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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
POTATOES IN HILLS OR DRILLS.

The practice of growing potatoes
in drills is increasing. This is duo
largely we think to the greater un-
certainty of seed potatoes making q
vigorous growth where each set is
planted. If there are rows wide
enough to cultivate each way the loss
of missed hill makes wide vacancy
which has to be cultivated and kept
clean all the season for nothing. If
the set which failed is in drill the
loss is nothing, for the next plants
each side will spread and cover most
of the vacant space. But this we think
proves too much if intended as an
argument for close seeding. If po-
tato plants twelve to fifteen inches
apart will spread so as to cover twice
those distances the average of the field
must be badly crowded. This we
think is the fact with most drill plant
tuS. AhO ulOS1 bucCtbolul pOldbO
grower who uses the drill system is
7. B. Terry of Ohio. But he plants
in hills mainly because he cuts seed to
one eye, and he takes such care of his
seed potatoes that nearly every bud
makes a vigorous plant. Most farmers
who have tried planting single eyes of
potatoes do not have Mr.. Terry's suc-
cuss, and his advice in this respect has
misled many to their sorrow. If we
had rich ground to plant, and none
other is profitable for potato grow
ing, we should make rows two feet
ten inches one way and three feet the
other. While the plants are small it
will be easy to cultivate either way. The
tato sets should be planted deeply
enough so that the whole surface may
be narrowed without disturbing them.
The drill mark is usually furrowed
deeper than it is wheo the rows run
both ways. 1t is better though, for
drill planting to furrow deeply one
way at least -American Cultivator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
KEEPING EGGS CLEAN.

The egg shell is porous, and when
ever it comes in contact with filth of
any kind the quality of the egg is very
quickly injured. Eggs for Matching
ought to be washed in warm or at
least tepid water before being set.
This removes distractions that may
have closed the pores of the egg.
Whenever an egg is broken in the
nest the thorough washing of all the
remaining eggs should be attended to
at once. If the albumen remains over
the egg she'll even short time after
the germ has started into life the egg
will quickly be added. Chicks in the
she'll need the air which comes TO them
through their covering. If the brok-
en- egg is smeared over an egg which
contains living chick the Inter
quickly dies. Boston Cultivator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
HOW 10 BUILD A CREAMERY.

o. G. Gregg, Superintendent of the
Minnesota State Farmers Institute,
has an illustrated article in the Farm
er's Institute Annual that contains
some good words of caution for any
farmer or association of farmers in
tending embarking in the creamery
business.
Mr.. Gregg says: When DESTROYS of
having creamery in your neighbor-
hood the prop,r way to do is to organize
yourselves into stock company, and
in no case let strangers and possibly
interested outside parties organize
YOU. Agents of some creamery sup
plv houses are constantly going
through the country offering to work
up creamery company in any neigh
borhood soliciting the stock and get
ting out the articles of incorporation,
building the creamery and equipping
il and turning it over to an associa-
ton of farmers at given price.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

"Dear me-" said the retired bur.
glar, 81 don't know when | have seen
anything so unprOfessional.
He was comfortably seated in a
variety theater, says the New York
sun. The turn then on was per
formed by two men, good father
and wicked son. 1t appears that
the son had robbed the father and
run away, and he had come back now
to crack the old mans safe for big
ger stake When the burglar came
in upon the darkened stage he looked
everywhere, except where it stood,
for the safe, which was in plain view
of the audience; but at last his eye
fell upon it. Then to the amaze
ment of the retired burglar, instead
of proceeding quickly and quietly to
rob the safe, the stage burglar, hav-
ing located it, turned to the foot
lights, and announced that he would
sing song. He had an excellent
voice, but his singing disturbed the
retired burglar greatly.
"Dreadfull dreadful" he said.
think of the time he's wasting, TO
say nothing of the danger of waking
up everybody in the house Look a.
thatl There's the old man now"
So it was He came in at the rear
of the stage just as the son, who had
finished his song, had begun on the
safe. There was grapple, and a
grand 'rastle. The old man came
out on top A reconciliation follow.
ed. Now here was an instance where
stopping to sing song had been at
tended by the most happy results.
Cant help it,, said the retired
burglar, sit wouldn't happen so once
in million tis-cs-"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

Fishing for sponges in the Mediter-
ranean is done chiefly by divers,
though inferior kinds are got with
trawl. The finest divers are the
Greeks, who 90 for the purpose all
over the Mediterranean in their ma
tive boats. The industry is very ar
duous and even dangerous. An aver
age hand can manage twenty ia hons
Zone hundred and twenty feet, but
it takes an exceptionally good man
to 20 down thirty fathoms Zone hun
dred and eighty fect), and thirty
three fathoms is the limit. The pres
sure of the water at this depth is so
great that, in spite of the protection
afforded by the dress, some two or
three per cent. Of the sponge fishers
die annually from the direct effects
of the strain.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

This of course seems like very
nice way, as it relieves the members oil
the creamery association OF all tine
preliminary work and the organlza-
ton OF the creamery, but you can rest
assured no one is going TO do TINS
work for nothing, and no outside
parties can do it so cheap and effective
as you can do it yourselves.
When any man comes along offer
ing to organize creamery company,
solicit the stock, draw the papers
build the building and equip it, turn
ing over to you ready built creamery
ana take all the work of organization
off your hands, look with suspicion on
the project. He isn't working for his
health, but is doubtless drawing big
salary to do work you can just as well
do yourselves. No outside company
can go into neighborhood and spend
the time necessary to work up com
pany, build and equip a creamery,
pay salaries, travelling expenses and
hotel board for nothing, and they
usually get good large profit ON top
of the expenses.
If you want creamery in your
neighborhood, the proper way is to
form your own organization. Any
attorney will draw the necessary
papers for few dollars.
If you feel that you should be bet
ter posted on the creamery business,
appoint a committee to go and visit
two or three successful creameries and
get posted; pay your own expenses
and do not allow any creamery builder
to steer you or pay your expenses
for you. Then put up your own
building and buy your machinery
from some reliable creamery supply
house, any one of which will deliver it
on cars to you or set up in the build
ing, if necessary, at reasonable prices.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

These valuable fruits are grown with
great case, and need only to be kept
free from weeds. New plants are
rendily obtained by making cuttings
in the autumn, SIX inches long, which
may be planted at once, or kept in
the cellar in moist sand, and planted
in the spring. The plants need renew
ing every six or eight years. Better
fruit is grown on young, than on old
bushes. To secure large crops, the
bushes have to be pretty severely
pruned each year. The rust or mil
dew of the gooseberry is now quite
completely controlled by spraying the
bushes with a solution of potassium
sulphide, enc ounce to two gallons of
water. American Agricultural.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
ABOUT SLEEP.
Nerve Tissues Are best Repaired bv short
Maps and Fool

t'tNe issues arc he-t repaired by short
Maps and Fool.
II ] mistake not, Sir james Cri,b.
ton browne, in the course OF a recent
address, remarked upon the curiotIs
ciactlcity OF our brain as 70 ards
sleep. lie citcd the case Of prople
whJ rare y slept well or much and
VINO, nevertheless, were able TO carry
on intellectual work with ease and
ability. | suppose there is a ababit"
OF brain in the question of sleen as
in other respects, and while, ordinar-
lily, we demand fair Quantum of
absolute rest, some of US contriye. as
a habit, to get along with a mini
mum OF somnOlent rcpose. This sub.
ject was lately recalled TO mind when
| happened to be dining alone with a
well-known surgeon in busy practice.
My friend is a man who, like myself.
Journeys over the length and breadth
Of the land. He had just returned
from long aud tedious journey tired
and tagged lie sat down to dinner.
Between the courses he fell sound
asleep, let us say three minutes
more, certainly. After each nan he
woke up, ate his quantum and went
off again into slumber. / said moth.
ing, but watched him closely. / OBJ
served that each awakening he grew
brighter, the tired look disappeared,
and by the time dinner was at an
end Richard was himself again. !
joked him on his installments Of
sleep. His reply WAS characteristic
Don't you know" said he, @thtt it
isn't a long sleep that is needed to
refresh an active brain? Nerve tissue
is repaired easily With very little
sleep If you also take food"
OF my own experience the remark
holds good; and it reveals a very
curious and in some respects anoma.
lous condition of the brain and its
WAYS.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
A Possible solution

''See here, SAID Chollie, isn't this
coat a trihe long?"
81 don't know" said the tailor.
Isn't it possible that you are triAe
short?"
And Cholne thought of the overdue
bill for his last suit, and admitted
that the tailor was right.-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
stive; eHectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being well Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

An old liveryman will always feed
light, and on grain, oats preferred,
when he knows the team have a long
drive ahead of them. He will watch
his team more than he will his watch.
and if he is required to reach the end
OF his journey on time he will drive
slowly to begin and reserve the physi-
cal forces of his team for the final dash
ut the finish. New York World.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

ACCORDING to Secretary Lamont,
there are no more Indians to fight.
Here ends another avenue of industry,
for with no Indians to fight what is
to become of the boys who run away
after a full course of dime-novel read
In?
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A good way to lower the price of
butter is to throw an inferior article
on the market.
Plant a few carrots for tho horses
They are the best succulent food for
horses in winter.
Sulphur should always be kept in
handy reach of the sheep house. 1t is
preventive OF many ills.
At three and one-half feet between
the hills, one acre of land will pro-
duce 1855 heads of cabbage.
If beet seed are soaked in warm
water over night before planting they
will terminate very quickly.
Kitchen refuse is highly recon-
mended for the poultry, but it is in
furious if it has become sour.
They are working hard against the
docking of horses tails in London, and
fining offenders right and left.
Prolonged churning is responsible
for much of the soft butter Stop the
churn when the butter becomes granu-
lar.
Keep COWS that make profit above
cost of feed. To know their value.
test the amount of butter fat in the
milk.
Before removing plants from boxes,
soak the earth very wet and use a
broad, dull knife to lift out each
plant.
Fowls that are confined are apt to
acquire the habit of plucking feathers
unless they are kept busy scratching
for grain.
Bones may be dissolved by placing
them in fresh horse manure. They
soon soften and crumble and are ready
for plant food.
The pig must grow continuously
from the time of narrowing till ready
for the slaughter. The stand-still pig
is Improbable.
The best use for tobacco is to
sprinkle it ON plants as poison for
insects. The poorer the quality the
better its effects.
Never use strawberries from an old
bed. They should be selected from
new beds on which no fruit has grown
the previous season.
If the price of any product is so low
there is no profit in it, look around
and plant crops for which there is a
demand at paying prices.
Try quarter of an acre or more of
mangels or sugar beets for the cows.
They are also an excellent green food
for poultry, and cheap, too.
A writer thinks that in successful
swine feeding a pair of scales and a
pencil are as important as feed, yet
how many feeders use either?
Whea the weather is dry give the
lettuce regular supply of water to
make it grow rapidly and become
crisp, then it will be saleable.
A good foundation for the garden
may be laid with turnips and beets,
pens, and potatoes, cabbage and let
tuce, and varieties of root crops.
A dairyman at New York farmers
institute said that to make rich milk
he would add one pound of cottonseed
meal and four pounds of corn meal to
every twentyfour bushels of clover.
Many people question whether or
not it pays to raise timber. An Hi
nois farmer says that you can raise
timber for your irewood cheaper
than you can haul and cut it, if you
have to go four miles for it, if it is
given to you.
The more you can induce lambs to
eat the faster they will grow and the
sooner they will reach the market.
Ground oats makes the best grain food.
Place it where they can eat all they
desire. Feed the ewes literally, also,
in order to provide the very young
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

IF the dynamite fever doesn't die
out in Carrara that province will soon
need all the product of its famous
marble quarries for its own:.semeter-
ieS
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

For BRONCHIAL. AsTnNATIC AND PuLMoyA.
ny COMPLAINTS, "Br1uH' B~Hncth m eGs y
have remarkable curative properties. Sold
only iIi bOres.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

1t is pointed out that one-legged men usu-
ally grow fat possibly from lack Of exercise.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

In the parrots beak both mandibles are
moveable-a popularity unknown in other
species Of birds.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

J. @. Simpson, Marques, W. Va, SAYS:
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me Of very bad
case of catarrh" Druggists sell II, 75c.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

DR.. Kilmer's SwAMP-Roor cure,
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

Scientists are of the opinion that some Ice.
)ergs last for two hundred years
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Castoria.

" castoria Is al czccllcat II liciac FOR Gil.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly tod mc Of IT'S
good effect upon their children
D.. G.. C. osaoon,
Lowell, Allss
"Castoria is the best remedy FOR children Of
which am acquainted. hop ,ae eay is not
far distant whenmothers will consider taercal
interest of their children, and usa Cas.oril iu-
stead Of evariousquack nostrums winch are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and ether hurtiul
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them TO premature graves"
On. ]. +. ENcHEtoE,
Conway, Ark.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

This Company acts as Executor, Admins
.v.tor Trustee and in all Judiciary capsci les.
PGns interest on deposits of money subject
a. chsck. 1t has Special Saving Depart
nent. and receives deposits from dime NJ.
wsrd' The finest Safe Deposit Vaults money
any NSo1n-resdents will find ita most interesting
nlace / visit when they come to the National
Capt. l. ,.s..;o
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

Company n Murray Street, New City.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
What is

Castoria DR. Samuel prescription Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. Il is harmless substitute
for Parcgorc Drops Soothing syrups, and Castor Oil.
Pheasant It's guarantee is thirty years by
Millions nEothc C:storia destroys Worms and aays
feverishnoss Casoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrllsra and Wind Collie. Casora relieves
tcctins troubles, constipation and hatulcncy.
Castoria assisacs the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
tora is tc C,hild-cn's Panacca-thc Friend
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
Castoria.

"Castoria is SO well adapted to children that
recommend it Us superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III SO. Oxford st, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Our physicians in the childreus depart
mont have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
aud although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIspENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
urray Street, New York City.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
AMONG TIE COLLEGES.

The Smith College Monthly is the
latest essay in college journalism
and the ladies are to be congrat-
ulated upon their venture. 1t is
eminently fitting that this leading
college for ladies should have a pub
LEGATION of its own and the first
numbers of this monthly reflect
great credit upon the editors.
A new student loan fund has been
established at Amherst for the
benefit OF those students who prefer
to take assistance through loans
rather than gifts. This is the CON
ception of President Gates. The
first gift to the college for the estab-
lishment of the fund has been made,
and 1t is hoped that other liberal
gifts follow. Among the conditions
on which loans are to be made are
these Students for the ministry are
not expected to draw from the fund
the borrowers expenses must he less
than $3.50 a year; sound character,
high sense of honor and faithful
scholarship are important require
ments; loans limited to 500; the
lean must be returned with 4 per
cent interest within two years after
graduation, or within three years,
If the student enters a high school.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22

better be sworn, said the Judge
London Globe
How did your son do at college
last year. Mrs. wilkins? Very well
indeed He did so finely as fresh
man that he got an encore. A
what? An encore. The faculty
have requested him to repeat the
year.-[Harper's Bazaar.
Kitty-Tom is down south this
winter, and he has just sent me the
loveliest little alligator you ever saw.
Ada-How are you going to keep
him? Kitty-I don't know; but
I've put it in Florida water until
hear from Tom.-[Life.
l shall be glad when l get big
enough to wash my own face, NUT
tered little Johnny after his mamma
had got through with him; then
won't wash it.-[Boston Tran
script.
Why do you use such peculiar
terms? asked a lawyers wife OF
her husband, who had returned
home worn out by his days labors
don't see how you could have been
working all day like a horse
Well, my dear, he replied, I've
been dra wing conveyance all day
Isn't that working like a horse p
| TGreen Bag
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
a IRA MPs NOVEL RIDE.

When the freight train from the
East arrived in Reno, the other even
ing, a man who emerged from a car
loaded with longhorned steers told
a reporter from the Reno New Ga
zette that when endeavoring to pro-
cure free passage on the cattle train
leaving Winnemucca the night be-
fore, one of the railroad men said
that he would let him into a cattle
car, where he could ride as long as
wanted to keep company with steers.
To the surprise of the railroad man
the offer was accepted and the
tramp jumped in. He says he rode
the greater part of the IT'S miles be-
tween Winnemucca and Reno astride
one of the animals, and when he got
cold or tired of that position he
stood in among them, where he
found it quite warm and comforta-
BILE, and would have continued his
journey westward had it not been
for hunger and the absence of any
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-02-22
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE NOTES.

Steve Chase. 90, Academy '92.
took the second prize in the high
hurdles at the Boston Athletic Club
meet which was held Saturday night
in Mechanics Hall, Boston. He ran
under the auspices of the Worcester
Athletic Club of which he is q mem
Der. 7 he interest for colleg1anS CEN
tered in the team races, but OF all
the team races, the only one to
prove contest was that between
Amherst and Dartmouth. Fletcher OF
Amherst and Eldred of Dartmouth
started first, and the Amherst man
gained about ten yards. Then Hall
of Dartmouth managed to close up
the gap against Brooks of Amherst
In the third quarter Grosvenor OF
Amherst and Smalley of Dartmouth
made fine race, but Grosvenor had
the pole and kept it. Claggett of
Dartmouth blundered taking the
flag on the last quarter, losing a few
yards, but he made chase Tor Con
verse, and it was d battle royal.
Converse was headed momentarily
towards the finish, but found an
unused ounce of energy in the last
few strides and won by about d
foot
At the annual meeting of the New
England intercollegiate Athletic
Association held February 10 Il
Boston, the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology was admitted to the
league The meet will be held at
Worcester Nav %
w. H. Merrill, 81, Academy 90,
is assistant in the chemical labora-
tory.
William Gibbon, 81, Academy 90,
who has been spending two months
at his home in Mississippi, returned
to college Wednesday.
E. o. Grover, "a, Academy 90,
had comedetta, Untitled "A Fin de
Steele Love Story" IN the February
number Of the Granite State Monthly.
The Press Club has appointed a
committee to bring the matter before
the college and secure the arrange
ment of an interschOlastic athletic
association. If such an association
be formed it will be offered the use
of the new athletic field here. It IS
intended to include all the leading
fitting schools In northern New
Hampshire and Vermont.