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Haze.

Haze, says Signal Service Officer
Dunn, in the New York Sun, is not
In itself an uncommon condition, but
it is usually so slight that it escapes
notice. 1t is occasioned, not by hui
midity, but by dryness coupled with
heat. Quantities of very fine particles
of dust are at such times drawn up
into the higher strata of the atmos-
phere, and, IN the absence of any
considerable wind, they remain, as it
were, in solution, and are not precipi-
tated to the earth. The dust is eventu-
ally dispersed by wind springing up,
or, through an increase in humidity,
is brought to the ground.
The haze which marks what is known
as Indian summer is caused in the
same way, owing to continued absence
of rain at that time of the year. Many
will recall the "yellow day." Septem-
ber 6, 1881, which was especially re-
markable in tho New England States.
At that time the sun was so much OBJ
scured that street lamps and gas lights
had to be brought into use in the mid
die of the day. This was an exagger-
ated case of "dry fog" due chiefly to
the extensive prairie and forest fires
which occurred in that year. Sand
storms in the deserts of Cobb and Sa-
hara are brought about in the same
way, and the fine particles of sand are
often carried along in the upper cur
| rents Of air for great distances. Cases
are recorded of vessels in the south
Atlantic Ocean being covered with .
Ane deposit of dust which had its ori-
gin in these storms, thousands Of
miles awsy.
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more We are drifting out with the rest
less tide.
!. :, ,be ultimate ocean, whose waters are
\ wild and wide;
=. somewhere there is Gilead sweet with
the healing balm,
,.he atorm may rage, but the rainbow Is
orched in the skies OF calm.
10th the river weary through forests no
foot hath trod,
tho darkness is shut from the shining
of the lamps in the windows of God ;
A.. out from the gloom it flashes In the
light of the day to be,
Ind mingles its lonely waters with the tides
Of the splendid sea!
q. are not hopeless wherever
our feet may roam,
"a are still on the Kings own highway
still near the Kings own home!
IND soon. with tho journey ended-the
storm and the darkness past,
ia shall enter in at the portals and reign
with the King at last
r. L. Stanton in Atlant aConstitution.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Do not begin marketing the pullets
until the cockerels are all gone.
Brood sows require n ration rich in
the element of bone and muscle.
No pasture is profitable which takes
three or four acres to support a COW.
The best success in swine raising Is
In keeping the pigs healthy and grow
ing.
This is one of the years that pota-
toes have brought better price than
wheat.
Smutty corn should be burned.
When fed the spores are returned to
the land.
A flock of hens will consume much
that would otherwise go to waste. Hens
eat almost anything.
The principal secret in making
money out of pork is to raise the pigs
rapidly and keep them growing.
An agricultural writer claims that
the fertility of land depends solely on
its capacity to hold and retain moist
ure.
A Western farmer believes that
black knot is caused by the sting of an
insect like the pea bug in shape, but
arger in size.
When n contagious disease breaks
out in flock better kill the sick
ones andspray the house with carbolio
acid or copperas solution.
Black Spanish chickens lay the
largest eggs and they are OF beauti-
full white color. In fact, all non-sit.
ting breeds lay white eggs.
To be on the safe side we should
always anticipate a drought and be
prepared to meet it with a plentiful
supply of crops for soiling.
Among garden crops most certain
to be benefited By the application OF
commercial fertilizers we find as
paragus, peas, beans, cabbages and
caulifower.
The denunciation of dried bone for
fowls as utterly worthless is an error.
1t does some good, but not very
great deal, and is not to be compared
to fresh bone.
A Minnesota bee-keeper has a
method for preventing the increase OF
colonies. He places his newly hived
swarms in dark, cool cellar and
leaves them there for thirty-six OF
forty-eight hours. The bees are then
returned TO The parent colony. He
claims that this treatment never failed
to prsvsat sftsr-swaxming.
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even interlock. They interfere with
the convenient handling of the ladders
when the fruit is picked, and spraying
is nearly an impossibility. They pre-
vent working among the trees, which
need room to develop the foliage, and
also light to bring out perfect fruit.
The crowded orchards will gradually
become tangled mass, and diseases
will have their own way. 1t is, how
ever, not uncommon at the West to
plant trees near together and to thin
them out afterwards. There are three
modes of thinning, the wisest
of which is to take out every
other tree and every other row, leav-
ing one-quarter of the number at only
one-half distances. Another and bet
ter mode is neatly figured by the above
mentioned writer, taking out regularly
one-half the strees and leaving them
about two thirds distances. 1t is
mode used to some extent at the West,
and described by the Country Gentle
man some years ago. 1t consists SIM
ply in taking out every alternate tree
in every row, taking care that each
remaining tree stands exactly opposite
to the space where the tree has been
dug in the parallel row. This may
seem very simple process, and 1t
removes only half the trees. Ii the
orchard has in the first place been set
in rows parallel with the sides Of
the field, the process here described
will be found to have effected the most
singular change of regular diagonal
rows over the whole field. Suppose,
by way of illustration, IN orchard Is
set with trees twenty feet apart IN
squares. Take out every other tree
| in every row over the whole orchard
and the remaining trees will be found
running diagonally and twenty-eight
| feet apart-that Is, one-half the orlgi-
nal number of trees will remain and
stand at regular distances. This short
measure is given only by way of illus
tration, but it may be applied to any
other distance. The distances in the
first orchard represent the two sides
of right-angled triangle, and the
new distances the hypothenuse.
The free press., 1894-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
SHARPEN CULTIvATING TOOLS.

Tools that are used to work in the
soil will dull rapidly if there are many
stones or if the soil has much grit in
it. For this reason they should be
ground daily when used. A few min
stes at the grindstone, putting cut
ting edge on a dull hoe, makes the
work easier all the day. Cultivator
teeth also should be kept sharp. The
cultivator works more easily, and be-
sides they will not slide over weeds
and thus leave them uncut until it is
nearly impossible to keep the field
clean. Boston Cultivator.
The free press., 1894-08-09
TESTS FOR PURE BUTTER.

It is said that it is an almost GER
tain test of pure butter to melt it and
note the color and odor. A German
chemist gives the following directions;
"Pure fresh butter, when melted is
perfectly clear, or only very slightly
cloudy, usually dark yellow, and has
the familiar odor of pure butter-fat.
Pure stale butter may be very cloudy
and even opaque when melted, is usu-
ally of dark yellow color and has the
odor of rancid butter. Melted mar
garin, on the other hand is very
Opaque, of light yellow color, and
has characteristic, indescribable
odor." In addition to this, one may
try the test resorted to by experienced
cooks: Drop bit of it on very hot
saucepan. Pure butter will rise in
white bubbles; margarin melts AID
runs across the dish in oily-looking
streaks. New York Ledger.
The free press., 1894-08-09
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Virginia has the worlds greatest
manganese mines.
Omnibuses with pneumatic tires are
being tested in Glasgow, Scotland.
It would take about 1,200 globes az
large as our earth to make one equal
in size to Jupiter.
A French barber has invented a
curling iron, the heat for which is sup.
piled by electricity.
A dental infrmary, to care for the
teeth of the poor, has been proposed
in Toronto, Canada.
Letters are whirled between Paris
and Berlin through pneumatic tube
700 miles in length at the rate of 70
miles minute.
The price of platinum has increased
fivefold at the Ural mines within three
years. This is due to the heavy de.
mand for this metal for electrical pur-
poses.
It 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, or which exhibits higher
order of instinct.
A caterpillar in the course OF
month will devour 5000 times its own
weight in food. It will take man
three months before he eats an amount
of food equal to his own weight.
Mummies of people who are believed
tu antedate the cliff dwellers are said
to have been unearthed in southeast
ern Utah underneath the ruins of the
cliff dwellers. They are well-pre'
served specimens.
A Hanoverian botanist named Web.
mer, it is reported, has discovered
microbe in the atmosphere, pure cul-
lures of which will convert sugar into
an acid identical with that of the lem.
on. This discovery is expected to rev.
olutionize the citric acid industry and
injuret the lemon growers. Eleven parts
of sugar by the new process, with very
little effort, give six parts of acid.
Interesting experiments were made
few weeks ago near Newhaven, on
the London, Brighton & South Coast
Railway, with an armored train carry
ing forty-pound breech-loading gun.
The experiments, which were witnessed
by many military officers, were very
successful, as it was found that the
gun could be worked and fred without
any effect on the stability of the train
Or disturbance of the rails.
The vertebre of a snake are fitted to-
gether with sort of ball and socket
articulation, which, however, is capa-
BILE of motion only from side to side.
A snake moves by propelling himself
! on the points of the scales, which, to
him, answer the purpose of ribs A
snake does not climb tree or bush by
coiling around it, but by holding on
with the points of it's scales. A snake
sn pane of plate glass is almost help
less.
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The free press., 1894-08-09

Dlck-You told me yesterday that
vou had proposed to Miss Coupon by
mail. Did you get any letter in re-
ply.
Harry-Yes. 1 got two letters.
Dick-Then it is all settled?
Harry-Yes. Yes, it is all settled.
The letters were "n" and go. New
York Sun.
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you? You deserve sound thrashing.'
Wade, Grow and Sherman also turned
upon him, and the first named, the
master of picturesque and forcible
vocabulary of profanityf swore at the
cabman in his best style. The cab
man, drunk and defiant, swore and
cursed at us in return, and if what oc-
CURED moment later had not oc-
CURED just when 1t did, the Governor
OF Pennsylvania, the speaker of the
House, or one of the senator's from
Ohio would have been forced to Mt
tempt to whip him. When the war
of words was at its highest, a tall,
broad-shouldered, blue-c coated young
fellow, with rifle over his shoulder
and bucktail in his cap, came strid-
ing down the avenue.
81 recognized in the newcomer one
of the famous Buck tails and halted
Aiiii "ith oAo iuColioii, AOhhS man,
do yo II know who L amp
"'You are Governor Curtin was
the prompt response.
"'Where do you hail from?'
"FMcKean county,
"'You belong to Colonel Kane's
regiment?'
"'Yes, SIR
Lumberman?
" Il was before l came down here.
81 told him what the cabman had
attempted and asked him if he thought
he could whip him. He simply said,
Governor, hold my rifle, pushing it
toward me, and waded in. The battle
was short, sharp and decisive, and
when it was over the cabman was q
sadder and badly battered but wiser
man. We finally had to pull the SOL
dicr off his victim, and l sent the old
lady away in his charge, having first
ascertained his name and company.
Next day / found that the dear old
souls son was living but badly wound
ed, and easily obtained permission for
her to go to his side. Under her low
ing care he soon recovered, and is, l
think, still living.
"And what became of the soldier
who whipped the hack driver? Well,
when a man does me good turn L al
ways try to do him one in return,
After l got back to Harrisburg had
the Acknowledgement issue an order for
that young man to report to the capt.
tol, and gave instructions that when
he came he should ut once be sent to
the executive chamber. He reached
Harrisburg early one morning and
came into the executive chamber while
1 was opening my mail.
Good morning, Governor he
said.
Good morning, lieutenant re-
piled.
"'Theres some mistake" he re-
sponded, with evident embarrassment.
Il am not lieutenant; | am only
private.
"You were private last night, y
said I, but you are lieutenant this
morning. and with that handed him
his commission.
"His subsequent career shows that
he well deserved his promotion. For
bravery in action he was in turn made
n captain, major, lieutenant-colonel ana
colonel. He was shot through the
heart while leading charge OF his
regiment at Spottsy ylvania.
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How He Won Promotion.

uUW LIZ va
A story told me not long since by
e,. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
| i ali ed with the romance and tragedy
that colored nearly every event of the
evil war. "It was just after the battle
| Of Fredericksburg," said the Govern
Of 81 had been on the battlefield,
where fearful condition of affairs ex-
iaed, the dead unburied and the
Wounded uncared for, and had gone
from there to Washington. Return
inc to Wizards Hotel, late at night,
after long interview with President
Lincoln. the errand that had taken
me to Washington, I went to the Of
ice for the key to my room, when the
clerk on duty said: Governor, there
Ii lady in one of the parlors who
wishes to see you. She has been
niting several hours.
Il turned and entering the parlor,
mnd there quaint bit of humanity,
little white haired woman, dressed
haply but neatly, with an old car
ktbag beside her, who rose and cour-
ksed TO me as / entered. l mo-
6oned her to q seat, and said:
Madame. l am Governor Curtin.
What can l do for you?"
"She told me she lived in one of
the northern countries of Penn yslvan-
10; that her son, private in one of
he Pennsylvania regiments, had been
fredericksburg, and that, having
heard nothing of him since the battle
lhs had come to see what had become
him, but had been refused passage
through the lines. In distress and
Perplexity she applied to me for aid.
When she gave me the number of her
cns regiment my heart stood still,
erlt had been literally cut to pieces.
pstermined to do what l could for
ef, told her that in the morning 1
Fould find out her sons fate; if he
IS dead, l would try to secure the
Pody for her, and if he was only
ounded, l would see that she secured
Nc passage to his bedside. escorted
'etto the street and paid a hackman
hke her to a lodging house, to
nose keeper l had given her a note
Introduction. Then 1 babe her
oodnlght, telling her that 1 would
" on her as early as possible next
Alter the cab had rolled away,
Yep being impossible, 1 lit cigar
" Strolled up Pennsylvania avenue.
ss' the Treasury Department I met
'iusha A. Grow, John Sherman and
'a wade, who were coming from
sa' session at the Capitol. After
nad shaken hands, they asked me
PARTICULARS of Fredericksburg,
nefe' as l told you, l had been for
'sfal days.
We had been talking for half an
ai' and was telling them OF the
aay and her touching errand,
wa We heard wheels approaching.
NY stopped short distance from
and then we heard a man cursing
saying, Get out mingled with
pi'iiul sobs of woman. Some
~ 'old me that these sobs came
~ 'ne old lady from whom 1 had
parted. Gentlemen said 1, Il
'nat is my old woman A NOM
'a'er the cab started up again, and
" II came into the light of the
Wv lamp under which we were
'uihg, my words were confirmed.
fascaily cabman, instead of obey
NY Instructions, had driven in
10 several saloons, and having
he fare l had given him in
~ was now bent upon pitching
0,a ~ lady into the street.
see nere, you ruffian, 1 shouted,
w you mean? Why did you
= We old lady where told
The free press., 1894-08-09
CLOSE ORCHARDING.

A writer in American Gardening de-
scribes the following bad results of
planting orchard trees too near to-
gether. Even in half-grown trees the
branches often touch each other, and
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05
McpLRoYs REPORT.

Special Dispatch
New ORLEANS, Feb. 3,--MeElroy &
Go, say:
Futures and the absence of
speculation are responsible for another
decline today. While the late losses have
hcon ~ regular and uninterrupted that
l1nrs have become dlsrvfcd. ani show
their disgust by unloading their holdings.
Llverppul closed duil, -.Bl below yvs-
terday, and our market IL $ points lower.
Spots IN Liverpool were easier, with
sales for the half day Of 5000 bales, and
the same tone prevailed In this market
with sales OF 1860. The movement at
ports today Is increased by the clearance
of steamer at Port Royal with 5000
bales, and the total for The day PROM
ises to be about 1900 bales, against
l2,O0O bules year ago.
New Orleans expects on Monday To-
600 to 1900 bales, against $500 last
year. For the moment Tie estimate
for Monday raises q doubt In the minds
Of many Ms to the continuance OF the
small movement which has recently pre-
vailed, and buyers WHO might have heen
attracted by the late declines are dis.
posed 20 hold of few days longer to
see whether the predictions of the short
movement Will be fully realized.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05

~ :, 'tANf-''-
Meats.-llry salt, clear shorts,Sc bacon,
short clear. Dc; bacon bellies, 10 lie;
w snli bellies, Sc; medium halLs,
~ l-@ei large hams, lOc; breakfast bJ-
con re.
a. lArd-Compound, : lie; pure leaf,
lie,
sngar-Standqrl crannlated, I 3le;
barrels. 1-2c; cut loaf. in barrel,
8 lie; cut LOAF. in hall barrels. 8 i-ac:
fanov yellow clarified, 4 $50, prime yell
low clarified, l-ic.
NMiee - Arbuckle's Ariosn, 2Ic;
Midland, 2lc: Lion, 24c; Alaroma
-1ci jersey, 24c,
Green colee-1'y the sack. COOL
- lie; choice, y lie; fancy. 25c: pea
berry, ~ lie old government Java,
re; Mocha. re.
Molasses- Barrel lots. new crop,
nancy sugar house, 40c; cDOice new crop,
Per gallon, Doe; fancy Trup per gallon,
S0ci choice corn syrHI per gallon, 2Sc;
silver dip, per gallonfS0c.
Checse-Fancy, w cream, one in box,
15 lie; two Ia Aox, 10 i-4c. Young
American, lGc, n
Beans-Nayy/3 lie. Idmu, 3 lie;
bayou, 3 l-2% pink, 3 1-2c; black eyes,
4 Lie.
Cxbmon. 3 3-4cd4c: prime, Sc;
choice, sF-206c; head rice. 6 lie.
Salt Sh-New mackarol, medium. No
!, haI barrels. $3.50; No. .. 1O-pound
net ~, 81 .l0' medium No. /, 1O.pouud
nekrSits, 81 %; Goldfish bricks. : lie.
%mrch-lump, &c per pound. 1 and 2
Nound packages, per pound, 5 lie: Il.
rpound wooden boxes &c per pound; corn
starch, 20 aud 40 pound boxes. Gas 1.9c,
Faultlcss. &c; 1.pouud pncknrss 10 NJ
case, 50.
Iick,os-Barrels medium, So hal blr.
rels, medium, $50, barrels small.
81 100 half barrels, small, 81 % no.
gallon kegs, $500. 6-gullon kegs.
S2.Ul' pints, per dozen, Soc; quarts.
per dozen, 81 IN; half gallon, p,r TO-.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05
FuRcLAo ssK,mos.
seal Bear and Dog skins Cloth. 10th
sexes Almost Exncilv AM.

sexes Almost Exactly Allie.
l.ese hsAimos Were the queerest. dlrti-
est looking individuals / had eyer seen
Niau entlrely IN furs, they reminded mo
more OF monkeys than Of human beings
ikwa' the man, was about feet Q or n
inches In height, round as a dumpiinc win
large, smooth, fat face, in which two
httle black eyes, a fiat nose and large OK.
pansiye mouth wero almost lost lila
coarse blacl. hair wasallowed to strapt,le in
tangles over his face. ears and neck II M
shoulders, without any attempt at arrange.
ment or order. His body was covered Win
a garment made uf blfdskins, called by
the natives "ahtee, the feathers worn next
the body, and outside Of this a rarnent
made Of sealskin with the fur on the ont.
side, called "netcheh."
These garments, patterned exactly alike,
were made TO tt 10 the figure, cut short AZ
the hips, and coming to a point back md
front; close fitting hood was sewed to the
neck Of each garment and invariably
pulled over his head when he was out Of
doors. His legs were covered with sealskin
trousers or "nanookies, reaching lust be-
low the knees, where they were met by tho
tanned sealskin boots, called by the natives
"kamiks." We learned later that sealskin
trousers were worn only by those men who
were not fortunate enough or able 10 xiii a
bear. In winter these men wear dogskin
trousers, which are as warm us those made
of bearskin but not nearyso stylish. Win
ter and summer, the men wear stockings
reaching the knees, made Of the fur Of tbe
arctic hare.
AT first | thought the woman's dress was
Identical with that Of the man. and il puz-
zled me to tell one from the other. but in
a day or two [ made out the many little
differences in the costumes The woman
ike the man, wore "ahtec'' and "netobeb j
made respectively Of the birdskin and seal
skin. They differed Ia pattern from tho,<
of the man only in the back. where NIX.
ira width is sowed in, which formsapIfcb
extending the entire length OF the &ek Of
the wearer and fitting tight avohnd the
hips In this pouch or hood ~ baby il
carried. Its little body, eoygx0 only by a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05
TELEGRAPH MARKETS,
Produce.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
...r..Mu D.

by Associated Press
Chicago. Feb. 3.-After weak open.
Ing aud an early decline, wheat was
firm today aud closed i.4c higher Heavy
Northwestern receipts and light clear.
ancos for the week were responsible Tor
tn early define. Steady English cables
aud covering by shorts caused re-ac.
ton. May corn Is unchanged. May
oats aud provisions are lower all around
Cash quotations were us follows;
Flour Easy and unchanged. No. .,
spring wheat, 90 l.Sc; No. 3, spring
wheat, 50dOlc. No, ., red, 80 lie.
No. ., corn. rs l.Sc.
No. ., oats, % 1-4H2S 1,2c; No. .,
white, 3Od30 lie; No. 3, white, 300
Sic,
No. ., barley, nominal No. 3. 46@62c;
No. 4. d2di5o
Mess pork, So G50l2 co IL; lard,
81 .45nI 30; short ribs, sides, loose, SB.37
1910. II 1-2ci dry salted shondera,
boxed. SO 256iG 30. short clear sides,
boxed, SO 81 1-2Q7 20
Whisky. dstillers, 81. 10,
Suear-Out loaf, gtanulated, stnnd-
ard A, unchanged.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05
1nrsu vregrABLEs AND FRUIT

.,,r5 1M2 1-2c. potatoes, Greeley,
po W bnshsl. a5c: onions, per pound, 2
~. sweet potatoes, per hushel, %
lid. sweet potatoes, Northern per
s.Sei 81 30; pumpkin yams. 81; sweet
n ,,.,.,,er per half-bnshcl basket Joci celery,
Bsc. oeF one dozen punches; beeta, per
I1.bcl. 81 20. carrots, per bushel, 81 .g9i
rTdishss. 20GfS5c Per ilozeni lettuce 100
20r per dozen, 49, g.. ,,.,.h.,
Friiis-Applos, fancy, oregon' l-b1slei
hox. So; lemons. fancy ,5"9 y pe. Dol
S,as per bunch. S2ii3; Bartlett pears
per box. - 7Jao-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-05

u INK, 4nSe a set Of knittin' needles 'thaout
Nv, ,,alh needle said obed jenkins in an
y ''s''ve whisper to the Berryville store.
. n, CALCULATED that worthy. survey.
.o'as guileless countenance. which
4 ny, ~ "a Preston Of unusual anxiety. He
~ NC his request
WV WV in Tuuksit do You mean,n IN.
INV NJ s1e storeseeper, with some severity
W., s!' lest what say" reneated obsd
~, sa' EN- for my wife. SHE'S etarnSiiy
Nv VA Stems = If, an whenever I VIM,
NV Aeytaing She allus says. I'm do IN
-, a9oH as We knit into tie middie y,
4 ~ wv nrsdle.' An caliiated III ~
AZ, asl 'thaout any seam nss,iio ~
os i l'se the Old set somewavs, ' ms, ~,
IspS ave me good moss O. waitin IN
~ n. We ne storekeeper had recovered
b. ~ laugh sufficiently to exnlsin NJ, -
r,s wy possibility Of oomplvin, ,,,,, y Z
Ia WI The ola man shufiled ont =, S IN
sbs.s 4 declare to Il, there ami no Z, y y
.u,sIs ~. Q women folks nowa w. &c &c
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