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The Van Buren press., 1894-10-27
A NoxioUs WEED.
Another Weed Pest That IL Gaining Firm
FOOth0ld.

Another Weed Pest That IL Gaining Firm
Foothold.
A weed has found its way into sew
eral places in southern Kentucky that
fear will soon become SO abundant
that it will not be easily held in check.
This is near relative of the common
coclkle-bur, or "cuckle-bur" rs it is To-
cally called-the Xanthium spinuosum,
L., spiny cockle-bur. This plant makes
its best growth during August and
September, when other weeds are less
aggressive, and is a low, branching
weed, about foot high and spread
ing to diameter of from one
to three feet. 1t is armed at
The base of each leaf with clus-
ter of three sharp straw-colored spines
one inch long. These thorns, together
with the bur. make it a formidable
weed to encounter. The leaf is deep.
glossy green, veined with white; the
contrast with the bright golden spines
make it a rather pretty foliage plant,
but for its habit of spreading and be-
coming nuisance.
noticed in 1890 while in Franklin
Cu0u VIlAo was q COIulAOA bUICCu WCCu,
bordering the streets for the width of
from three to six feet on either side,
forming an impenetrable mass, and ex-
tending for blocks, and also along
the several roads into the coun-
try. was told by prominent citizen
there that the authorities were hiring
men at dollar q day to dig it up, as
it had become such pest. There it is
enormously called the Canada thistle.
The true Canada thistle has not made
its appearance here. though have u
specimen gathered at Lexington.
A word of warning should be uttered
against this spiny or thorny cockle-
bur, as it is disagreeable weed to
handle in gardens, and also for the
border of streets and roadsides. Its
weapons of defense are such that it
forms an impenetrable barrier to man
or to stock, and unless weeded out ere
the burs ripen is easily carried from
place to place, thus spreading over a
wider area the coming season.
Four years ago there was not sin
gle plant in Bowling Green. A year
later one plant was observed near a
sales stable, near Eleventh street. Last
year it was noticed on some three or
four streets, and dense clumps of it
along the roadside Of one of the turn
pixies a mile from town. This year
there is still more of it and it has
reached Reservoir hill. In fact it has
come to stay unless vigorous efforts
are made by all. whether they own the
property near or not, to exterminate
it. Cor. Farmers Home Journal.
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the wheat from "a TO 80 hours; ! fed
them IS bushels in 20 days, and then
weighed and they held the beam at
a,os4 pounds, a gain Of 81 s-ll pounds
to the hog, total gain OF s94 pounds. I
weighed them on the 18th. That day
such hogs sold in Louisville for Se.2o.
about equal to cents, weighed at
home, which would give me $53.64 for
4s bushels Of wheat or Sl.24 per bushel.
I was very careful In weighing my
hogs and wheat, also in feeding them.
feed them from three TO four times Z
day and from three to four common
water buckets of wheat each time. l
fed them near pond Of fresh water in
lot of 10 acres set in bluegrass. When
weighed them on the 12th began to
feed them on cooked wheat, which l
expect to report about the 18th OF oc-
tober.-W. T. Clore, in Farmers Home
Journal
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HERE AND THERE.

Raising our own dogs and buying
our hogs, is a custom more honored in
the breach than the observance.
Boiled pine tops and put in slop
will cure thumps in hogs. Turpentine
is also good.
The first oil we'll in America was on
small farm in the mountains of Wayne
county, Ky. 1t was discovered in 1922
Keeping lot OF idle cockerels is a
waste of feed, and a general nuisance.
Sell them or eat them to get them out
Of the way.
Geese can stand greater amount
of old age than any domestic fowl
They are at their best for breeding
after the first year.
One acre Of good stock hens will
prove more profitable in twelve months
than four acres of wheat or corn, and
instead of exhausting the land they i'm.
prove it. But they must be properly
divided and housed.
Recent and numerous tests show
that a mixture of corn and wheat fed
to hogs of the right sort will net the
feeder from seventy to eighty cents
per bushel. This beats the market
price of either of these grains.
"A sleek, well-rounded COW is very
handsome and might be cut up into ex-
cellen. roasts and steaks, but she is not
handsome in the eyes of practical
dairymen She puts her fat upon her
person, and not in the pail
1t is barbarous, as well as expen.
sive, to confine or ship fowls in coops
so low they can not stand up straight
The punishment causes them to loose
condition, and become in consequence
a slow sale.
1T is beginning to dawn upon those
who eat beef for the purpose of sustain
ing bodily vigor and health rather than
for the pleasures of the palate, that our
beef is made too fat There is more
nutriment in a given weight of grass
fattened beef than that fed largely on
corn.
The policy that permits the ground
to be bare all winter to have its fer
tility leached out by rains is disastrous.
Sow it down in rye or barley, pasture
and plow under in spring, if the ground
is needed for other crops. A pound of
fertility saved is as good as pound ap-
piled, and costs less
Chickens to eat are well enough.
but eggs we must have. Eggs come
nearer being current cash than any
other product of the farm or door-yard.
Twelve eggs are good for twelve cents.
and the more egg-producers we have
the more cents will follow as natural
consequence.
"A silo twenty-five feet deep and
twelve feet square will hold feed sum.
cient to last twelve cows six months.
Each will consume about sixty pounds
daily. The corn should not be- har.
vested while too green and succuieut.
lest much OF the feeding ys!ss IT. issG.
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How to Apply Fertilizers.

In applying fertilizers it is important
that they be SO scattered and mixed
with the soil as to encourage the
spreading of the roots and plants, and
also to place the necessary amount OF
plant food within the reach of the roots
from the very first.
1t is generally best to sow them broad
cast or drill and work well into the soil
before planting. When small quan.
tity OF fertilizer is applied to each hill
or row at planting time. it acts
mainly as stimulant to produce
an early and vigorous start, which il
considered necessary for the tobacco
but often renders the crop more sensi
tive to drought. In any case care
should be taken to mix the fertilizer
with the soil, so that it will not coms
in contact with the seeds or plants
Most fertilizers, and especially those
containing much nitrogen, soluble
phosphoric acid, or potash, will iniurt
or destroy young plants if brought di
rectly in contact with them.-Ken
lucky Agricultural Station Bulletin.
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WHEN SHE WAS NEAR.

NJ m7ther's henst was honey,
Hof kiss was sweetest balm,
And though the world was full Of storm
Her lap was full Of calm.
Her arms and breast wore Allied with rest
Her smile WAS full Of Joy,
And life was dear whom she was near
And = little boy.
The world ID full Of golden gifts.
And yet my spirit sighs
BetWecn the gracious long-agos
And happy by-snd-byes.
an a-weAry Of the cares
That fili the lives Of mon;
I would were little child
Within those arms again.
Nof my mothers heart was honey.
And her kins was sweetest balm.
And though the world was full Of storm
Her lap was full Of calm.
Her arms and breast were hlled with rest.
Her smile was full Of Joy.
And life was dear whom she was near.
And little boy.
Nixon Waterman, IN Chicago journal
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dreadfully timid man, may say. She
laughed and said:
~ don't think he ever did ask me
to marry him, Miss Marina. 1t isn't
our way. He used to tease me and l
used to tease him for a long time
when he came to the parsonage for
orders. Then one morning he said,
quite serious like: "Will you walk out
with me, miss?"-it was Polly" at
other times. said didn't mind; 80
we walked ont together for nearly a
twelvemonth. and then began to talk
about furnishing
"'But supposing in the meantime
you had changed your minds?
Well we should have had tiff
most likely, and shouldn't have walked
out together any more. that's all.
Now. l think" continued Miss Null
grove, that the unsentimental court
ship Of people like Mr.. and Mrs. Simp.
son, who are thoroughly happy pair,
is vastly superior to the article sup.
piled by the novelist. People in their
station. don't commit themselves too
deeply before they are married, and
they are generally happier after
wards"
There was a slight tremor in her
voice as she concluded. Walton, for
his part, looked grave. He had bound
himself not to speak, but he was evil
IDENTIFY dissatisfied.
twas relief to both of them when, at
the end of half an hour. bright, fair.
haired boy of about nine years came
leaping down the steps of the terrace.
under the shelter Of which they were
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sCasessia sso wen adapted 70 children tAas
lssoommend II " superior TO any prescription
tnown 70 me.~ II. A AncuxH, H. D..
III Ga Oxford st.. brooklyn, n. :.
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~ guess Jimmie Jones was mis-.
taken about his brother being a col
lege graduate" Mamma-"Why, what
makes you think sop well, papa
said they always know everything, and
he couldn't even tell what our baby
was crying about"
The Van Buren press., 1894-10-27

-McFadden-"Faith. and why do
yer charge me twenty-five cents fer =
haircut, when your sign says: First.
class haircut for fifteen cents?' :"
French Barber-"Ah. but, monsis ur.
~ r hair ez not frst-elass.'
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Canned Fodder.

Ensilage is nothing in the world but
canned fodder. You take fruit and can
1t and use it upon your tables, and il it
is properly canned it is nearly as pala-
table as fresh fruits, as near as it can
be. Now, we take fodder and by
means Of silo we can it. A good silo
is an a;r-tight building, or as near as
it is possible to make it, and in
it is placed the food in compare
lively green state; the enormous
weight of the green food causes it to
settle. The weight of ensilage in a
silo when settled is from forty to fifty
pounds per cubic foot, and the result
is that it settles SO compactly as to
drive the air out, and the ensilage
keeps SO long as the air is not allowed
to come in contact with it.-Farmers'
Home journal.
The Van Buren press., 1894-10-27
FEEDING WHEAT.

A KentuckiAn's Experience that Showed
Profitable Results.
To comply with my promise | now
give you some figures on feeding wheat
to hogs. On the 18th of August l
weighed II hogs of Poland-Chinn stock
that weighed 1890 pounds. soaked
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STILL DECEIVED.

Evidence accumulates that the
natives continue to be grossly mis-
informed regarding the relations
of the United States to the deposed
Queen. No sensible white person
in the States believes in restoration,
and Congress will take no action
for that purpose. But positive
statements to the effect that Mr..
Cleveland will make the restoration
continue to be sent directly from
Washington to people here. These
statements are deliberately false.
Those who believe in them fail to
give any authority for them. We
believe that Moreno is the mischief
maker. He is probably under the
pay of the royalists, and will re-
sceive pay as long as he keeps up
! their courage by leading them
astray. From what we know of
1 his character, he would, without
hesitation, report that he was In
|daily private interviews with Mr..
lCleyeland, and that his lnforma-
Zion was based on these interviews.
Nothing but the affirmative act
If Congress viii assure the natives
IF the correct situation. Mr.. Willis
kindly disposed as he may be to-
Lizards us, cannot do it. Mr.. Cleve-
and cannot do it. Congress alone
kean, because the matter is in Its
hands; There is no better llicstra.
ion of the power of an insignificant
an;schief.maker than the case OF
Moreno persistently lying TO 'he
natives, and preventing them from OF
acknowledging allegiance TO tne
new Government.
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HAMAKUA NOTES.

HoNoKAA, March 2S.-The Ha
makua port blockade is not raised
but continues. The sea has been
so very rough that no steamer is
able to land or take on anything
except during an hour or two at
times when the storm abates.
The Waialeale left Hilo Monday
morning and was here by 10 a. NJ,
but only succeeded in landing the
mail-even that with great risk of
having the boat smashed. Tues
day she succeeded in landing part
of her freight and the remaining
freight was landed on Wednesday
and some sugar taken in.
The Honokaa plantation has OBJ
tanned about ten Portuguese labor
ers, picked from homestead fami-
lies.
While our neighboring districts
are stirred up with local politics,
Hamakua is remaining quiet.
The next term of the Circuit
Court will be held here in July.
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EdisOn's KinefescOpe.

Sandow, the strong man, and
Edison, the inventor, had an inter.
esting meeting in Menlo Park, N
j., recently. The latter has practi-
cally completed his new invention,
the kinetescope, and wished to test
the instrument with Sandow as a
subject. The main principle of
the kinetescope consists in the
taking of a great number of i'm
pressions by a camera in limited
space of time, thus obtaining a
continuous photograph of the en-
tire motion of the object or person.
Forty-six pictures are taken in one
second.
Sandow showed his eight move
ments for the distention of the
muscles and Edison worked the
kinetescope. The result was
complete series of plates showing
every movement of the giant dur
ing the twenty seconds of oper-
ating. The pictures are but an
inch square, although the inventor
says he shall be able to take pic
lures of larger size soon. After
the experiments Edison aud San
dow were photographed together
Exchange.
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pear that the expressed views of
this journal are self-contradictory
is utterly futile, and we do not pro-
pose to impose upon the public any
further discussion of the subject.
The ADVERTISER has declared for a.
full and fair representation of the
natives, but it holds that such a
representation does not entitle them
to political control. These views
may or may not be correct, but
to pretend that they are self
contradictory is absurd. AS for the
pretended quotation, ''the ballot
will be thrown open to the natives
without even the restriction of =
property or income qualification"
we are not aware that it is to be
found in our editorial columns.
Instead of charging the Star with
an impudent misquotation, we
simply desire to be informed when
the words in question appeared
The question, however, whether
a newspaper has contradicted it.
self is Of minor Importance. Con-
sistency is said to be the virtue of
little minds. This remark is not
intended as a reflection on the
Star, whose extraordinary revolu-
tons of opinion upon this very SUBJ
ject of the franchise acquit it of all
suspicion of the petty virtue. What
we are more interested in learning
is the attitude of those, who, like
the Star, seem to regard fair and
just representation as equivalent
to universal suffrage without prop
erty or educational qualification.
Does the Star favor giving this
lust" representation to the Ha-
waiians, or does it advocate that |
limitation of the vote which from
It's point of view is injustice ?
As to the position of the ADvER-
User on this head, there need be
10 secret. We hold that loyal
natives should have the suffrage
upon the same terms as whites.
We believe that for an upper house
'r for part of a single house elect
ID upon a differential franchise, an
educational or property qualifica-
ion or both, should be adopted
which will exclude the ignorant,
he irresponsible and the unfree,
rom political control.
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THERE is no doubt that sys-
tematic effort is being made In
various quarters to prevent not only
the natives but Portuguese and
others from registering, as they
are naturally disposed to do. The
probability that there will be moth
ing exciting in the coming contest
will also tend to make the vote
light one.
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THUS FAR AND NO FARTHER.

The attitude of the whites in
these islands toward the natives
should be that of the good farmer
toward his little boy ON the Fourth
of July. My son." he said, "you
may SINCE your hair with powder,
tear off your toes climbing trees,
fill your stomach with green apples,
play with the heels of the mule !;
you can have plenty of liberty.
But [ draw the line at matches,
and lighting them in the barn.
Liberty stops just there, even if it is
Fourth of July"
The whites will give the natives
power to do everything but burn
down the barn. The deposed
Queen struck matches and set fire
to it. The pumps were quickly
worked, and she and the fire were
put out. Perhaps the Star proposes
to furnish matches and tell the ma
tives how to fire up the barn. Per-
haps it intends to stop their liberty
altogether. Is it about to keep
step to the music furnished by
the Bulletin, or will it prefer to
identify the people" with the
American League?
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Dew point (ayerE<ge for MONTH. l.37 E.
Indicatin g moisture GOA grains per cubic foot.
Dew poi Mt highest, Is q the 18th.
Dew point lowest As. SO the I'D.
Relative humidity at midday 81. 8 per cent.
Relative humidity at night 76.7 per cent.
Average daily evaporation rate in stin air 0.o5O
in; exposed TO wind 0. 16I in; maximum in
still air G. 100 in, on the 2lst; mi nimum o.016
in, the 18th.
Total rainfall 2.47 in; maximum rainfall in
one day 0.6S in, on the lst; rain exceeding
0.02 in. fell on Is days.
Cloudiness Gin the day tfne) so per cent. Out
of 81 hours Of possible sunshine there We're
175 hours of bright (4s per cent? and 1873
hours Cl9l2 per cent? of duh sun, shown by
automatic sunshine recorder, effective sun
about 81 per cent of possible maximum.
March came in like February with heavy trade
wind gales, moderate g after the first week;
light southerly winds from 10th TO 10th in
elusive; with east gale (equinoctaD on the
2Cth and 2lst followed by three days of north
and northwest wind; tradewind returned on
the 27th; total number of days OF tradew1nd
twenty-five.
BAROMETER CORRECTED READINGs.)
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NOT CONTRADICTORY.

The Star is still indisposed to
hdmit the folly of its attempts TO
Braa the ADvERrrsER into the net
s. wbich it's own feet are EN-,
|angled, and it wants to De askeo
something harder. orr
II will be time enough to ask oul
on.e MN something hard when
has learned to answer soln
sv The attempt to make it ap-
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33(O)T7
-tbYI :. 1907.

| -
The Jones Locked Fence is
the cheapest and strongest
fence ever constructed. We
make this assertion because
the letters we have received
from parties using it on these
Islands endorse everything
| we have ever said about it.
We believe that in another
year every plantation and
ranch on the Islands will be
enclosed by the Jones Locked
Fence. You will understand
that we do not sell the fence
made up, only the material;
wire, stays and washers for
making it. This means that
if you have a poorly built
fence of the old style you can
make it as strong as you
please by bracing it with
stays fastened to the wires by
washers. For a five wire
fence each stay with five
washers will cost you eight
cents. You can tell from this
just what it will cost you to
strengthen your fence and
keep it from sagging. Send
us an order for a hundred
stays and five hundred wash
ers and surprise yourself.
A plantation manager on
Hawaii sends us a bullock
cart comparatively new
which he asks us to dispose of
for him as he has no further
use for it. The bed is three
feet high five feet six and one
half inches wide and eleven
feet long. The cart cost
$50 and is as good for SER
vice as a new one. 1t may be |
seen in our warehouse or we
will describe it more in detail
to any one writing for partic-
ulars.
Mr.. Conant of Waimea,
Kauai says our Hendry
Breaker is the best pillow that
ever turned the sod. What
Mr.. Conant says is repeated
by every one who ever used a
Breaker from our stock. AS
this is the blowing season
now is the time to subscribe
40 increase in rates.
TEE HAWAIIAN HARDWARE Co.,
3O7
Fort STREET. Honolulu.
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A successful winter Alpine ascent
has been made by young English
man. Accompanied by two guides,
Mr. S. Spencer scaled the Dom, near
Zermatt. for the first time III mid
winter. The peak is 1870 feet in
height, and commands one of the
gran 1est views in tbs Alps.
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Initiating Stamps.

Uncle Sans postage stamps are
not counterfeited. The business
would not pay. A few years ago
there was a big dealer in New
York who manufactured limitations
of foreign stamps on a large scale.
He sold millions of them, adver-
Using enormously, and even going
so far as to invent a certain foreign
stamp, in order that it might be
sold as a great rarity. But the law
against obtaining money on false
pretenses has been applied to the
suppression of that sort of swim
dle.-Ex.
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REGIsTRATIoN SOTICE.

The Board of Registration sits every
day from 10 to 2, and Tuesday and Satur-
day evenings from 6 to 8.
All desiring to vote for Delegates to
the Constitutional Convention must
register. Do not fail to do so, and make
1t your personal business to- that
your neighbor is also registered.
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REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE.


Cmpa
The Committee carefully
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@ arle Hendes
R. Gillette.
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T. Haven,
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JohnW AucRinc
A Weep
E. JR. Secrets
Treasurer
Assistant
Assist
Asstan tComproI
MEpIcA DIRECro
GUSTAVUS s. WINSTON, j.
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Farmers along the Cornish coast
are using sea sand as bedding for
cattle in place of straw, which the
late drought has rendered SO expen-
sive.
Printers may lament the loss of a
historical relic of their craft. Gut
enberg's house, at Mayence, has just
been burnt down.
The unemployed in New South
Wales are being sent to the out of
the-way districts of tae colony to
"fossick" for gold.
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The man who thinks that Jap.
anese laborers will not displace
whites and natives on the wharves
is not an entertaining theorist," or
a theorist at all, but leading en-
ployer of dock labor.
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The ADVEKTISFH is the lead
ing paper of the Hawaiian ISL
ands. 1t has larger circulation
and prints more live news than
any other island paper. Price *
cents per month, in advance. Ring
ND telephone No. So
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Barometric maxima occurred about the 7th, 10th,
and seth, minima on the 18th and oath, the
latter pronounced but of short duration,
Distant lightning seen from the Sth to the
18th in the southwest. lunar rainbow of
unusual brilliance the Goth.
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From the Surplus dividend will be apportioned as usual
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