
captain in MAY 1861, and was mad @
colonel in August, 1861 was elected
governor Of North Carolina in August,
1862, ana reelected in August, 1861. He
was elected TO the United States Senate
in November, 1870, but was refused ad-
mission and resigned in January 1872:
was the Democratic nominee for tho
United States Senate in 1872, but was
defeated by a combination OF boiling
Democrats and Republicans.
He was elected governor of North
Carolina for the third time in 1876; was
elected to the United States Senate as
Democrat in place OF a. s. Norman,
Democrat; took his seat March is, 1879;
and was re elected in 1854 and 1890 His
term OF service would have expired
March, 1907.
Senator Vancc's homo was in Char
lOtte.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-15
More Trouble In Co1ey,s Ar,pv

FRosrBURG, Md, April IA revolt
in the ranks OF the Coxcy army to-day
leaves the band OF peace in state Dor
dcring on riot. Chief Marshal Brown
has beon deposed by tho men as marshal
o. tho commonweal and the famous
"Unknown," Louis Smith, ia in full
charge.
General CoXey has been absent for
several days and does not know Of this
row The affair occurred just as tho
army wss entering this town this even
ing and was tho result of jealousy be-
tween Brown and Smith.