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The free press., 1894-02-01
HOW TO KEEP PUMPKINS.

A writer in the Ohio Farmer thinks
that to keep pumpkins in fresh state
for ten months or year is very
simple matter. A person has only to
select those that are sound and well
ripened. Handle them carefully so as
not to bruise the flesh wash and wipe
dry; then store them in dry, warm
room. Let each pumpkin have a
separate rest-that is, do not pile one
ON top of another. Keep the temper
ature of the room as even as possible
at all times, and sound, plump pump
kins can be had in June just as well as
in the fall or early part of winter.
For the last two years he has kept his
in an upper hallway leading from the
dining room. A portiere hangs at the
opening of the stairway, so the heat
rises and keeps the upper hall at the
same temperature as the dining room.
If person has n roomy pantry, well
secured from frost or dampness, the
upper shelf would answer nicely for a
storing place, or clothes closet, Sc
cured from cold or dampness, would
answer the purpose as well. Winter
squashes can also be preserved in like
manner. Dampness and frosted air
will soon put this line of vegetables
on the road to decay if left long un-
der its influence.
The free press., 1894-02-01
Virtues of Sulphur.

Apropos of the epidemic OF yellow
fever at Brunswick, Ga, George L.
ANGEL writes us recalling the virtues
of sulphur. During the pestllence AT
Memphis a number of gentlemen We're
advised to wear powdered sulphur IN
their stockings. All of those comply
inc with this advice escaped the dis
ease, but nearly all who failed to do SO
succumbed to it. His personal lnves-
tication showed that none of the en-
ployes of certain match factory III
Boston suffered from the grip when II
was endemic here, and German ply
sician vouches for the efficiency OF SUI
phur against cholera. - Boston Guilt
vator.
The free press., 1894-02-01
Next Day it Showed.

eff I want to get off at Seventy-sec-
ond street." said the man, with the
brown valise, "can go on this train?'
"You can, sir" answered the jaunty
brakeman.
Half an hour later the train whizzed
by Seventy-second at 3O-mile gait.
81 thought you told line you stopped
ut this station!" exclaimed the man
with the brown valise, sharply.
"Oh, mol" answered the jaunty
brakeman pleasantly. "You asked me
if YOU could go on this train. Any
body can go on this train. Auburn
Pa-a-a-rk !"
This wss why the jaunty brakeman
got letter next day from the super
intendent of the road expressing re-
gret that the company would be COM
PEELED to get along without his SER
vices from that time forth.
The man with the brown valise hap
pened to be the president OF the road.
i Chicago Tribune.
The free press., 1894-02-01
FENCING IN WINTER.

There is often plenty of time, after
the so-called fall work is completed,
to do.agood deal that is usually left
till spring. The fence can be looked
over and repaired. Posts can be set
to much better advantage than in the
spring, as the soil is in better condi-
ton for such work. 1t pays to see to
the fences. If neglected, they will
soon fall into delapidated condition
which it will require a good deal OF
time to bring them out of. And
broken-down fence is disgrace to
any farm, and standing reflection
against the owner of it. One reason
why so many shabby fences are seen
is that the work of repairing them IS
left till spring, and then there seems
to be no time for such work. Do it
while there is leisure, and you will be
more likely to do good work. - Amer
lean Agriculturist.
The free press., 1894-02-01
EGGS IN WINTER.

If you. want eggs in winter you must
provide comfortable poultry-house
with windows which will admit sun
light, and the place must be kept suf-
fcently warm to keep the combs of
the layers from freezing.
A wooden floor to the poultry-house
is better than an earthen one, which is
apt to become damp, and dampness is
to be avoided, if you would keep your
flock free from disease and death.
Cleanliness, too, is essential, as are
good warm roosts and open air exercise
on all days which are not damp or ex-
cessively cold.
Chickens, if properly fed and cared
for, can be made to lay nearly as we'll
during the winter months as in the
summer. The chief secret lies in pro-
viding q variety of egg producing food
and in keeping the hens IN proper
condition.
The free press., 1894-02-01
Effect of StimuIants.

II was novel object lesson on the
effects of stimulants that New York.
er sojournlng in Maine last summer
discovered. Beside the house where
he boarded was field that had once
been cultivated, but now was as bar
rem as Sahara. "What is the matter
with the land that nothing will grow
on it?" he asked the fisherman, his
host. ''Fish did it, was the laconic
answer. "How?" "Why, it was
manured with fish. You know farmers
near the seashore use porgies, dog
fish and other fish worthless to eat to
fertilize the land. And don't the fish
just make the crops grow for few sea-
SONS! Look at that patch now. For
years it yielded the finest corn, pota-
toes and garden sass you ever heard
of. You see the fish acts on land just
lates it up to the highest notch, and as
long as there is any productive power
left in the soil it goes into the crops.
But there came the time when that
field gave out all at once, and all the
fish you could heap on it wouldn't
make it bear so much as weeds OF
grass. The only thing is to let it lie
fallow until the soil gains strength by
rest. Farmers round the seashore
have found out that, though fish fer.
tilizers give them tempting crops to,
start with, they ought to be handled
as carefully as man ought to handle
rum or brandy. = New York Sun.
The free press., 1894-02-01

If the farmer will economize with
the food at this season, using no grain.
he will find that his hens will keep in
better health and condition than if
they are fed on grain or other concen-
trated food. The greatest drawback
to the keeping of poultry is not that
the fowls are insufliciently supplied,
but that they are fed too much, and
the cost of their maintenance is more
than it should be. Surfeiting of
fowl with all the grain that it will eat
is not conducive to thrift or egg pro.
duction.
There is an enormous waste of food
in the summer by the lack of judg-
ment in feeding. Grain is given law
ishly, when in fact it is the most un-
suitable food that can be allowed dur
ing warm weather. Grass is superior
to any other food now, and If hens are
confined and cannot have the run of q
grass-plot, the green food may be cut
up fine and fed to them, and it may
be given three times day, in which
case small quantity OF ground oats
or cornmeal may be sprinkled over
the cut food, to each quart of the
ground grain so used teaspoonful OF
salt being first intimately mixed with
it. If it is found necessary to give
something else than green food, let 1T
be lean meat, or meat and crushed TOR
ground) bone, given once day, a
pound to twenty hens being ample.
The hens will lay more eggs when sup
piled with plenty of green food than
when allowed grain freely Farm
and Fireside.
The free press., 1894-02-01

In so mountainous region as New
Mexico, where sand rock and lime
rock abound, there are naturally many
caves, though none has been found to
sissippi Valley. Whenever cave is
newly discovered in new Mexico or
Arizona the finders first hope is that
he has unearthed an old Spanish Or
Mexican mine, but this seldom or
never has proved to be the case. Gen
orally these holes in the mountains are
natural caves in limestone or sandstone
formations, but sometimes they lie be-
tween walls of hard rock, which per-
haps contain mineral deposits, indi.
eating that the primitive civilized
Indians may have dug their way in
following a soft streak in search of
tale to use in pottery making with no
thought for precious metals. Stalac-
tites, snowy white, hang from their
roofs. and where mineral water has
percolated these crystallizations take
on gorgeous metallic hues. Human
bones are sometimes found in these
caves and other evidences of human
work OF former occupancy. The
Coffee Cave and Robinson's Cave, in
the Black range, in southern New
Mexico, have been explored for sew
eral hundred feet and other large
caves in that region remain to be ex-
plored
The free press., 1894-02-01
GREEN FOOD FOR FOWLS.

Green food is the natural food of
fowls in the summer season. 1t is
cooling, possesses all of the elements
required, and is more readily obtained
than any other kind of food. Being
bulky, it contains water, and promotes
digestion by distending the bowels
Though not as nutritious as meat or
grain, yet more of it is consumed, and
if of variety, it supplies all the
wants Of the flock,
The free press., 1894-02-01
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The Japanese have invented new
and superior kind of steel.
Professor Thomson has allowed an
electrical current of million volts to
pass through his body.
A, single steam shovel in the Lake
Superior region mines loads on the
cars in single day 400 tons of iron
ore.
Leather scraps are now converted
into pulp and manufactured into
door knobs, canes, combs, cups, but
tons and other useful articles.
1t is estimated that under favorable
conditions a heavy clap of thunder
can be heard distance of 81 miles.
lightning is visible five times as far.
Mr.. Holland of the Geological Sur
vey of India, after two years investi-
cation, has come to the conclusion
that the geology of Madras has hith-.
erto been misapprehended.
A remarkable archaeological discov-
cry is announced from Treves. In ex-
cavating the old Roman walls close to
the Moselle complete Roman pottery
establishment was discovered.
An authority on weather declares
that tornadoes are most frequent be-
tween noon and 6 o'clock, and that
the rainest hour of the day is 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. This is the report
of meteorological expert.
The longest iron railway bridge in
Germany has just been opened for
traffic. 1t spans the Vistula between
Fordon and Culmsee in West Prussia,
and has occupied two and half years
in construction. It.cost 81, 600, 600.
Scientific investigation shows that
the seas around the British coast arc
being exhausted of fish. The subject
is receiving very grave consideration,
and in all probability there will have
to be very elaborate means established
of stocking the English waters.
1 At meeting of the Association Of
Austrian Engineers and Architects,
Professor Wellner of the Brunn Tech
nical Academy showed flying ma
chine which commended itself to the
meeting. Several prominent engin-
eers expressed the opinion that it
would solve the problem of erial navi-
| cation. Five thousand forms was
voted to build trial machine big
enough to carry two persons.
The free press., 1894-02-01

The Chief of Police at Fujieda,
hearing of my arrival, called at the
hotel with his daughter, who had
learned some English at Kyoto. OF
course there were no chairs. Every
Japanese sits on his knees. could
not stand the pressure long, and usu-
ally put my feet straight out, The
young lady informed me it was i'm
polite, so in deferenceto the customs
of the country 1 painfully got upon
my knees again. The bowing and sa-
laaming were very tiresome to me, and
/ pined for the social atmosphere of
America.
The chief remained an hour, evin-
cling interest in my eating with knife,
fork and spoon, and mixing sugar
with the rice. In the morning he
called again with two more Japanese
ladies. The entire group dropped on
their knees in turn, putting both
hands on the floor, and bowling until
their foreheads touched their hands in
front of them. | thought to myself,
@, Lord, here's more of it 4! and as
soon as decency would allow l bowed
myself out, and was off for Shimada
nv
and Kanaya. - Lenz's World Tour
Awheel in Outing.
The free press., 1894-02-01
When to Wind Your Watch.

During the night your watch Is
quiet. as it were-that is, it hangs in
vour vest without motion or touch.
If you don't wind it at night the main
spring is then relaxed instead OF be-
ing in that condition during the day.
By winding it in the morning the
handspring remains close and tight all
day. 1t keeps the movement steady
at time when you are handling IT,
running about the city tending to
your daily affairs. A relaxed main
spring at this time accounts for fine
watches varying slightly. y.-[ Industrial
World.
The free press., 1894-02-01

Some years ago there lived in PERTH
Scotland, man of convlvlai hapi'S'
well known by his Christian name'
Jamie. One dark night an acquaih'-
ance found jamie lying at the foot OF
an outside stair. els that you,
Jamie?" asked the acquaintance IN "a
voice of the greatest astonlshmeh'
cay, it's me-" replied JAMIE IN a
tone of complete resignation. have
you fallen down the starr? was 'no
next question. Gay, I fell doom pu.
1 was coming doom, whether OF no.
-[London Figaro.
The free press., 1894-02-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE FoUR-LINED LEAF BUG.

A good deal of the damage done of
late to the leaves of the currant and
gooseberry bushes is directly traceable
to the four-lined leaf bug, which has
become so troublesome that expert
ments have been made at Cornell
University Station with view of con-
trolling the pest.
This undertaking proved q serious
one. Bulletin No. So gives a history
of the bug, and recommends the use
of the kerosene. emulsion for large
areas. The Riley-Hubbard formula
should be employed, the emulsion
being diluted with not more than five
parts water, and applied not later than
the last week in May. The bushes
should be well drenched. New York
World.
The free press., 1894-02-01

to look at me-eight years ago Why
did we quarrel? My fault, I begin to
think. suppose it was, but know I
felt very much in the right at the time.
L am not sure now if And he has
not said more than three words to me
since! Its rather awkward! We
have to go on meeting, as we move in
the same sets, and both he and 1 hate
a fuss Oh the world, the world
Anything not to have people talk
But he has never forgiven me. Ii he
were to ask me for dance, now, /
should think the end of the world had
come! I needn't be afraid, though, l
was much too horrid.
Sometimes, lately-I have thought
that he would be glad to-oh, its
just my fancyl And L don't want him
to either!
L wonder if he really cares for
Violet Fleming? She's delightfully."-
young-and naive-and enthusiastic.
1 know he thinks so--but she has
the reddest arms I ever saw!
Oh, don't let me be spiteful!
/ know that cadence. The valse is
nearly over. They will all come by.
That's the most awful moment of all
I wish L was talking to Mrs. Fleming.
1t is so hateful to have to try and look
unconcerned, and as if [ were sitting
here because preferred it.
Oh, I can't bear it. I'll marry. I'll
marry Mr.. Brown. He adores me
he is only waiting, as Herbert's poem
says:
"That WEAKNESS may toss me to his breast"
shall condescend to let him see
that L don't absolutely dislike him. /
shall marry him and live in the coun-
try! It's the only way out of it-for
mel
Yes, for me, but for him! I don't
love him. How could 1? L should
have to tell him, and even a Mr..
Brown is not SO abject as to marry a
woman who tells him point blank that
she can only promise to-tolerate him
And if L don't tell him, it would be
mean.
Here they all come! I must try and
look unconcerned! L know every
stick of my fan by heart, but will
pretend it interests me deeply. L can
see over the top of it.
Here's the first couple! Billy Dan
vers and Miss Forrest | was his first
love, and he's trying hard to make
Grace Forrest think she is. Let him
Mrs. Jenkyn and our host! She's
widow. 1 wish some one would
make me a widow. What am L say
ing? But she's ten years older than L
am, and she laughs like a child. That's
the good of being widow.
Here's Mr.. Hastings. He really
was in love with me once, so now he
detests me. ga man scorned' is
much worse than a woman scorned.
He won't even look at me. No
straight past!
Why, here's Violet-with Mr..
Darcy! I thought she was dancing
with John Forrestl And John Forrest
alone!
May you have dance, Mr.. For
est? I-I-yes, certainly. The next?
the next but one.
Oh, good heavns! The end OF the
world?-or the beginning?- Black
and White.
The free press., 1894-02-01
-, ,,I Re Right in the Morning.

.he bounding beat of the heart OF love
wa .ss tbe Swinging step grows slow;
.he form of cloud in the blue above
' Ties dark on the path below
y, that he sings is lost in sigh,
"a he turns where star is dawning,
,he thinks. as it gladdens his heart and
his eye;
s. n,ill all be right in the morning."
a+be strong man armed" in the middle
watch,
,.,r life's dim deck is gazing,
,tryes through the wreck of the tenn
pest, to catch
.,sam Of the daybeam's blazing,
~ ,be wild storms, there hard by the
helm,
Ia boeds not the dark ocean yawning;
this song in his soul not sorrow can
whelm:
art will all be right in the morning."
uhoD tbe battle is done, the harp unstrung,
rts music trembling-dying:
Whom his woes are unwept and his deeds
unsung,
And he longs in the grave to be lying,
Than Voice shall charm, as it charmed be-
fore
ue had wept or waited the dawning:
aTbcv do love there for aye, I'll be thine as
Of yore,
twill be all right in the morning."
Tbus all through the world, by ship and by
Shore
Where the mother bends over
The cradle, whose tenant 'has gone on be-
iore;"
Where the eyes of the lover
Look aloft for the loved, whatever the word,
Awelcome, a wall or warning,
This is everywhere cherished-this every
where heard:
sItwill be all right in the morning.
-[BENJAMIN +. TAYLOR.
The free press., 1894-02-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


All manures are not equally valu-
able.
Ground oats is a good feed for
calves.
All stock requires good care to pro.
duce good results.
Cornstalks will make good feed for
hogs if cut when green.
Don't rear Indifferent stock if you
are trying to make money.
Turnips make an excellent addition
to the feed of milch COW.
In English gardens toads are highly
esteemed as insect destroyers.
Keep only those COWS which will
give profit all the year round.
This is an excellent time for ex-
perimenting with feeding wheat to
stock.
It is said that ensilage which is not
covered will only mould to depth OF
ten inches.
The sides of the silo should be care
fully packed, so that they are as solid
as the center.
If you expect to keep your sheep up
to the standard you must not be con-
tent with grade slres.
Quarantine all newly purchased
pigs for thirty days before letting them
run with their fellows.
Those persons who are said to have
good luck in farming are the ones who
employ common sense and good judg-
ment.
By removing all fallen fruit many
insects will be destroyed and Others
will be prevented from obtaining
footing.
A good warm barn with silo and
water inside and good COWS, make
winter dairying easier than summer
dairyipg.
Good breeds cannot stand the neg
lect which the scrubs can, but If you
give them proper care they will surely
repay you.
Whenever signs of defective consti-
tuition appear among your hogs, it is
time to change to another strain of the
same family.
BY thorough culture the farmer can
get much better crops, but will ex'
haust his soil much sooner than by less
thorough cultivation.
Pigs that have been driven any
distance, or even carted to the place
of killing, should be given couple of
days rest before killing.
The remedy in use for the Goblin
moth in Australia is bandage about
the trunk of the tree and the destruc-
ton of all infected fruit.
A writer says that he succeeded in
driving away squash and cucumber
beetles by scattering on each hill lit
tie land gypsum which had been
moistened with coal tar.
If turnips are fed to cows just be-
fore milking they are apt to give a
taint to the milk, but it is said that if
given directly after milking the next
The free press., 1894-02-01
THE WALL-FLOWER.
wish I was deadi

Iwish I was deadi
lam 2S wears old. I never really
pOticed it till now. [ can't find
uinkle or q row's-foot on my face, if
look ever so hard; [ could dance all
light without stopping-but no mat
Ter l have had my day and the sooner
Iyealize the fact the better,
Isuppose | oughtn't to complain;
I've had good time on the whole. /
came out and was made fuss about,
and lots of people fell in love with m e
and that's always supposed to be
pleasant. Not for them, poor things
but, then, no woman ever thinks of
that
I've danced, and firted, and gos-
siped, and amused myself generally,
and made a business of pleasure. If
the dancing shoes I've worn out were
collected what heap there would be !
And all the frocks I've worn, and torn
and put my foot through-and the
bouquets I've ruined-and the compli-
ments I've had-and the offers I've re-
fused! Oh, yes, L was succe ss-not
doubt of it
And now, what's the good of it all?
I've made certain number of people
quite miserable; but I've never been
IN love myself-not really-except-
perhaps--
was very heartless. I've been told
umes out of number that l had "no
heart Men always say that when q
snl refuses them, to save their own
vanity; but in my case L dare say it
vas true.
Well, nobody cares now if L have a
neTt or not. It's all different. L have
got a certain number of friends, whose
yep suits mine, who ask me for dances,
uut without enthusiasm, and talk to
me OF this or that "dear little thing
OSef there, who is enjoying herself so !"
iAey say I'm ''good sort" and a
feal" friend A friend! What has
lnendship to do in ballroom?
can see the ballroom reflected in
ue mirror here. How nice and cool
Tue glass is to my hot cheek! What a
iool must look-only there is no.
OOay can see me- and if they did
'Aey wouldn't care. Nobody misses
me- There's Laura Gray? She tries
!" De the good Samaritan of the ball
room. Don't let me catch her eye, or
cue Will come and throw me cast-off
partner of her own, She's kind
sni' Laura, but I don't want charity
uAnces. l should say 1 was engaged.
: VIII not dance with veterans or boys.
had rather SIT out.
now decidedly melancholy dance
music Is | never noticed it SO much
oelore. ] could lie down on the floor
'nls very minute and howl, if L were
TO let myself go.
suppose | were to cross the room
Au 'aik to Mrs, Fleming? Anything
~seem occupied No, 1 see she is
~''eep' and if she were not, she would
S1'y Tell np OF violet's perfections.
''e 'nem Everybody sees them Oh,
mere 4 'et-with John Forrest.
The free press., 1894-02-01
valuable Collection of Minerals.

According to the Philadelphia Rec
ord. Clarence S. Bement of that city
has a collection of minerals which la
second to only one in the world, that
Of the British museum. 1t is esti-
mated to be worth fully $500, 900,
The free press., 1894-02-01
Hittite Signs Are Now Chaldaean.

The Hittites of Jewish history, whS
were long puzzle to anthropologists,
are now believed to have been Sem
itic tribe speaking dialect akin TO
Ph@nician, and it is ascertained that
the so-cal1ed Hittite Inscriptions are
really the work of another people. the
Chaldi, whose origin is not yet dis.
covered. At present the tendency is
to show that these were of Aryan OF
lndo-Germanic origin, and probably
immigrants from Europe. II London
Globe.
The free press., 1894-02-01

One hundred and fifty thousand Odd
Fellows have died since the organizes
tion OF the order in 1920.