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..How LONG TO MILK COWS.


..How LONG TO MILK COWS. II
Ten months is not too long to keep
fGws in the dairy, and in certain cases
Pven longer. The COW that gives milk
i've or six months in the year, and
then goes dry until her next calying,
Is an Improbable animal, and the
booner she is disposed of the better.
| n training young heifers with first
calves, it would be we'll to milk them
he first year nine months steadily;
milk them if they only give one pint
i milk at time during the latter end
4 this period. The next year it will
e found an easy matter to keep up
ir better yield of milk to the end of
be nine months. The third year the
hbit is thoroughly fixed, and you have
persistent mixer. The COW is large
Ia creature of habit, and her use-
ilness and profitableness in the dairy
tpends largely upon her careful
timing from her entrance into milk
fing.-[ American Agricultur1st.
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Disappearance of Game in America.

1t is really appalling to compare the
enormous amount of game on this con-
tinent at the beginning of the century
with the wretched remnant of to-day.
At that time the American buffalo
roamed the prairies in countless thou
sands, and was probably the most nu'
merous large animal in the world, and
now-but all Americans know the
shameful story of it's determination.
Little more than hundred years
ago great herds of elk swarmed IN the
kentucky and Illinois hunting
grounds, and even as late as 1850
few could be found in the district
north of the Ohio River. Today thei
discriminating bands are confined to
the mountains of the Northwest. The
same sad story of fast approaching ex-
tinction is true of the other game AMI
mails, the antelope, bighorn, mountain
goat, and the various kinds OF deer;
in fact. it is true of all our larger
mammals. Many persons living to-
dsy will see their final disappearance
in a wild state. - Century.
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Rones OF Pearls.

When D'Israeli, in 'Lothair, men,
toned Corisande's ropes of pear"
the idea seemed rather barba1ie IN
its splendor, and merely an oa'herst
of the Oriental Imagination OF the
writer. Now, however, several Of our
women of society boast of these splen-
did, long strings, each seperate pearl
of which may be worth from $500 to
81, 900. These sumptuous chains are
from yard to yard and half in
circumference, and are worn wound
once around the throat, with the rest
of the "rope" hanging loosely over
the corsage to the waist. -TNew York
Journal.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
EXTRACTING HONEY.

When the plan of extracting the
honey from the ecombs is followed, al
ways allow the cells ofthe comb to be
filed, but do not allow them to be
lealed over. Take out the frames,
put them into an extractor, turn the
feel and the liquid honey is thrown
pnt by centrifugal force. If care is
aiken in handling not to injure the
Irames, they can be put back into the
kiyes to be again filed with honey. -
American Farmer.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Don't let the late pigs stop growing.
Give them plenty of slops.
The scrub COW is an expensive lux
ury. Throw her overheard
1t is impossible to handle bees to
any extent in cold weathers let them
alone.
Cold storage butter keeps best at
temperature of about twenty de-
grees.
If part of the feed is stored up
outside feed it first. 1t will lessen the
waste.
A flock of hens is said to resemble
fruit cake in that it consists of many
layers.
Build your hog houses on relatively
high ground. 1t saves much trouble
and money.
One pound of out meat and bone is
considered the proper daily allowance
for sixteen hens.
Never accuse the hens of shortcom~
ings until you have examined the mote
in your own eye.
Much fruit that when we'll grown is
pretty good when poorly grown is
good for nothing.
1t is always loss to put heavy
team on the road unless there is
heavy load behind it.
Bees will destroy an old worn-out
queen, but only when the conditions
are favorable for raising new one.
If your wife has the right kind of
husband he will see that she has plenty
of dry kindling wood constantly on
hand.
Bale your hay so that the shipper
can send 1t to any market aAd have 1t
sell, grade considered, pr Ugh as any
hay in the Unitel States
The old saying that Every rose boa
it's thorn" is exempiibad in the black
berry, as some Of cur 5hoicest varie-
ties seem to have the most thorns.
Personal supervision is one of the
conditions of success. Details which
may seem unimportant to the employe
must receive attention or loss occurs.
When baling hay don't employ
man with poor old press; get good
machine. 1t doesn't cost any more to
send your hay to market in an attrac-
tive manner.
There is no advantage in molesting
the bees when the big SHOWS come by
clearing the snow away from the en-
trance. 1t will do harm if the bees
are half covered.
Division boards should be used in
all weak colonies, as contracting the
space in the hives to suit the size of
the colony is an important matter.
Chaff cushions are preferable to boards
in winter.
1t is estimated that under the most
unfavorable circumstances an acre OF
properly cultivated willows during the
first three years will produce from
3, 900 to 5000 peeled willows, ready
for market.
In very cold weather very good
plan of feeding bees is to take pow
dered sugar and stir it up with honey
until it can be worked into a stiff ball.
Lay it right over the cluster, so that
the bees can sip it off as they need it.
Breeding for desirable points has
been experimental upon by the best
of apiarists and the result is that much
has been made. One
in breeding to improve is
that the stock can be turned dozen
times in year is desired.
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LIGHT STABLES.

The Importance of having stables
initiated in accordance with correct
Iinciples of hygiene is generally ad-
ntted. That the supply.of fresh air
sbuld be ample is frequently insisted
upn, but that the light should also
babundant is not so commonly rec
oaized.
Iome stables are at midday in a
ate of emi-darkness-a condition,
say the least, anything but con-
dcive to the we'll being of the horse.
N animal enjoys the light of day
nre than he. In his wild state he
fauents the open plain or mountain
81, in the full light of day. Wild
hees are never found to inhablt
gid my forests or dark ravines.
lie horse is child of light, and he
shd Id be treated accordingly in do
MEDICATION, if he is to be kept in per-
fechealth and spirits, with his eye
sig unimpaired. The frequent
tradition from dark stable into the
fulklare of day cannot fail to act
pra adicially on his visual organs,
anto must almost permanent gloom
anl darkness. If we studied only his
cdhf,rt, we would give him at all
tiles stable full of cheerful light as
vii as refreshing air New York
brld.
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reply, agreeing with his views, and re-
leasing him from his engagement.


leasing him from his engagement.
And thenceforth, for six months,
they saw and heard no more of each
other, though Mr.. Bowers often thought
of the pretty and amiable widow and
her comfortable fortune, and wished
that those five children had never stood
in his way.
1t was on a pleasant day of the fol-
lowing spring that Mr.. Bowers, with
his three boys, stood in the waiting
room of a railroad depot, awaiting the
arrival of an up train.
He was sending off the two eldest to
q boarding-school.
Suddenly he heard voice which sent
a thrill through him, and turning, met
the smiling eyes of the Widow Wren,
looking prettier than ever, as she
frankly held out her Land.
"Quite time since we last met II
she said, cheerfully.
"Quite! and l need not ask how
you have been. You look as bloom
ing as your own roses?" he said gal
lantly, glancing at the bouquet which
she carried.
"You have your boys with you, I
see. How they have grown!"
"And your little pets-how are
they?"
ooh, blooming as lilies? There
are two of them, Helen and Marie,
with their mother"
"Their mother!" echoed Mr.. Bow
ers, following the direction of her
glance to where lady, with two chill
dren stood talking with nice-looking
gentleman.
"Yes-my sister. You knew they
were her children?"
Greatly, I-you never told me so, "
he stammered
"Didn't 1? But of course you
guessed it, as l was living with her."
And she looked admiringly at her
bouquet.
Mr.. Bowers felt Half stunned.
What a dreadful mistake this had
been. What a dreadful blunder he
had committed T., But was it too late
to undo it? Might it not be posi-
ble--
And just here he caught the shrek
of the approaching train.
'Do you still reside with your SIS
ter?" he asked, hurriedly, but with an
earnestness which spoke in his eyes as
well as his words
"Oh, dear, no-at least Ishall not in
the future" She turned to the nice
looking gentleman, who had ap-
preached. "Let me introduce you to
my husband, Mr.
Mr.. Bowers did not catch the name,
and, in fact, hardly knew what he
himself said or did, SO dazed and be-
wildered was he.
He hears some one say, "There is Mrs.
Wren, who was married last night. ="
And as he stood looking after the re-
ceding train, it was with feeling as
though he had been robbed, cheated,
over.reached in some venture in which
he had expected to draw prize.
"She certainly only called them her
pets, her darlings," he reflected, as he
slowly wended his way homeward
"What an idiot l was! But l wonder
whether it was innocently done on her
part, or trick, ruse, to get rid OF
me and the boys?"
And to this day Mr.. Bowers has not
been able to satisfy himself on that
noint. Saturday Night.
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A HEARTS Song.
soll from the leaden sky

!. ..,rdrop fell from the leaden sky
crav bird sang when the day was nigh.
- Ms arvstal " drop was lost in the rain
y. :. arrows thrust the bird was slain.
,.srdrop fell from hearts overflow,
. uoiden's song was sad and low;
y. ~ ,be one she deemed so true and strong
" vowed false to singer, and to song.
''' --[ALBERT HARDY in Godey's.
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A new gold field twenty miles square
has been discovered near Hartzel, Col
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20
RpOTOUS NEGRO INDIANS
chief Blue In Open Rebellion Against
Chickasaw Nation Authorities

WICHITA, Kan, Sept 2O.-A special
from Stonewall, in the Chickasaw nation,
is to the effect that Chief Blue, the leader
Of the Chckasaw negro Indians, is in
open rebellion. The insurrectionists have
gone out on marauding tour and are
terrorizing the Indian citizens, and es-
pecially the squaw men. Last Sunday
the band, headed by King Blue and his
negroes, swept down on the farm of
George II. Truax, postmaster at Stone
wall, at midday. Truax, a white man,
and his squaw were led from the house
and bound with ropes and held prisoners.
King Blue and his band then destroyed
everything in the house they could not
eat and drink, and rode off bowling and
screeching. Neighbors found Truax and
his wife and released them. Other Indian
citizens have been similarly treated, and
the eastern part of the Chickasaw nation
is in state of terror.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20

Iy every struggle between employees and
employed, irrespective of the conditions
prevailing in particular industries or
cities, the public is likely TO sympathize
with the working people. To some en-
ployers, no doubt, this seems to be only a
manifestation of the vulgar prejudice
against wealth, with a half.communistlc
desire to have the good things of the
world divided up more evenly. But con-
sciously or not, the people have better
reason for their general prediction in
favor of the wage-earners The prosper
ity Of the Nation always depends upon
the condition and the purchasing power
of that vast majority of its people who
depend upon their earnings. Better
wages, as general rule, actually cause
better business as well as indicate better
business. It is not well to forget that
there are exceptions. The wages de.
manded iu a particular branch of in
dustry may be such as 10 cripple or crush
that industry This is not mere imagi.
nation the thing has actually happened
N re than once Not to refer to cases in
thi- country about which some prejudice
might still exist, il is notorious that some
industries of considerable importance
have been virtually driven out of Great
Britain by the determination Of the work
ers 10 get higher wages than it was posi-
bic TO pay in competition with similar
work on the continent By putting
further OH, so to speak, the mark above
which wages cannot be safely raised in
view of foreign competition, protective
tariff enables the workers to ask with
safety better wages than could otherwise
be paid.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20
A PUZZLED FOREIGNER.
He Could Not BE Reconciled 70 Our Ideas
of Precedence,

He Could Not BE Reoonoiled 70 Our Ideas
of Precedence,
In spite Of its profcssed culture and COS
mopolitan opportunities society in New
York, we are told, still impresses a for
eigner as distinctly commercial and more
or less haphazard in its arrangements,
Precedence, for example, which in the old
world regulates social ethics or aCcOrds to
men of distinction their proper place in the
fashionable ranks, is totally Ignored. In
Washington, where official life Teigns SUI
preme. etiquette receives due considera-
tiun, and diplomatists, to whom such mat
ters are all important, take their proper
places, but In New York it is no uncom-
mon thing to see an accredited representa-
tive of a king or emperor sitting between
two young debutantes, while man of no
official rank takes in the hostess.
"Arc those gentlemen on either side of
Mrs H. OF great distinctionY inquired
the newly arrived minister from --- Of
his next noighbor at a large dinner at "a
well known house in Newport Ihglatter,
a witty woman of the world, at once ap-
preciated the situation and the bowilder-
ment of the Comte do --, who found
himself placed between two charming
young women instead of occupying the
place of honor next his hostess, which was
his by official right.
mo, but they are very rich, " she re-
piled gravely.
"Then there is no precedence in this
country-only money basisi But that
Is so very ductuating, How do you man
age that"'
"Oh, that is our puzzle, " answered the
lady 1T is, as you say, very difficult
Perhaps it might even be necessary &c
change at table" continued the offended
dignitary dryly, and Mr. A, who at SOUP
might be so far removed from the lady OF
the house as l am, for instance, might
find himself at dessert at her elbow"
"Or there might be a stock ticker on the
mantel, " suggested Miss x, enjoying the
irritated amour propre of the little man.
"and as values went up OF over people
might change places like the children IL
the game Of 'stagocoach,
1T is certainly all very odd to nous ou
tres, " murmured the diplomat, "but since
these curious customs place me near you
mademoiselle, l have nothing to regret.
st. Louis GlObe-Dcmocrat.
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Pennsylvania Farm statI,tlcs

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O-The census bu-
reau has issued a bulletin showing the
ownership of farms and homes and debt
in Pennsylvania, 1t shows that 1919 per
cent. Of the farm families lease farms and
4.2l per cent. own them. OF the owners
72.59 per cent. own free of membranes.
There are liens on the owned farms
amounting to S73, s22, ,97s, or 4O.65 per cent.
of their value. The average rate of in
terest is 543 per cent. OF the homes
64.O6 per cent. are leased and 3S. "a per cent.
are owned. OF the latter 693S per cent.
are free of incumbrance. The debt on
owned homes amounts to Sl37, SIS, ,232, or
43. IA per cent. of their value.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20

an accident upon the operators of the
mine and a verdict is rendered accordingly,
what result is attained The verdict is
pigeon holed and soon forgotten, the
county is put to expense for nothing, and
the whole matter takes the same course
that would have been followed if no in
vestigation had been held The Office of
Coroner is one of the most ancient known
to English law. The coroner was in old
times the principal law officer of the
Crown-with the name orowner, or coro-
ner both of which are equally correct
and his duty was to hold inquests on judi
cial inquiries in large variety of cases,
besides performing other functions. Coro-
ners are known to have existed near the
end of the twelfth century, and It is prob.
able that the Office is much older. Its
origin dates so far back that it is lost in
the twilight Of fable. 1t is only within
comparatively recent times that the func-
tion of the coroner became limited to in
quiries into the causes of violent or sudden
deaths. Despite It's ancient character, the
Office possesses no sanctity, and there are
the strongest reasons for believing that
the duties now performed by coroners
can be performed more satisfactorily and
economically in other wavs.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20
COULDN'T SAY HER PRAYER.

Last night In the early twilight
Came my little one to my knee
With: Papa, rze dreflle Sleepy,
An tired Gs tan be.
'Ou say my payer, Please, papa,
For me dest is one time"
And she knelt down by the knee thRt
She was oil too tired TO climb
The moonlight wove a halo
Round the nodding little head,
And the drowsy lids dropped lower
AS II lay me down. was said,
And before the prayer was ended
And the Lord was asked to keep
Through the night the child he gave me
She was very fast asleep.
When she came TO me this morning
With a hug and kiss, said she'
81 flank 'ou lots, dear papa,
Tause 'ou said my payer for INC.
When I dts drctile s'eepy,
II BOXERS me to pray,
Tause my eyes dest won't stay open,
So / tau't sec what to sayl'
-Eben L. Rexford in New York Ledger,
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To Stop IIicoough,

A good deal of comment has been made
upon am alleged discovery by French ply
sicinu and foreign medical journal has
given it considerable space in It's columns
The new idea is to the effect that snuff
administered until sneaZng sets i'm will
stop serious cases of hiccOugh tits a Gu
rious and amusing tact that many doctors
sharply resent any suggestion that they
might employ old women's remedies, 20
and whom something simple Is proposed
they will have none Of 10. Sneezing to
stop hiccough has been o school child and
old nurses remedy in this country for
half a century at least. Snuff takers need
feel no satisfaction In the foreign physi-
clans discovery, for the old nurse and the
children used the frayed out corner Of an
old handkerchief or, lacking that, the
apron, rolling 10 TO tiny point and touch
ing the inner membrane of the nostril
with the soft muslin If the doctor win
try a bit of rag and leave the snuff out
of the case entirely, the patient will re-
cover more quickly New York Ledger
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20
Phillips Charges Malice.

New YORK, Sept. 2O.-Charles E. Phil
lips, eX-president of the defunct Colum-
bian bank, of Philadelphia, who was ar
rested and taken to Philadelphia on Tues
day on a charge of having embezzled
money has returned to New York To a
reporter Mr.. Phillips said: "There is no
truth whatever in the accusation made
against me. For years have been in con-
staut, personal communication with the
assignees of the Columbian bank. Its af-
fairs have now, after seven years waiting,
been made a pretext for an attack by ma
liCious hands,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20

The sight Of a drummer tramping by
his hotel, carrying a big sample case, caus-
ed Senator Hill 20 relate the following eX-
perience that he had a number of years
ago while mayor of Elmira: You never
would think l am sure, he said, that l
was once taken for a drummer Never
theless IL is fact 1 had occasion to visit
a small town in the northern part of the
state and was travelling by the New York
Central road. The conductor who took
my ticket, after looking me over critical
ly, remarked In a genial sort of way,
Travelling man, I suppose, sirr / told
him l was not, After completing my bust
ness IN the town where l was going ask
ed for my bill at the hotel The clerk sized
me up and said ourtly Commercial ratesi'
NO, / said, full rates never knew
until then that drummers were given re-
duoed rates at hotels "-Brooklyn Eagle.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Ex-senator Jones,
of Nevada, who was asked by the Repub
lican state committee of Nevada to resign
his seat in the United Estates senate be
cause he had gone over to the Populist
party has decided so comply with the re-
quest, He he will not resign just now On
the contrary, he intends to wait until the
meeting of the legislature, which will be
composed of silver men, who are virtually
Populists Senator Jones expects that he
will then be elected to fill his own unex.
pired term.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20

THERE isa movement in the State Of
New York 10 abolish the office Of Coroner,
aud it should be undertaken in Pennsyl.
9ania. The Office is a mockery, at least so
far as Schuylkill county is concerned. It
has but one sphere of usefulness and that
Is limited TO the pockets of those who are
summoned to hold the alleged investiga.
tions. Jurors are summoned to inquire
into cases Of the most trivial character
and in nine cases out of ten the county is
called upon to pay long bill Of fees and
expenses for practically nothing. In most
of the inquisitions on mine accidents the
results are farcical Even II the intelli-
gence and sagacity of the jury is such as
20 enable it TO place the responsibility for
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-20

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Y esterday Sup
ervising Architect O'Rourke transmitted
his resignation to Secretary Carlisle, in
obedience to the latter's request for the
same In his letter of resignation Mr.
ORourke says nothing about the con-
spiracy against him which he alleged in
his first letter existed in the office, but
complained that in the conduct of the af-
fairs OF the office he an architect of thirty
years experience had been embarrassed
by "laymen" in the Office