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The free press., 1894-09-06

to speak, an nearly drove the ole man
wild. But Miss Peterson, the minis
tcr's sister, she lowed that Name wuz
right to mind her father.
"Iook a-here," says Jim, 'aint 1
got no rights at all?' an Miss Peterson
she laughed an said she s'posed SO,
but he certainly didn't orter ask Name
ter take the responsibility of breakin'
her word"
'Bijah chuckled and changed his
legs and clasped the other knee.
"'Twasn't very long after that ole
Wilson went home one night. 'Twnz
gettin early dusk an he tole Name
she'd better get the lamp afore she set
down ter tea. Name wuz agoin' through
the entryway with a whoppin' great
shade lamp in her hand, when some-
body knocked ter the front door. and
she jest stopped an opened it without
thinkin'.
"Jim Lane was a-standin' there.
Don't say nothin' Name, says he, an
and he takes her bodily, lamp an all,
and tucks her inter carriage that he
he'd at the gate. He didn't fool raound
with no railroad train, but just turned
them horses heads for Canada, an
when they got ter the line Name wuz
a settin' there ez still ez mouse,
without ary hat or coat, an that big
shade lamp burnin' jest as peart as
eff it wuz on the ole man Wilson's
table ter home"
Biiah laughed to himself.
'Fearful thlng-the ingratitoode OF
children, amt it? But you'd orter
seen the Bugler mex mornin'. Every
dad blamed colume in it he'd big
headline, Jim Lane has got his gal.
Jim Lane has got his gal.' Gosh
that jest proved ole Wilson wouldn't
never hev busted when he didn't bust
that mornin.
"He went whoopin' off ter his law
yer ter see what he cud do to Jim, but
Name she wuz of age an she writ him
that she went of her own free will;
so all he could make any fuss abaout
wux the lamp, an they've been lawin'
an foolin' an arbitratin' ever since.
The free press., 1894-09-06
FLAVOR OF EGGS.

The flavor of eggs depends very
much on the kind of food given to the
poultry. When hens are fed largely
or almost exclusively on milk, the
yolk is lighter in color, the white has
milky look and the whole egg is
watery and less firm in texture than
those laid by grain-fed hens. The
taste of the egg is also affected. being
insipid and unsatisfactory when boiled
or poached and less fine for ordinary
cooking purposes even. There is no
use in saying that the idea of the quail
ity of eggs being Influenced by the
food of hens is mere whim, since 1t
is a well-known fact that the eggs of
fowls kept in the neighberhood of the
sea, and fed almost entirely on fish
taken as they come, embracing the
strong and oily as we'll as the more
delicate sorts-have can ancient and
fsh-like" taste, if not "smell," " and
eggs coming from those regions sell
for less in the market, in some in
stances, than those coming from dis
tricts farther inland.
The reason why hens feed on
"slops" of milk, etc., are able to give
no better eggs to their owners is be-
cause the "old, old story" is repeated
in their case. You demand the "tale
of brick" of your servants, but you
give them no straw to make them
with. Curd hardly comes under the
head of milk, and there is little danger
OF having it in large quantities to Offer
to your fowls. 1t contains all the best
and MOST nutritious portions OF the
milk, without its Objectionable watery
qualities. But the true feed for lay
ing fowls is one-t third or one-quarter
Indian corn, ground or otherwise, and
oats or wheat, together with milk and
whatever scraps from the house are
obtainable, and as much green vegeta-
BILE food as they will eat, and with
these, combined and fed properly,
your eggs will be of the true gold and
silver stamp---when the cooks fire has
refined them, and prepared them as
relish for your breakfast table,
Poultry World.
The free press., 1894-09-06
stripes in the Flag.

Ask the average person how many
stripes there are in the flag, and he
will answer readily enough, thirteen.
But ask him how many are red and
how many white, and he will hesitate
in such a way as to make it clear that
at the best he is only guessing. Well,
as a matter of fact, the red stripes
number seven and the white number
six. Nearly all the details of the otfi-
cial flag are really fixed by law. Be-
sides the designation us to the num-
Der and color of the stripes, 1t Is de-
creed that the flag shall be three times
as long as it is wide, and that the
union shall be level with the sixth
stripe, and shall be one-third the
length of the flag. There shall be
star in the union for every State. The
position that the stars shall take has
never been determined by law. The
ordinary position in which one sees
them, that is to say, series OF rows,
is the War Department arrangement
Philadelphia Press.
The free press., 1894-09-06

In doing this they will also be OF
help in keeping down weeds both IN
the fields and pastures. They afford
three means of income-the wool In
the spring, the early lambs and the
matured sheep for mutton. Good fat
sheep are always marketable, and
good wool will sell. With sheep as
with other stock, the value of the feed
and care is the same, whether 1t Is
given to sheep that will only sheer
four pounds of poor wool, or to one
that will sheer eight pounds of good
wool, that when sent to market will
One of the most important items in
keeping sheep for profit Is to keep
good sheep, and then to keep them
thrifty, and if this is done there are
but few farms but where a small flock
of sheep can be kept with profit.
Under present conditions there is
no class of stock that will pay any
thing like fair profit, unless they
are given good treatment In fact, it
requires good management to make
stock on the farm pay. Another ad-
vantage with sheep is that they add to
the variety. and in this way lesson the
risk of failure, and they can be kept
upon land that horses or cattle cannot
thrive upon. A very good plan of
management with sheep is to have
them follow after cattle in the pas
lures, as in this way much feed that
would otherwise be wasted will be
saved. Sheep bite off more or less OF
everything that comes in their way,
and sassafras and persimmon sprouts,
weeds and grass are all eaten. And
after the cattle have eaten down or
pastured, the sheep can be turned in
and will do a good work in still fur
| ther eating down the growth.
Good mutton is the farmers best
summer meat. During the busy sea-
son, harvesting or threshing, mutton
| will furnish an economical, wholesome
meat, and this will, in many cases, be
| quite an item. Sheep can be made so
useful in so many ways on the farms
that considering the returns secured it
will pay to keep at least some sheep.
A farmer remarked to me n day or
two ago, after marketing little over
nine hundred pounds of wool, from
115 sheep at 173 cents pound, "lf l
had to choose and only keep one kind
of stock on the farm for ten years L
would always take sheep. Nebraska
Farmer.
The free press., 1894-09-06
Long Farms.

Maine has probably many oddly
shaped farms, but we doubt if one can
be found more peculiar in form than
that in the east part of Dexter, for
merly owned by the pioneer black
smith, Elijah W. Sprague. This was
eight rods wide and half mile long,
with the highway cutting it at right
angles into unequal portions. The
inconvenience of so narrow a farm,
with pasturage and woodland at one
end, is obvious to any one, but in
this form it has continued, from the
DAYS of the forefathers to the present
time. in use as farm all the time. A
farm only twenty rods wide and about
half mile long was in use great
many years near Pennington Falls,
and may be so used yet for all the
writer knows, but the Dexter farm
beats it by nearly two-thirds for mar
rowness and general oddity. Farms
of this shape are numerous in Canada
Lewiston Me. journal.
The free press., 1894-09-06
THE VALUE OF SALT.

The French government recently
made scientific investigation of the
value of salt for the use of domestic
animals. In the report of the commits
sion that carried on the experiments
on which it is based, the Investigators
state that salt is necessary to the health
of domestic animals to replace the sa-
line matter that is extracted from
their food by boiling, steaming or
other artificial causes. In the case OF
sheep it was observed to counteract
the Ill effects of wet pastures and acted
as preventative of foot rot. It was
also noticed that it increased the flow
of saliva, thereby beneftting and hast
ening fattening. Further, that it is
an advantage to add salt in all fodder
mixtures. The quantity recommended
by the commission for daily ration
is two ounces for milch COW or OK.
For fattening stall fed OK two and
one-half to four and one-half ounces ;
fattening pig, one to two ounces; a
lean sheep, one-half to three-fourths
ounce; horse, donkey or mule, one
ounce. American Dairyman.
The free press., 1894-09-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Unthreshed oats, cut early, makes q
good feed for horses.
The horse that is being worked hard
steadily will repay generous feeding.
The chief obstacle in the raising of
good horses in the ignorance OF tho
breeders.
If the colts ankles seem weak bathe
them with cold salt and water and
bandage lightly.
When horse begins to limp look
TO his feet. A stone or nail is often
picked up which, unless removed, will
ruin the horse.
Carrots are excellent for colts,
horses, milch COWS and all young
stock. Cabbages are valuable for all
kinds of stock.
If one half the pains were taken to
develop speed at the walk that is now
taken to develop the trotting gait the
practical value of our work-horses
could be doubled within the next
twenty years.
If you wish to have great horse
do not allow him to get out OF condl-
ton, but keep him so that he can al
ways be put in racing form in short
time. Never let him forget, that he
not only was but is racer.
Corn feeds very close to the surface,
and for that reason the soil should not
be cultivated in manner to break the
roots too much. Shallow cultivation,
Just sufficient to keep the top soil
loose, should be practiced.
Horses allowed to run in the barn
ward to the straw stack with few
cornstalks every day, are often in a
better condition for work in the
spring than horses stabbed all the
time and fed timothy hay. Exercise
and coarse, laxative food account for
it.
If the horses are given their grain
mixed with little bran and all a little
moistened, and are allowed time to
eat it and a half-hour afterwards for
rest and digestion, they will work
enough faster and harder to make up
the time, will not suffer from indiges-
tion, and will keep in good condi-
tion.
The free press., 1894-09-06
Circumstance.

,r..,ce is thy night, o Circumstance,
Tnat thy dread clutch human soul,
,o.,;nv. NAV seize? What chance
or power doth fix thy stern control?
As petals in the calyK set
A gems wrought into metals clasp,
ID Gold ensnared in iron net
d arc we held within thy grasp!
y.v we not do, shall we not dare,
n thy command doth say us nay2
o.., life sink aimless in despair,
wben thou dost mock the prayers we pray
A. thou relentless? Far beyond
rbv menace, rises dauntless Will,
which dares to break thy ruthless bond,
And nobler destiny fulfill
craven he who holds thy thrall,
And Yields his life to thy dictate.
Who hears and heeds diyiner call,
10 is the master of his fate!
The sea that bars us from the shore
Jtselfshall bear us safely there.
The winds. contentious. watt us DER
wild waters to haven fair:
And cen from circumstance adverse
The earnest, faithful soul may wrest
Tine victory. and from her curse
Win patience that shall make him blest?
y-zrrEILA COOKE in Youths Companion.
The free press., 1894-09-06
KEEPING SHEEP.

Every farmer who keeps track of
his business understands that with all
lines of farming and stock keeping
there are ups and downs. A kind of
stock that will pay good profit this
year will pay little or nothing next.
But taking serious of years together
the farmer who adopts certain line
of products and stocks and sticks to
them, taking care, of course, to give
them good management, will secure
the best results.
One advantage with sheep over other
stock is that they all eat greater var
iety of plants than any other OF our
domestic animals, and in this way will
often help to utilize much that would
otherwise 60 to waste.
The free press., 1894-09-06
Americas Army Rifle.

The Mannlicher rifle, which has just
been tested in Euoope, is declared to
be inferior to the French arm. II
that is 30, our own troops would have
rather meager chance if opposed to
any of the crack army corps of France.
This rifle is smokelcss, and hasa range
of three miles. An American naval
officer who has written an article upon
the comparative power of European
arms, said recently that skilfui
marksman could create havoc in an
army with the new rifle at a distance
of two miles, and that i'll an unsettled
country it would be impossible to tell
from which point the attack came.
This would seem to indicate that
cavalry will be tradition hereafter.
When the enemy can lie in ambush
and NOW down horses and men two
miles away, there will be no more stir.
ring scenes or stories of carrying forts
and other strong positions by rush
of cavalry. A two-mile rush in the
face of storm of bullets coming from
an unknown quarter would have re-
suits compared with which the charge
Of the Light Brigade seems like child's
play. Louis Globe Democrat.
The free press., 1894-09-06

One rainy day last week Jones, be-
ing in a hurry to get home, took a
street car. There was big crack in
the roof of the car through which the
rain fell and ran down the back of his
neck, so he asked the urbane conduc-
tor:
ssWhat's the matter with this car?
Does it do this way always?"
mo, sir, only when it rains. -
Texas Siftings,
The free press., 1894-09-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
A CHEAP NEST.

A cheap nest is easily constructed of
wire netting shaped round and fast
ened by staples to wooden frame, SO
that it can hang securely upon nail
in the wall. 1t can be lined with soft
hay and china nest egg placed in it
to invite Biddy to make herself at
home. 1t can be easily cleaned, and
vermin will not get much chance to
rent lodging in this nest. New York
Independent.
The free press., 1894-09-06
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The spots on the sun we're discov.
cred by astronomers in 1911.
The fattening of the poles of Jupi-
ter can be seen through the telescope.
DIR. Sangree says that the cheapest
and easiest way to get warm is to take
number of deep forced inspirations.
holding the air as long as possible be.
fore expulsion.
An acting model of the human
heart, with every detail, has been
made by French physician. The
blood can be seen coursing to and
from it through artificial arteries.
The largest mammoth found in ST.
beria measured seventeen feet long
and ten feet in height. The tusks
weighed $50 pounds. The, head with
out the tusks weighed Ala pounds.
'.The Speed of the Earthquake"
was the subject of recent scientific
lecture by Professor Lancaster. He
proved that the average speed OF
transmission of the shock is $1,000
feet per second.
The most easily eigested meats, &C.
cording to scien 5fic journal, range
in the following older: Cold mutton,
mutton chops, verison, tsnderloin,
sirloin steak, lsmIs IsThops, roast beef.
rabbit meat and oiil;;ten. iS'
Borocarbide, n.rsy material recent
ly prepared in the sactric furnace-by
the French chemist, Henri Moissan,
is compound of borax and carbon,
and is excessively hard. cutting dia-
monds without difficulty
Fruit grown near the ground may
contain the bacteria of typhoid fever.
diptheria or cholera, which may have
found their way into the material used
for fertilizing, or may have become
Incorporated with the dried dust
A recent English invention for the.
nursery is a ''patent yelled sheet" It
is an ordinary sheet, in which square
of gauze net is inserted. This is in
tended to be thrown over the face OF
n sleeping infant, protecting it from
flies without impeding the respiration.
DR.. Berger, the eminent French
surgeon, recently presented to the
Paris Academy of Medicine young
woman to whom he had supplied an
entire under lip, she having accidently
lost the one that nature gave her. He
managed to make good the loss with
piece of flesh from her arm.
The microbe of the grip" other
wise the 'inhuenza bacillus, was dis
covered by DR.. Canon, of Vienna,
who first detected it in the blood OF
one of his patients. 1t is curiously
shaped organism, many times smaller
than the microbe of any other known
germ disease, and was only revealed
to the human eye by using micro
scope with magnifying power OF
over 1000 dlameters.
The free press., 1894-09-06
IN LOVE AND WAR.

The story of o country village is
Tie story of its store.
That wonderful place where the mail
and the molasses flow from common
source, SO to speak-where your inner
and outer man, your mental and phys
ical self, must get all their stimulus
is the epitome of all the diffusely writ
ten history of the lives that cluster
around it.
What the storeman cannot tell you
Of every passer by and every customer
you are not likely to learn yourself,
except by unusual fortune; and all he
does tell you has the delightful
piquancy of having passed through
ae medium of rarely shrewd mind,
pining more than one beauty spot in
Ne transit.
That was what I was thinking as 1
kt in 'Bijah's store, with the mingled
oaors Of calico print and dried apples,
tofse and the straw that crockery is
packed in fighting for supremacy in
ny notice.
Bijah's broad back was turned to
ne and he was sorting the days
mail with comments that made me as
Fise as himself regarding its con-
kents.
Miss Miranda Beal," said 'Bijah;
thstll be about her pension, Iguess.
Ruther eficisl lookin'. that is. Mr..
Ny Fowler; his son John-gone down
Pochemouth-he. writes, ter him
lght onter every week-en a nice,
lean hand he writes, does John.
teresa letter fer the schulema am.
low that's han writtin' fer ye! Putty
ssAe is, an jest as simple lile."
lhe latch clicked and the door
pened. 'Bijah looked over his
boulder and grinned. l was shut out
ON sight of moro than the visitors
Pss BY slack line of dangling towels,
Pfons and socks; but they were
eady, reliable, looking legs, strait
~ strong, clothed in heavy boots
ID blue overalls.
DHah neither turned nor laid down
letters. He stood there grinning,
u whether the person in the door
was grinning also, or plotting my
'sslnation in pantomime, I was none
3 wiser.
Inc heavy boots shuffied and turned
0ut' stepped outside and the door
!" 'Bljah chuckled to himself and
pAed back to his letters again.
lnem papers is for young Thomp-
Hes tn editor of our paper.
alive-alive an kickin'. He's
u out West fur spell, an he
nKs we're all dead an buried. An
mas made a great change in The
se' tell you. Folks say he'll be
smart fur the way he muses.
and into peoples affairs; but it's
W it's lively.
nepapers went into separate box,
Biiah resumed the letters.
Aiehaly Hopkins she's got a heap
money 'Mazin' haow fond yer
= Is OF ye'when yer got a pile and
no heirs of yer buddy. She's
ior 'em though; she's a cute
j."
suppose it is unusual for any one
uaKe much more than their living
up here, isn't it 'Biiah?"
numph! yes, fer any one. Not fer
On EN- though. Some on 'em is
r'er n creased lightnin'."
put his head on one side and
u"a :. at the letter he was holding.
A'hl' now, jeremiah Wilson, HIS
- un' Nobody got the best o
The free press., 1894-09-06
The Same Suit.

Studentus-Young Herman has Il
suit of clothes for every day in the
week.
Studentum-I never see him wear
but one.
Studentus-Yes;t that's the suit i
Harlem Life.
The free press., 1894-09-06

Somebody of an enquiring bent ha :
ascertained that the hen has her best
laying capacity at her third year. She
will lay in an average Lifetime from
500 to 700 eggs.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1894-03-24
W. p. Sad Ter Withdraws.
To the Democracy of Crawford County;

TO the Democracy of Crawford County
Pursuant to q laudabls ambition,
knowing my own qualifications and
believing that by proper canvass I
could obtain the nominate IN for Cir
cult Clerk, l announced myself as a
candidate for that Office. Soon after
my announcement, in conversation
with q farmer friend, 1 promised him
that unless l could come to Van Buren,
with sufficient strength to justify my
friends In "going their who length"
for me, I would withdraw from the
race. A calm consideration of the
situation convinces me that have not
that strength. Therefore, desiring
that my friends may have All oppor-
tunity to cast their ballots for one or
the other of the remaining candidates,
untrammeled by my candidacy, l
hereby withdraw. To all those Dem.
ocrats who have so generously assured
me Of their support return my sim
core thanks, and to the Democracy OF
the county I will say that whatever
service can render the party, In my
humble way, to bring 1t success IN
the coming campaign, will be gladly
extended. w. p. SADLER.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1894-03-24
A Killing at Lees Creek.

From 8. A. Wright, who visited the
scene Of the murder OF Montgomery
by Henry, on Friday last, we learn the
following particulars:
Montgomery and Jim and Tip Hen.
ry had some words In the morning,
and Jim told Montgomery he intended
to whip him, and when Montgomery
walked away Jim followed for short
distance, but turned back without
striking Montgomery. Montgomery
then sent his son to the house for his
gun. which, upon receiving he began
using by shouting at Jim Henry.
Henry threw up his hands when he
saw Montgomery with a gun. and ask
ed him not to shoot. but Montgomery
paid no attention to the cry for quar-
ter, and fired. Tip Henry was some
distance from his brother, but had q
Winchester, and seeing that Mont
gomery would kill his brother unless
he interposed, shot Montgomery
through the body, killing him almost
instantly.
The father informed Deputy Sheriff
Wright that The boys would come In
and Surrender about Wednesday,
Venture.
The preliminary examination was
held at the court house yesterday, too
late, however, for US to get the result
into this issue.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1894-03-24
Notice.

At a meeting of the Executive Board
of the Crawford County Sunday School
Association, held March 10, 1894, the
following requests were made:
lst 1t lis requested by the Board
that any community not having q
Sunday School aud desiring one. can
have one organized by reporting to the
County Lecturer, D. i. Hollis, Van
Buren,.
I'd. Each minister of the gospel is
requested to preach one sermon dur
ing the spring or summer months to
each Of their congregations oil the
subject of Intemperance.
All county papers having an inter-
est In Sunday Schools please copy.
J. c. MOORE, Sec'y.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1894-03-24
Notice of Sale!

lllHEREAs, in cause pending in the Craw.
I" ford Circuit Court In Chancery, between
" Topeka Investment & Loan Co.. plaintiffs
and J. D. Reinhardt ct al. defendants. on
the 18th day Of December 1898 day of the
November term. 1893. Of said Court judgment
was rendered III favor Of the plaintiff for the sum
of 1902 30 and 1t was ordered and directed by
the Court that unless within sixty days from
the date Of said decree said Judgment was salts.
fed and discharged, the undersigned Commits.
sioner, app ointed by the Court to execute said
Decree should sell the land hereinafter described
to satisfy said Judgment with interest and costs,
and default having been made in the payment
thereof, the undersigned will on
Saturday, the 14th day Of April, 1894,
at the Main Street entrance to the Court House
In the city Of Van Buren,. In said County, within
the hours for judicial sales offer for sale and sell
at public cutlery to the highest bidder on credit
of three months, the purchaser to give note with
approved security for the purchase money, all
the right title, interest and equity of redemption
of the defendants in and to the following de-
scribed real estate situated In said County. towit
The Southeast quarter of the Northeast quar-
ter Of Section s. Township 3 North, Range 10
West.
to satisfy the debt aforesaid, with interest and
costs Of suit and sale.
W. r. SADLER, Commissioner.