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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-29

Marion Division, No. Is. OF Marion, Ind,
owes its origin to Il division known as
Jameson Division. No. Is. which was or
ganized at Marion. Ind. some years ago
with membership Of thirty-fve. Because
Of some unknown reason. Jameson Division
went to pieces, but IL was revived in May
OF last year, with a membership Of nine
teen, the name Of the division being
changed to that of Marion. There are but
three members Of the old division In the
new one. The division has for Its COM
mander Capt Daniel Gunder, and has
been irdustriously drilling for the past
twelve months. Its present membership is
thirty five. and IL expects to more than hold
its own at the coming drill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-29

The d. d. Burnes Hussar Division, No. 43,
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. of St.
Joseph. Mo-. was instituted July 3. 1893. by
Gen. s. b. Provost Of Kansas City. assisted
by Col c. F.. Wilson. assistant commissary
general Missouri brigade, with a member
ship OF thirty -three. w. b. Brinkerhoff was
unanimously elected captain, Max Mannheim,
first lieutenant; c. H. Watson, herald Nv. D.
Ayres, treasurer; H. n. Dye, recorder. The
division. since Its organization. has had a
wonderful growth and prosperity, and Ia
noted for its membership and hospitality
The division was named after Congressman
d. d. Burnes. who Is a resident of St
Joseph. an ardent Knight of Pythias ana a
great admirer of his namesake Division
No. 43 has handled a vast amount Of money
since its institution, has given numerous en-
tertainments and Is famous throughout
Missouri for its enterprise and liberality.
The division now has sixty members en-
rolled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-29

Second Lieut. or Sir Knight Herald Chas.
l.. Saur was born in this city June II. lSda.
He became a member OF the order In 1855.
being indicted into Decatur Lodge. No. q
passing through the official chairs Of thai
lodge; was sent as a representative 70 the
Grand Lodge for two consecutive terms he
is a good faithful worker In the order. &c
was elected sir knight herald of Coldweu
Division in 1893 and was reelected In 1854
He has ever proven himself 10 be active
and Jealous in the order Of his adoption
since his first connection with the same.
Custom House brokers Licenses.
The Treasury Department has given 10
tice that all custom house brokers VINO -
ply for q license under the now tariff IN
will be recognized a. such brokers uarQ
their applications have been examined and
rarse,l uDon
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
The Cloth Cannot be Sewed.

The bullet-proof cloth invented by
DOVE, the German tailor, about which
so much has been said recently, seems
to be of very doubtful value, after all.
It is said that it simply cannot be used
as wearing apparel, as its thickness
and composition forbid its being cut,
or shaped, or sewed, as is necessary in
the manufacture of clothing. Every
one who has thought of the bullet
proof cloth has associated it with
something a man could put on when
he went into battle and take off when
he left the field. It appears that the
material must be carried in the KNAPP
sack or in the blanket roll, and wound
around the body where protection is
needed. Perhaps, after all, the
"cloth' will be found more useful for
shields and torpedo meta than as a
species of armor for the soldier. The
material is said to be about half an
inch thick, and not flexible. One OBJ
server, who has reported to the war
department on the stuff, describes it
as wire netting, incased in what APP
pears to be cement substance. The
"coat," or garment, which was re-
Gently used in experiment abroad,
weighed about six pounds, and costs
about fifty cents pound to manu-
facture. New Orleans Picayune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
Hints to Athletes.

When a man dies from heart failure
after excessive exertion it is because
he rests too completely after the eff
fort and allows too great rush of
blood to the left lung and the region
of the heart. When an athlete is i'll
good training he runs no risk at all if
he lies down after a hard race, but
when he commences training every
spring he learns by experience that he
must rest up gradually after heavy ex-
ertion. If man runs mile rapidly
when overburdened with flesh, and
then lies down or sits down, he ex-
periences a choking sensation which
sometimes leads to the rupture of
blood vessel. IF, on the other hand, he
walks around the track until he cools
Oft little, the unpleasant sensation is
not felt at all. When a man runs
rapidly to catch a train he ought to
keep on his feet for few minutes af-
ter he is through with the exertion,
and if he cannot conveniently keep in
motion, he should breathe as freely as
possible and be careful to keep the
whole of his lungs busy for at least
several seconds. When he does this
I'll risk Is averted. New York Dis
patch
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
The ssCounterglOw. -

The "Gegenschein," or Counter
glow" is very faint, hazy luminos-
ity, which always keeps opposite to
the sun in the sky-a nearly round
spot varying from ten degrees to
twenty degrees in diameter, usually n
little brighter as the middle, though
one observer has reported seeing it
with n darkish center. 1t Is SO faint
that when it happens to fall near the
Milky Way, or even near to any bright
star, it is quite drowned out, and, of
course, therefore, can be observed at
all only at stations where the sky Is
perfectly dark, and not vitiated by the
illumination OF gas or electric lights.
1t seems to have been first noticed by
Brorsen, in Germany, just forty years
ago, and since then has been more or
less studied by number of observers,
who, however, have not fully succeeded
in solving the mystery. 1t is quite
certain that it is in some way con-
nected with the zodiacal light in fact,
it is only brighter and wider portion
of the family luminous ring which
bears that name. At present num-
Der of observers are watching 1T care
fully in this country, as well as in
Europe and South America, in hopes
to determine its distance from the
earth. It ought to show notable
parallax if it is really a compact cloud
of any sort and nearer than the moon.
Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, has
recently published his last years OBJ
servations, and they rather confirm the
hypothesis that it is due to the retiec-
ton of sunlight from a multitude of
small meteoric bodies, which are mostly
far beyond the moon, and brighten up
one by one as they come opposite the
sun, just as the moon does when it is
full; for, as everyone knows, the moon
exactly at the full is much brighter
than the day before or after the full.
If this theory is correct each observer
sees his own "Gegenschein, as he does
his own rainbow, and parallax is out
of the question. New York Indepen-
dent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
CONTRACTS WITH HIRED MEN.

A contract with q farm laborer is
not necessarily to be made in writing,
but it is wise to make it 50, in case Of
disputes that SO often arise when the
man suddenly makes up his mind to
leave just at haying or harvest time.
The safest way to make a contract to
meet this frequent contingency is to
scale the wages, giving the least the
first month and increasing each month
so that at the end the largest amount
is paid. This may be arranged in this
way: If the sum is $50 a month and
the time five months, the amounts may
be SIC, $18, $50, $22 and $24. The
average is $50, aud if the man leaves
before the end of the term he forfeitB
the larger sums. In the contract
everything agreed upon must be writ
ten down; it must be signed by both,
one copy for each, and witnessed, both
parties stating to the witness that they
agree to the terms of the contract.
This will avoid many disagreeable dis
putes and many changes that will
otherwise occur. II the man leaves
without due notice provided i'll the
contract, he should forfeit the whole
wages of the broken month, and the
payments should be made on the 10th
Of the month following the work done.
This gives some security against sud
den leaving by the man. New York
Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Give the colts good start and there
will be little trouble about the finish.
Lead cow rather than drive her.
! Gentleness should be the watchword
to the dairy stable.
1t would seem to be only question
of time when the Clytesdale and Shire
breeds would unite.
The best grades of buttor have no
foreign market to sustain prices,
hence the slump this year.
The red raspberry is good honey
plant, and larger and better berries
are the result of the visit of the bees.
The whey following good cheese
makers work is poor feed for pigs, as
it contains but little casein, or butter
| fat.
1t is folly to raise p scrub, when O
grade which will bring double price
can be as easily bred, and rs cheaply
raised and fattened.
To make the cow truly profitable,
you must maintain her milk yield
along natural lines of feeding. Indul-
gence i'll freaks of food stimulate Old
does COWS more harm than good.
If team pulls unevenIy the trouble
may be remedied by unhitching the
inside traces and crossing them SO as
to have the same horse attached to the
same end of each single tree.
While dairy animals need shade in
summer as much as shelter in winter,
it should not be So extensive in the
pasture as to interfere with the natu,
raj development of nutritious grass.
An animal that fattens easily is
usually healthy, strong and often of
an easy temperament, rarely frets,
takes life in n moderate way, and has
u good appetite as we'll as good
digestion.
The wise dairyman who does not
turn his COWS out to pasture in the
spring till it is of sufficient growth to
support them, gets quality in the feed,
which is of rs much Importance as
quantity.
The COW that must Craze industri-
ouslY half of the summer to recover
physically what she has lost by indif.
ferent keeping through tho winter, is
not apt to earn dollar in real profit
for her owner.
A breeder may occasionally fail to
receive better than butchers or ship.
pers' prices for recorded stock, but
such cases are the rare exception, and
IN nine ont of ten cases the fault is
with the breeder and not the market.
A simple way to pick out queen
less colony is to observe the hives
when the bees arc packing in pollen.
If you come to one where the bees
bring in no pollen, that hive is queen
less. They need none, and do not
bring it in because they have no
brood.
Coming out Of a warm bed and
standing in the cold while eating is
something man would resent, and he
should not subject the stock to it. Let
the feeding place be warm as we'll as
the sleeping quarters. Corn is the
best ration to supply animal heat, and
ct low cost.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
A Land of Samples.

The first impression of the Bermuda
Islands to one expecting q semltrop-
ical appearance is disappointing on
account of the cedar. This is the pre-
| vailing tree indeed, all the islands are
covered with this scraggy foliage. The
trees for the most part are small, and
suggest to US Northern latitude and
a poor soil. It is true that they are
Southern cedars, which originally
drifted over from Florida, aid some
people might try to call them cypress,
and give them botanical juniper ia
vor; but to us they are Northern, and
In such contrast to the cerulean vatere
and soft blue skies and genial atmos-
pbere that We are not easily recon
ciled to them. Yet they are the only
thing that seems to be native to the land.
Every other tree and shrub has an
exotic appearance-even the man
groves, which grow in the salt marshes,
putting down their branches and drop
ping their long seeds, loaded at one
end, into the slime, and creating an
impenetrable thicket, and finally land.
1t is, indeed, called the continent
maker. Palms grow here of several
sorts-sago, palmetto, cabbage and
date-but they are little more than
specimens The bananas of small and
fairly good variety flourish, but not in
quantities sufficient to supply the
wants of the islands. The oranges and
lemons have succumbed to the scale,
and the few other semitroplcal fruits
are of no consequence. The islands
are at times brilliant with various
flowers, but not in the vigor or pro-
fusion of Southern California. Very
fine, indeed, are the great fields of
lilies in bloom the export of the
bulbs is one of the industries of the
islands), and occasionally great fields
Of scarlet amaryllis excite the imagl-
nation like a compact regiment OF red
coats. Brilliant also are the tall
hedges of scarlet hibiscus, and every
where the olesnder grows wild IN pro-
fusion. Much more might be made
out of the islands in the way of gar
dens and small fruits if there were
more good farmers and hortlculturlsts
and more enterprise; but Bermuda is
a sort of child of the sea, and looks
beyond the horizon Tor help. Upon
many things there is sort of blight,
at least periodic, and it has even fallen
upon the pungent onion and the po-
tato, SO that the anxiety of a short
crop in these great staples is added to
the worry about the American tariff.
-Harper's Magazine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
THE LABOR WORLD.

NEBRASKA unions will hold State con-
vention.
sourH AFRICA viii again essay woolen
| manufacture.
Muxo1E. Ind, win have g cooperative
| pudding mill.
A BOYCOTT caused the failure OF 9 leading
| Chicago baker.
AUSTRALIAN labor parties talk Of holding a
general convention.
l. A BUILDING trades council Is to be estao-
| lished In Paterson, N. ].
TEACHERS In the Mexican public schools
| are paid $50 to s40 a month.
| Providence Or. II fathers want eighteen
| cents a bundle and the nine hour day.
Rock leaders at Kansas City, Mo-. want
| $2.25 q day and derrickmen demand q.
BUSINESS Is picking up in some of the
building trades. but work Is generally dull.
| OVER ,000, 900 people in this country live
| upon the wages paid by railroad companies.
| The first annual convention of the Ameri-
can Railway Union held its session, recently.
| az Chicago.
| In many large cities a serious coal famine
.s reported and numerous factories have
| been closed.
COLORADO striking miners laid down their
arms and called upon the militia to protect
them from the deputies.
MEMBERS Of labor org arizations recently
returned from California favor establishing
a colony there for workingmen.
A RECENT strike of the Prague Orchestra
one of the best in Europe-for an increase IN
salary from 90 to $5 month has revealed
the fact that these musicians receive less
than $40 month.
THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
has decided to sell the Meadow Lake Farm,
which the Order owns In Illinois, and con-
vert the proceeds into fund for the benefit
of disabled members OF the Order.
SOME time ago the Taiors' Union of Co.
penhagen was ordered to pay 5000 kroners to
q boss tailor for having pIcketed his shops
during a strike. The untCn appealed to the
High Court of Denmark, but the judgment
was confirmed.
IMMIGRANTS have been debarred from en-
ployment on public works in Victoria, Aus
tralia as the numbzr of unemployed natives
Is constantly increasing. Only people living
ten years In the country are given employ
ment by the authorities.
SIGNoR c. CoLAJANI member of the Italian
Chamber of Deputies, has written to the Sc
colo describing the condition Of the mining
population in Sicily, which, he says, Is most
desperate. Thirty thousand miners on the
island are starving and hopeless OF al i'm
provement.
THE lake sailors. whose headquarters Is at
Chicago, the largest inland port In the
World, have the prospect of very dull sea-
son before them. Wages opened this spring at
81. 80 a day, as compared with 50 last year,
and even at the lower figure steady work
is hard to find.
TIE bona fide iaborers of Washington do
not feel very good just now about the advent
of hordes of unemployed men there. The
commissioners of the District have an
Dounced a cut In wages from $1.25 and ST. 80
TO 81 day. Representative Goldzier
brought the matter up In the House in the
shape of resolution, asking the commits
sioners to explain why the cut was made.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
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They say the Shah of Persia pos
sesses n pearl which was originally sold
to the then ruler by Tavernicr, a great
traveller, for $500, 900. 1t is now said
to be worth 5000, 900 Tho Imam OF
Muscat has pearl Weighing II carats,
worth about Sl65, 600. Years ago
remember seeing beautiful pink
pearl set rs rosebud. with leaves IN
green and gold enamel, says an Eng
lish writer. 1t was given, | think, by
some royal personages to the man who
wore 1t rs II scarfpin; but pink pearls
are less valuable than white or black
ones, the latter being, | presume,
sought after because of their rarity,
like black swans. Quccu Victoria,
however, has a worry fine necklace of
pink pearls, worth many thousands Of
pounds; while the Emprcsscs of
Russia and Austria carry OIL the palm
rs possessors of black pearls and for
white pearls, perhaps, it would bn
hard to match the necklaces of two of
the Baroncsscs do Roth.child, one Of
which is valued at oven 500, OOO. -
New York Journal
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
SELECTING SEEDS.

Every man that plants seeds, whether
for the farm, the vegetable or flower
garden, should select those that do the
best in the locality where they are to
be planted. Different soils require
different varieties, and every farmer
or gardener should select, after trial.
the kinds that succeed best on his land.
One of the best guides in this direc-
ton is 10 note the success of the vari-
ties used on similar soils by neighbors !;
the State experiment station can also
usually give good advice. American
Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
LIBERAL MATURING FOR CORN.

If any one has gained the impress
sion from what has been heard from
lecturers Mt Institutes the past win
ter that corn can he successfully
grown without supply of plant food,
applied or already in the soil, he has
only got to try it to be convinced of
the error. Corn, in common with all
other plants, draws on Il store of plant
food out of which to make up its
growth. If this supply is not within
reach it refuses to grow, the same as
any and all other plants. The idea,
then, that it does not exhaust the soil,
or draw upon manures that may be
applied Is an error.
1t is true that through experiment
in these later years it has been learned
that in some way corn will make q
crop with less application of the one
material - nitrogen - than formerly
was supposed. In some way it sup
plies itself, and without the hand Of
the farmer, with at least portion of
this one important ingredient that is
represented i'll the crop after grown
In many cases lands that have been
manfred with barn manurcs for long
series of years contain surplus Of
this one ingredient, which the corn
may draw upon possibly for several
crops. And then again, there is evil
denco that goes to support the theory
that the corn plant has the power to
secure measure, at least, of its
needed nitrogen from tho air.
Whether it is the ono or the other
that is really the source of supply, the
fact remains, all the same, that good
crops of corn are being grown with
smaller application of nitrogen than
WAS formerly deemed necessary.
But il is this one element only that
can be spared or can be reduced in
quantity in the growing of this crop
The phosphoric acid and the potash
must be supplied in the full proper
ton called for. In manuring with
barn manures the application must be
liberal enough to meet the wants Of
the crop in these two elements or it
will be q failure. If heavy crops are
wanted the manuring must be liberal
Corn cannot make the crop without
the full supply of plant food. No
farmer, then, need conclude he can
grow corn successfully with scanty ap-
plications of manure. Maine Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
FAIR EDIFICE GONE.

The Delaware Building Towed Away
on the Lake.
The Delaware Building at the World Fair
Grounds, Chicago, has been moved to Wolf
Lake, Ind, where it is used as a club house.
1t has purchased by tha Wolf Lake Hunting
and Fishing Club. 1t was placed on rollers
and moved down to tho lake shore at Jack
son Park, where large scow5 were anchored
to receive it.
By means of great skids the building was
rolled down on the scoWs. It was then
firmly lashed in place, and two tugs lowed
the pride Of Delaware to its destination,
twelve miles away.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
CONTRACTED HOOPS IN MULES AND HORSES.

CONTRACTED HOOFS IN MULES AND HORSES.
Contraction Of the hoof in horses
and mules can scarcely be called a
disease, but merely the result of some
injury to the parts, for it may occur
from alternate soaking and drying the
feet, from bad shoeing, and removing
the frog, which supports the walls of
the hoof. An animal that is severely
foundered, followed by severe indam
nation in the legs and feet, is almost
certain to have contracted hOofs, unless
given prompt attention in reducing the
fever in the feet. Contraction, of
course, implies wasting away of the
internal structure of the feet. Re
move the shoes and then keep the
mule standing in q puddle of wet clay
for twelve hours n day, or wrap the
front feet in rags and keep these con
stantly wet until tho inflammation
subsidess then apply hoof ointment to
keep the horn soft. 1t may take two
or three weeks of soaking in water
half day at time to reduce the in
hammation, but il kept up it can
scarcely fail to remove the fever.
Have the edges of the hoof smoothed
off level and even, and then when the
animal is in condition to do light work
have your blacksmith put on Il bar
shoe to protect the heel and prevent
cracking. For hoof ointment use
equal parts of sweet oil, pine tar and
mutton talloW, and in warm weather
add little beeswax to make it harder
For the stiff cords of the leg rub Thorn
two or three times day with the
hand and apply almost any good
liniment or simple spirits of camphor,
Never attempt to work an animal
while there is anything tho matter
with the feet New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
The Fata MOrgana

The most singular aerial phcnome'
non Is the fata morgnna, n sea- mirage
seen off the coast of Cnlabria, and be.
tween Italy and Sicily. 1t presents
the phantoms of cities, houses, tenn
pies, palaces and ships, sometimes in
their proper positions, sometimes in.
verified, occasionally at an angle. The
phenomenon has been known for
many ages, and formerly occasloncd
great and widespread alarm, being re-.
garded as an evil omen that bctokcncd
somo general and severe calamity.
St. Louis Republic.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
VALUE OF STRAW ON THE rARsr.

Straw is worth more to any farmer
to use at home than it is to sell, writes
E. r. Flint, of Michigan, to the Amer
ican Agriculturist. The cost of baling
is one dollar and a half per ton, be-
sides boarding the four men and two
teams of the pressers. Add to this one
dollar per ton for hauling to market,
and The amount reaches close to three
dollars per ton. Good, bright wheat
Or oat straw sells at from three to four
dollars ton, seldom reaching the lat
ter figure. Where the profit comes
in is not clear, yet there are large
numbers of farmers who sell all the
straw they can possibly spare every
year, actually depriving their stock of
bedding to do SO. Straw is not of
great malurial value in itself, yet fur
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-29
Prehistoric Graves.

mound tomb has been unc overel at
ESan. South Dakota Incl with cement, In
which were found twenty-five male skele-
tons, averaging eight feet in height. ru le
altar and bronze utensils were pxEumed.