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VARIETY OF roop.

A COW should have as great a vari.
ETY. of food each day as practicable,
says the Farmers Voice She loves
variety, as do all other animals, ma1i
included. Her nature Graves it, and
she will eat more, digest more, and
assimilate 1t better if she has variety.
Feed her so as to keep her appetite
good. Don't surfeit her. After she
comes IN feed her sparingly of con.
centrated food for few days increas-
ing gradually for eight or ten days be-
Sore getting up to full feed, If she is
greedy and inclined to eat more than
she can digest don't give it to her.
Never put before her more than she
will eat at once, but be sure and give
her enough. Here is where it requires
great skill and judgment ON the part
of the feeder. He must be intimately
acquitted with his COW and know her
capacity. W. Ii. Gilbert of New
York once said: ''There are three
things to watch in feeding a COW
watch her when she eats, watch the
excrement to see that see digests it,
and watch the milk pail to see that she
pays for il. This, in few words,
tells the whole story.
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MILKING IN THE STABLE.

We are asked if we would milk in
the stable in summer. The objection
is often made in milking in the stable
that it is close, hot and dirty, and that
the open yard is preferable, even with
its annoyances of running COWS and
flying milk stools. To all this we think
these valid answers: First, cows need
some kind of an extra feed, of either A
soiling crop or little grain daily, foF
there are not thirty days in the year
when feed of some kind will not pay,
and the stable is the place in which to
feed it, Then the stable wants lots of
windows, and cheap screen over
them does not stop the circulation Of
air, and one is not smothered by any
means,
The Practical Farmer has hit on sew.
eral things that help-not new and are
of value, The cows are let in the ward
for five minutes each timo before no.
ing to the stable and that saves about
all the summer filth objected to. The
cows are fed their dish of oats Just az
once as milking begins. As fast as a
COW is MIXED she is loosened and sent
out of the barn, then one does not
have hot COW with swinging tail at
back. In the yard is large tank of
water, and the COWS, in addition to
what they drink in the pasture, take
two more drinks from this long box,
and are ready to go to the night or
day pasture, as the case may be, and
in this way, by having each COW have
her own place in the stable, and seeing
that she goes there every time she
quickly learns to go there, and d
dairyman finds that the place to milk
a COW is i'll the stable and if there is
more discomfort there that In the open
yard it is his own fault, and can be
remedied by little work, and the re.
suit will be a substantial gain ali
around and dairy work will become
one of the pleasantest things of the
d'y, instead of task that repels In
stead of invites, Courier ournal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

The profes of natural science In
q well-known university was discuss
ing the process of fertllizIng plants
by means of insects carrying pollen
from one plant to ano her, and to
amuse them told how the old maids
were the ultimate cause Of it all.
TIE humble bees carry the pollen;
the field mice eat the humble bees;
therefore, the more field mice, the
fewer humble bees, and the less pol
len and variation OF plants. But
cats deyour field mice, and Old maids
protect cats Therefore, the more
Old maids the more cats, the fewer
field mice the more beer. Hence,
the old maids are the cause Of it all.
ThereupOn a sophomore with sim
gle eyeglass, an English umbrella, a
bOx-coat, with his trousers" rolled
up at the bJttom, arose and asked:
IL sa-a-y, Professah, what is the
Cause-ah-of old maids, don't you
know"
Perhaps Miss Jones can tell you,
suggested the Professor.
Dudes, said Miss Jones sharply,
and without a moments hesitation.
There was silence in the room for
the space of thirty seconds, after which
the lecture was resumed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

A deer when started by a hunter
or driven by hounds usually returns
In a few days to the same hill or
mountain side where he was n st
found; but d moose, when once thor
0ughly alarmed, will start on a long,
swinging walk, and, taking with him
his entire family, leave fer good. 1t
Is one OF the greatest difficulties
aud there are many-in still hunting
this animal; to avoid getting him
under way, for then the hunter may
as well break camp and try other
fields, since not d moose will be found
within miles. They scent d mecca
sin track or the smoke Of fire at an
incredible distance A fresh trail
may be found one day, and arrange
menis made to follow it at dayhreak
On the morrow During the night
the moose, returning to his cd
haunts, detects the danger signs, and
all the hunters find In the morning
is trail six or eight hours old lead
ing for parts unknown In an almost
HoiANSNiJ gu Nv liub. l. nc lDDU5t
Is at that moment, perhaps, seventy
mi ei off, and still going.
Although moose cannot be driven
to water by hounds, like a deer, but
will turn sayagely to bay, still they
will not remain in a locality where
dogs are running; so that when the
white hunters be ane numerous in
the North Woods, and especially
when they introduced bounding, the
moose simply left the country, and
passed either eastward to Maine OF
hOrthward to Canada.
1t is a wel-authenticated, but lit
tie known, fact that they practically
left in one season, They were nu-
merous In the Adirondacks, especial
ly in Browns Tract-a large district
in what is now the southwestern part
Of the wllderness-untll the period
between 1850 and 1855 probably neal
the latter year., when they suddenly
dsapL cared. Before this several nad
Teen killed yearly. Scattered one
we're shot later but 1855 marked
their exit from the annals of New
York game. Years later, four Of
FIVE were brought back to Saranac,
but would not stay.
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Info Pence Not a Circumstance 70 eo0rs'

Iafe Pence Not Cirsumstauce e "eorse
&. symss or Old BIZ Alien.
L-fe Pence. OF Colorado, has high'
Penetrating ice, but, according 70
tao Washington STAR II Ism CIR
cumstance to that OF one OF bis pre-,
decessors, George c. Symes, who i'cd
rcccntly. Symes was an Ohloan ny
birth, served through the war ln q
Wisconsin regiment and lived most
Of his life in the Rocky Mountain re-
glon, where he was lawyer AM an
orator noted for his great voice. Com.
pared with 10 the roar Of the bull Of
Bashan was q gentle murmur. IL
was a deep heavy bass, proceeding
seemingly, from cavernOus depths.
Explaining the reputation his voice
had given him, he said one day;
"well. I'll tell you about it, ana
the words rolled out In his deepest
heaviest bass. "You see, | was OUT
campaigning. / was addressing
Republican audience at SilTerton.
Over at Oroville, twenty miles dis
tant Il Q Democrats were holding a
meeting. Along about O'Clock there
came up one OF the awful storms
which occur in that mountain coun-
try. The wind howled like a million
devils. 1t was specially bad at ORC.
Vile. The people showed signs 0f
alarm, and acted as Il they wanted to
break up the meeting and leave the
hall. The chairman, becoming anx-
ious, rose to assure them. Ladies
and gentlemen, ne said; do not be
alarmed. There Is a Republican
meeting over at SllyertOn and George
Symes is addressing It, He has Just
come to the part of his speech where
he denouhces the Mills tariff bill and
the noise you hear is the indistnct
rumbling of his voice.
Symes' voice was equal to that OF
Governor William Allen, Of Ohio,
commonly called "Old Bill Allen"
He was noted for having the most
tremendous voice OF his day. Once
when he was member Of Congress
before the days Of railroads, one OF
bis colleagues departed for his home
in the Buckeye State. The day after
he had left Allen was lamenting the
fact that he had gone, as he wanted
to consult him about some matter
that had come up Unexpectedly .
"That needn't trouble you, Allen,
said d fellow-member. "He hasn't
got across the Alleghanles yet. Just
go out on the balcony and call him
back"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

at is an exceedingly rare expe-
Renee to be teething at 49," said a
Chestnut street dentist; "but l have
just learned Of such a case, well au-
thenticated, In Pawling, near Pho
nixville. Wesley Free, a well-known
citizen Of Pawling and a man OF Just
two-score years, has recently consult.
ed several specialists concerning bis
exceedingly sore upper jaw. 1t has
been discovered that Free is, beyond
all doubt, cutting his third set OF
teeth. Moreover, this phenomenal
experience is in measure peculiar to
the Free family, William, a brother
OF Wesley, and a resident of Valley
Forge, several years ago, had new
tooth grow in his sun, out of which
the second molar had been drawn
years before. philadelphia Record.
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Farm AND GARDEN NOTES.

Keep dust box within reach of the
setting hen at all times.
In-breeding ruins many focks OF
poultry. 1t weakens the birds.
Authorities say that COWS to be
profitable should give at least eight
quarts of milk day.
From ESQ to 800 pounds per year is
paying average for the herd. But il
costs something to get it,
The objection to scattering wood
ashes over the floor of the poultry.
house is that they have tendency to
cause sore feet.
Fifty tons of silage, it is said, will
carry ten head of cattle through the
winter. Two and one-half to three
acres will grow the corn.
The milk from ensilage-fed cows has
been found to yield as much cream
and is as sweet and good as that from
cows fed on summer grass.
Even if the eggs are fresh do not
take them to customer with the
shells dirty. 1t does not help to in
spire confidence in their quality.
A good ram can add more to the
value of his offspring from ewes shear.
ing four pounds than he can to those
from ewes shearing seven pounds.
When contagious disease breaks
out in a flock of poultry better to kill
the sick ones and spray the house With
carbolic acid or copperas solution.
The essentialsof growing good cab.
bage are to manure high, pillow deep,
and cultivate thoroughly. 1t is diff,
cult to make the soil too rich for cab.
bage,
The heifer should be made to do her
best during her first milking year,
Feed her extra, if necessary, in order
to prevent her drying up or shrinking
her milk.
1t may seem foolish to go and kick
the barn door every time the COW
kicks you or kicks the milk pail, but
it is not so foolish as it would be to
kick the COW.
At present prices corn is not an
economical feed, especially SO for the
laying hens, as it does not furnish the
proper proportion of the elements
contained in the egg.
An increased demand for light pork
is noticed in the best city markets. A
pig of 100 pounds, not too fat, will
sell as much as two cents above the
quotations for heavy hogs.
The quicker pig can be made to
grow the greater the profit. II the
farmer had $50 FOUNDER nicely
butchered to sell every week, it would
help amazingly to make things run
easier.
Try silo for crop of ensilage this
season. 1t is fine in winter for young
stock and the cows. II is no longer
an experiment, but is ex ensiyely
adopted in all the states among dairy
men and stock breeders.
A pig that has been fed on corn un-
til it is put mp to fatten will not have
as good digestion or as good devel-
opment of bone or muscle rs one that
has been fed during growth on oats,
bran, slopstuff, and clover.
When ropy milk makes its appear
ance the dairyman will probably lind
the fault lies in the milking utensils.
If they are thoroughly washed and
then scalded with boiling water tho
trouble generally disappears.
One or two acres of we'll selected
and well cultivated fruits will go far
toward supplying the ordinary house,
hold expenses. A little land devoted
to such purposes always makes an APP
probable addition to the cash income,
and will repay the labor needed to
procure it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

The removal of horns from full
grown cattle is rather painful and
cruel operation, although it is, per
haps, better TO remove them from vi
cious animals than to allow them to
remain for use upon other members
of the herd. OF course, it is better
to dehorn in cool weather than during
the warm weather in summer. bnt IL
may be done at almost any time of the
year. The stump of the horn is care
fully covered with wax or pine tar TO
exclude the air and hasten HEALING A
very sharp saw should be used for the
purpose and the animals head so &C.
cured that it cannot be moved obout
during the time the operation is being
performed. The wound should he
Immediately covered with the pitch or
tar, and frequently examined during
the ensuing week and fresh apnlica-
ton made if necessary.
The best way, however, to get rid
of horns on cattle is to suppress their
growth by operating on the calves he
fore they are month old, using cans
tic potash to burn the embryo horns.
First clip the HAIR from the skin over
the horn, then moisten the skin with
little soap and water, adding ! few
drops of ammonia to remove tho o;Iv
secretions, in order to have the potash
adhere to the surface of the horn
Now take the stick of caustic potash IN
the hand and dip the other end in
water until it is slightly softened and
rub it on the moistened suface u The
little horn. Repeat the operation
tour or i've times or until the surface
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

Not Icing ago an official crusade
was begun against the word "hellol'
as used by telephone girls In their
efforts 10 notify clients that they
we're ready to. transact business.
Number, please?' was the phrase to
be substituted for the free -and-easy
exclama-son that had been so long in
use It Is sad to relate that the
word "hello." has refused to surren-
der to its more reputable rival. Gus
tom and availability combined to
down the novelty and "hello, hello!"
Is much otteper heard over the wires
than number, please?"-New York
Morld.
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Perpetual Thunder and lightning

Perpetual Thunder and lightning
The phenomenon known as light.
ming, followed by a rolling, reyer-
berating report, recognized as thun-
der, is common to a wide zone of the
earth, but it is not generally known
that there are localities where the
vivid flashes and the deafening peals
are incessant. The most notable OF
these continuous lightning districts
is on the eastern coast of the island
Of San Domingo, a leading member
Of the group Of the West Indies. 1t
Is not meant that the Lightning is
here continuous the year round, but
that, with the commencement of the
rainy ason, comes this zig-zag fea-
ture of electric Illumination, which
Is then continuous day and night
for weeks. The storm center is not
continuously local, but shifts over a
considerable area, and, as thunder is
seldom heard over a greater distance
than eight miles, and the lightning
in the night will illuminate SO as to
be seen thirty miles, there may be
days in some localities where The
twinkle on the sky is in a continuous
succession while the rolling reports
are absent Then, again, come days
and nights when tile electric artillery
is piercing in its detonatianssqnd
especially is this the case when tW[
separate local cloud center5 ioin, as
it were, in an ele, trio duel, and, as
sometimes occurs, third participant
appears to add to the elemental war.
fare. Then there is blazing sky
with binding vividness and stunning
peals that seem to pin the listener tC
the earth. Long before the echoes
can die away come others, until the
aurlcular mechanism seems hardened
into chaos. -Pittsburg Dispatch
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becomes slightly sensitive. The whole
operation may be performed in a very
few minutes, causing no pain to the
calf. At first a slight scab will form
over the horn, but this will fall off in
few weeks, leaving a smooth poll. =
New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
Farm AND GARDEN


II, as German oculist savs do
feetlve eyesight is often caused nv
wearing tight collars, then, asks the
Pacific Farmer, why should not do.
fective eyesight in horsgs be caused bv
the same things If a tight fitting
collar on a man will cause weak eves
and headache, what will not the bor.
rible and ill-iitting collars that tor
ture some horses cause? This is a
subject that will staud investigation
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SUCCESS IN rRANsrhASrrSo.

Some people never have any success
in transplanting. They generally call
it stluck, " though there is always q
good reason for failure when it occurs.
The most common mistake in trans
planting lies in failure to compact the
soil closely about the roots. 1t should
be fine enough to be sifted through
them with the fingers, and we doubt
whether any machine will ever quite
do as good work as the human hand.
The soil should be moist, but not
sticky, or it will not work well. After
setting in moist soil the surface should
be mulched as far as the roots extend
on either side. If water is given let
it be a copious drenching, but applied
slowly so as not to wash away the soil
from the newly planted roots.
We have often seen persons throw d
pulilul VI NdttI hEOuuu 0eWlY-Set
tree in such way as to do more harm
than good. If there is clay in the soil
its surface will be hardened and will
crack when dry. If a great amount is
thrown on at once it will sink into the
soil 50 fast that it will carry away
what loose earth Is attached to the
roots, leaving vacant space around
them. More than half of the spring
planted trees that die will be found
poorly attached to the soil. No sta
BILE manure should be used around
trees until they have been year
planted. 1t is not desirable to make
very large growth the first season,
as if the tree starts moderately it will
all the quicker come into bearing. -
Boston Cultivator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

Tommy-Europe's in the east, isn't
1t, pa?
His Fatl er-Yes.
Tommy-And you may get there
Just by starting west and going far
enough, can't you?
His Father-Cettainly.
Tommy-Well then, whereabouts
ON the way round do you stop going
west and begin to get east again.
Chicago Record.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to Its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but 1t is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
%. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, YOU will not
accept any substitute If offered.
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DR.. Kilmer's wAMP-RooT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free
Laboratory Binghamton, n. Y.
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Karl's Glover Root, the great blood purifier,
ion and cures constipation, 70 cts, 50 cts. 81
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Christopher Grove, ninety-two year old
resident of Bethany. Ind, is cutting new
Jet OF teeth.
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THE leaving ees announce the
coming summer. Lowell Courier.
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Halls catarrh Cure

The Empire of Morocco is the most impor-
liant State that is absolutely without news.
Taper.
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AA .
PREsIDENT-John h. Mitchell Fac.
VICE fREsIDENr-Ex.Jud0 moe +. Stone
SECRRrARY-Iion. A. PoseS
tR AsURER-J. II. R berts Fac.
ATToRNEY-COl L. A. Wilmsr.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
John H. Mitchell, Aton.y..sLau
T. Stone, EK-Chief Judge
A. Posey, Attorney.at IA.
! II. Roberts, Merchant
=. = Msitngly Reg ster Of wills.
r r. Horney, Resi- ursnt
A"e S'oFe Company will receive de-
po'it and AXE loans to persons Of smslI
@'ans- A r'rs chance is offered to -n.lI
ass-earnsr' to save their small earnings and
buy n tuild home. And .. an investment
the sock Of tAs Company is safe and
prof stla
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OFFIoERs-Brainard II. Warner, Presi-
d mt; john Joy Edison, Vi"e-Presdent; VIM.
Treasurer.
DIREcToRs--John 7. Arms, Charles B.
Bailey. Charles Baum, James l. Barbour,
]. lin M. Clapp Fl. s. Cummings. J. ]. OAR
lington, John:Joy Eison, Albert F. Fox, O.
c. Green, VIM. B. Gurley. John A. Hamilton,
] I'm B. Lafner, John Ridout, George F.
Rohafer. N. II. Shea, Thomas Somerville
John A. swope, J. S. Sworn stedt, George
Trusdell, b. II. Warner, A. A. Wilson. (.
D. Wine s. W. Woodward, A. s. WOrthingtOn
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-17


Mr.. and Mrs. Stuard Hirschman
departed yesterday for their home in
New York after a brief stay with
their relatives here. They we're pas
sengers on the i'll fated train thst
was wrecked east of ConnellsvilIe
last week. Mr.. Hirschman oontin-
ued his journey to Chicago where he
had business and joined Mrs. Hirsch
man here on Sunday. Stuard is well
known and has many friends here;
this was Mrs. Hirschman's first visit
to Morgantown, Our people were
delighted to make the acquaintance
Of the bright, handsome, yivacious
lady We would be pleased to see
both in our midst frequently.
Staley Dering returned to Chicago
on Tuesday after a ten days vaca
ton spent here.
E. A. Sheets, of Wellsburg, is here
for a short time to visit his parents
and old friends. Eliza is prosper
Gus merchant of that little city and
is as popular there as a business
man as he was here when boy. Ev-
erybody is glad to see him and shake
hands again,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-17

Miss Susie V. Mayors resigned hel
position as stenographer and book
keeper at the experiment station
taking effect Tuesday, ani on Wed
nesday she departed for her old hons
at DAYTON, Ohio. Miss Mayers had
held the position above named fol
six years-evei since the station wa:
established here-and had become
part and parcel Of the social institu
tions of Morgantown.
Though the tenure Of her abode
here has terminated, and is regretted
by her many friends, those who re
greet will, at the same time, wish hei
all the JOY OF earthly agency to be-
stow on learning that in renounciug
this as her home she also renounces
the period of girlhood to assume the
fuller. happier responsibilities of ma
tronhood.
Miss Mayors and w. Campbell
Nelson, Of Connellsville, formerly of
Morgantown. will be married at the
home of the brides mother at Day
ton on Tuesday Nov. 81 After a
reception at the home of the groom s
uncle, w. j. Ritchey, at Pittsburg,
on the Thursday following the cere-
mony, the newly married win go to
housekeeping at Connellsville, where
Mr.. Nelson is established in bust
ness.
Miss Mayers will be succeeded as
stenographer and book keeper at the
experiment station by j. B. Gibson,
of Parkershurg.