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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14
"EiEIX Alsr cuyIiN..,

Under this caption the Atlanta Jour.
nal says II really seems that he dav OF
imm grafton to the South has come.
IL says that Secretary Morton. OF the
Agricultural Department, is greatly
aiding The movement. His attention
las been called to the value OF farming
lands III Virginia, and he has induced
some OF his Western friends to locate
IN this State. Daring n recent trip Of
The Secretary on this side OF the Poto.
mac "he saw n large number Of farms
fer sale and was Impressed with the
opportunities for raising good crops
near good markets which they of.
iercd.
Remembering just then that he had
recently received letter frcm an old
friend in Wisconsin, who had 100
acres OF land and eight boys. and
wanted 100 acres for each. the Serre
tary concluded to write INN and advise
HIM TO come to Virginia. The Wiscou.
SIN farmer took the ndvce aud the re
suit Is, says our contemporary, lie
bought an 500 acre farm for $4,000.
the exact price he received for his 400
acre farm in Wisconsin. The journal
says That since this Wisconsin farmer
migrated to Virginia lie has been in.
strumentul IN inducing Il number of his
friends to follow his example. TnE
NIRGINIAS is glad to note these facts
and to add that there is room for many
more OF the same sort as this Western
farmer. and eli are welcome.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14
CUMING AisoU,p.

IN an article, suggested by the ihr.
tieth anniversary of the surrender Of
Lee to Grant, the Springfield, Mass.
Republican gives its, warmest admira
tion" Tor the endurance, the courage,
Tue logged fighting quality and the
great proves of the Confederate sol.
aiers." 1t says the conviction 10 "borne
ih upon the student of these fights, cuI.
mlnatIng the whole long contest that
the greater generaship was on the
oou'heFn side. as almost every foreign
ssuaeht and critic OF our civil war has
hsiu These are sentiments, although
perfectly just and correct, which are
.'a'aiy expected from such a quarter,
ior tue reason that sectional pride and
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

sectional prejudice. unconscious that
1t is so, are more than apt to look favor
ably upon its own. THIS is human.
Further, the Springfield Republican,
hitherto. while remarkably able pa
per and much moro conservative thnn
the MINORITY Of Northern Journals of
Republicsn tendencies. has been an &C
tive ani severe critic or the South, it's
people and associations.
However, truth Is mighty and will
prevail, and III time tho attitude of the
South during the period of the war
between The States Will he painted in
its true colors. The future historian
who writes tho story of that war. which
well nigh dIsmembered the Republic.
can bc relied upon to give the men who
wore the gray their rightful dues.
without detracting from those who
wore the blue, and such testimony ms
that OF our Massachusetts, contempo
rary, from similar quarters, is Of great
vaine. 1t is gratifying indeed 10 note
the TACT that thirty yenrs after the great
civic conflict such an influential North.
etn piper should be willing to speak,
as 1t does, IN tho "wmrm est admir- alton
OF tho men who wore the gray
N0IsFoiI<'> BUeh uUrl.oOIl
There Is cheering indications that the
business outlook for Norfolk this wear
is bright. Our merchants are very
hopeful IN this respect. The spring
trade has opened well and there is
every prospect that ii will increase in
volume. No better sign is needed than
that presented by The NIRGIxIAN OF
TO day. For tho first time in its his.
tory 1t Is compelled TO print II sixteen
page paper for regular is sue-ns dis
tlnSuished from special issuc-b o.
| cause OF the great demand for ADVERT
sing space on the part of our business
houses. During the past few SUNDAYS
tue rush Of advertisements upon its
regular eight pages was SO grent that
Its reading columns were very much
encroached upon. The demand contin
uing, 1t has been compelled to sp
pear IN sixteen page issue to day It
halls II rs an auspicious Easter omen
OF brighter aud more prosperous
times.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14
After Dinner snreci,.

Master Of tho House CON his fiftieth
birthday to his gueSts)--Ladies and
gentlemen, this day 30 years ago. when
l first saw tho light of this word-um,
UNI did not for moment anticipate
-er-nnticipate that should see 50
numerous and-um-so distinguished a
company gathered around me. -
Deutsche Wartc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14
Too Much,

Young Tuttcr-Nliss Clara, suppose
that tomorrow evening l should call
again, and having nervcd myself MP 10
1t, suddenly, while we wcro conversing,
l should, without word. throw my
arms around your neck and deliberately
HISS yon. What would you do?
Miss Pinkorly-Oh, Mr.. Tuttcr. don t
ask me to look SO far ahead - Brooklyn
life
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

A professional thief in Now York
has been ordered by Judge to main.
tain bis wife and family, but if he
TO lows his profession he will he i'm.
prisoned again, says an exchange.
Bnt there will be no danger of his re-
turn to prison if he will go to work As
he should do and make an honest
living.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

1t 10 said that 10000 persons are
bting "-weated" in 5000 shops in
New York city at this season of the
year. Wnat will DO their condition
during July and August?
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

There is some doubt as to the mar.
risge settlement received by the hus
band of Miss Annie Gould, Count Cas-
tellane's fAther says $4,000, 900 francs.
aud George Gould declares that moth
ing was paid. Now, why don't some
body settle this question that the wor Id
may go on with it's business?
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

1t s estim ted that the indemnity
exacted by japan ,f Cnins amounts TO
81 head upon the whole population
of The Fiowery Kingdom"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14
INTf.uCEnE roe ,Is.
The following hymn was transferred
from piiiar III little church IN italy,
and Translated by young lady in
Brooklyn.

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ookiyn.
Oblos d fct Of Jesus.
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stan at ODDS har pfiujgment,
And intertcii t,r me-
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Ia dark t,ti ,cmauci
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Aud iu,,rSelc for me.
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side from wl q lcc thc.p,7r-poirS1
$40 ishi h'NoINId Vuicc nee
For dealing aud ior rlcu,siug.
sun inicrccIc !0r me
head 80 deny "i,rcel
Wi Ii th"in' itch sIArle bel
Bend low b,i lc rAy leather.
Mud intvtcsGe tor me.
q S1cred Heart Sush SORROWS
The wor Il may never soc
~ that w".cl va" lncc warrant
10 intciCcdc i.ym,.
o holy SC T cd and woLndoi.
~ >scrInrc tuhnt
frc'v tiny . ic.t Offering,
And iut-r,cir Ton M,
loving risen saviour.
From death AID sorrow free
though tArunCd M udrIs.I ~.
Siiiini,rccdc Or Iuc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

The Spanish navy might hold On
exam inhtion among its officers as to
myopia and color blindness. SO as to
insure proper discr elimination among
foreign flags, says the Washington Star.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-14

Even In the height OF his fame Napo
leon never dreamed that he would one
day be on the level with rrllhy.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04
Bran for Feeding.

1t is not good plan, as a rule,
for the farmer to buy any consider
able quantity of feed, for the farm
ought to supply nearly or quite all
that is needed to grow and finish
the stock for market. But with
some kinds of stock, especially
when there is plenty of roughness
and not enough grain, bran and oil
meal can often be purchased and
fed to good advantage.
In addition to being one of the
very best feeds for the growth and
development of bone and muscle,
it is usually an economical feed and
will add nearly or quite its cost to
the value of the manure heap. 1t
is easily digested and assimilated.
It's small cost and the ease with
which it can be combined with
other materials make it one of the
best materials that can be purchas-
ed.
But even with good pasturage or
roughness, bran is not good feed
alone. To give the best results it
needs to be fed in connection with
something else. Oil meal and bran
make one of the best rations that
can be given to mich cows. 1t
makes also good ration for sows
that are sucking pigs and for the
pigs themselves. With cut oats it
makes one of the very best feeds
that can be supplied for the work
teams and growing colts.
If there is any one feed that can
be given to milch COWS to the best
advantage while they are on pasture
during the growing season, it is
wheat bran and oil meal or wheat
bran and cornmeal, giving light
ration night and morning.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04
A way to Raise Lima Beans.

This delicious and wholesome
bean is one of the pleasures and
profits of the garden. Any good
garden will grow them, and the
varieties are multiplying. When I
select my seed for the next season I
always do it when picking the green
crop. Whenever | find an early,
well-formed and well-filled pod I
mark it by tying a string loosely
around its stem and let it hang for
ripening.
always plant in rows 8 feet
apart, and for my family of seven !
plant two rows 20 feet long or four
rows 10 feet long. This gives us an
abundance of green picking and
quite number of messes of the dry
beans. | make the ground nice,
fine and smooth. Then | draw a
line and stick bean edgewise eye
down, A inches apart in the row,
with my thumb and forefnger, and
then sift along the row some finely
pulverized stable manure. When
the beans are up sufficiently high
| cultivate carefully until they start
their runners, then ] go to the lum-
Der yard and get three light posts
2x2 and two strips of inch plank 2
inches wide. If my rows are 20 feet
long, / put one post equidistant
between the rows at each end, and
one in the middle. Then put the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04
Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole
carcasses from slaughterers to deal
ers in the San Francisco market:
BEEF-First quality, 6@64c. %
ID; second quality, 5@54c.; third
quality, 44@5c. % tb.
CALvEs-43@5c. for large, and
5@6c. y 10 or small.
MUTToN-4@53c. % ID.
Handspring, cote. " ID.
Pork Live hogs, 43@43c. for
hard; 3@33c. for soft, and 34@4c.
for feeders; dressed hogs, 5@7c. %
fb.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04

strips of board edgewise on these
posts as high up on them as | can
conveniently reach. These strips
form ridge pole above, and be-
tween the rows. l then split some
short stakes about Is inches long
out of piece OF board or straight
splitting stove wood and drive them
directly in the rows Of beans in a
slanting position about 3 feet apart
in the rows. Then using ordinary
wool Irvine / run a string along.
these stakes, looping it on them 50.
as to keep it from slipping; and
from this string ! pass strings over
the ridge board to each bean hill,
and the work is done; only | then
carefully loosen up the soil, pull
the earth from the center well up to
the rows, and then let them run
along the strings till they reach the
top, which is the signal for pinch.
ing the runners off. The cost and
trouble is small, and the string and
poles can be used for several seasons.
Besides, when little care is taken.
to do the work neately, the grow
ing beans are an ornament in the
garden. | raise all pole beans the
same WaV
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04

Among the Poultry.

Geese are great grazers and need
good pasturing.
Fowls should have daily access
to the dust bath.
Fowls will thrive better with cool
water in Summer than with warm.
Too much slushy food at this
season is often cause of the gaps
i'll young chickens.
One of the best ways of feeding
buttermilk is to thicken it with
wheat bran or cornmeal.
If the fowls are closely confined
it will pay to chop grass fine and
feed them with it every day.
Make the perches not over 2 feet
high, all of one height, and of
one length, and of pieces about 4
inches wide.
Destroy the nest material of a
sitting hen as soon as all of the
chicks are taken out, and put in
fresh material.
Now is a good time to plant a
few rows of sunfiowers for the poul-
try next Winter. Plant and Gull
tivate the same as corn.
AS poultry on the farm is ex-
pected to have free range there is
usually no advantage in having
more than one good breed.
When soft feed of any kind is
given to the poultry no more
should be mixed up at any one
time than is needed for feeding that
time.
Whole grain is the hest for night
feeding. When fed soft feed just
before going to roost it is digested
early in the night and the fowls
get very hungry before morning.
Plenty of shade is desirable
about the poultry quarters, and
when there are no trees it will be a
good plan to build a shed of some
kind that will make a shade that
the fowls can rest in during the
heat of the day
Plenty of pure, fresh water is
essential to the health and thrift of
the poultry. Good drinking vessels
should be provided and be placed
where they will be protected from
the sun. The water should be
changed often enough to keep from
becoming too warm.
There is very little demand for
capons in the western market.
The operation of caponizing should
be performed when the fowls are
not over three months old, and,
with good treatment, they should
be ready for market when they are
10, or not over IL months old.
The better quality of flesh and the
heavier weight are the principal
advantages of recognizing.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04

Il
use of fertilizers this month and
next than at any other season Of
the year, and farmers who procure
them may easily expend more than
is necessary or fail to secure the
kinds which will be the most bene-
fetal to them. The wants of the
land and the crop should be studied
before the fertilizers are applied,
and it is in that respect that the
farmer can be wise or make mis-
take. If, by study or experiment,
he can understand how best to APP
ply plant food to the most favorable
advantage, he will not only effect a
saving in expense, but increase the
products of his farm. Manure is
staple plant food on all farms, and
farmer can not use too much of
it, but it is seldom that a suficiency
can be had. The progressive farmer
now uses fertilizers not only to in
crease his crops but also to prevent
loss of fertility. Soils may be rich
in some substances and poor in
others, being unable to produce full
crops because single substance is
needed to supply the crop with
complete plant food.
Soil exhaustion occurs mostly on
farms where but one or two crops
are grown as speoialties. For in
stance, when corn and wheat are
grown on the same land in success
ion for few years, there will be
heavy drain on the soil for the
elements that enter into the COM
position of those crops, the most
costly of which is nitrogen. When
applying fertilizers to such lands
nitrogen and phosphoric acid should
be abundant, as the soil will per-
haps contain more potash than of
the other substances, and especially
if the manure used is from dairy
COWS, as large portion of the nitro
gen and phosphates are sold off the
farm in the milk. If clover, how
ever, enters into the rotation, it will
add nitrogen, thus permitting the
farmer to buy phosphates and pot
ash salts as the principal substanc-
es required, and avoiding the ex-
pense of the more costly nitrogen.
There is no rule that can be fol-
lowed, however, as there is wide
diversity Of characteristics in soils,
and personal observation must be
made to assist in the matter.
The most extravagant farmer is
he who does not use fertilizers as he
deprives himself of large crop and
loses the fertility of his soil, as well
as applying his labor to a smaller
crop that could be secured with
their use. Some soils may need
but little to enable them to produce
full crops. Where a clover crop
has been plowed under an applica-
ton of wood ashes may be all that
is necessary, as both potash and
phosphates are contained in ashes,
the latter in small quantity, how
ever. Ashes also contain lime in
large proportion. An application
of 200 pounds of ground bone with
the liberal use of wood ashes on
clover sod land should give good
results with favorable season. If
wood ashes are not obtainable, use
sulphate of potash in any quantity
that may be preferred, not less than
300 pounds per acre being fair
proportion, with 200 pounds of bone
meal, if the land is otherwise in
good condition from the clover sod.
The object should be to buy the
right kind of fertilizer for your re-
quirements instead of buying that
which may not be lacking in the
soil.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04
Bncklen's ArnAca salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruis-
as, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tet-
ter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price as cents per box. For sale by Flaws.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1895-05-04
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-15
He PrOntOAd.

There is an anecdote told Of an In
diana man who was presenting letter
Of introduction to a merchant in the
Ecuadorian capital. Quito. Ecuador is
famous for its earthquakes. All the
houses there are but one story in height,
and the windows and doors Of the thick
walls are the universal inches for safety.
The Indiana man had just finished an
elaborate pantomime in an attempt to
convey without words his Joy at meet
ing the Spanish merchant. In the mid
die of it came AN earthquake shock.
Like fash the merchant shot into one
Of the window inches, yelling to the
stranger, "Prontol Pronto" ("Ouick
Quick ~
The traveller was narrating it subse-
quently when earthquake stories came
up.
Il didn't know no Spanish, and I
didn't know what 'pronto' meant, but
you bet prontoed," said the Indiana
man.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-15
Extensive Land Owners.

Henry Miller and Charles Lux, cat
tlemen of San Francisco, confess to
owning more than IA, 900, 900 acres Of
land in three states. As the San Fran
cisco Examiner puts it, this makes an
estate equal in area to the states of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land and Connecticut together. 1t is
half the size Of New York and three
times the size of New Jersey. 1t is
about the size Of West Virginia and an
eighth the entire area of California It
is as large as Greece, with the Ionian
isles, Of which Byron wrote. 1t is four
times the area Of Alsace- Lorraine, over
which France and Germany fought. It
is but little smaller than Ireland and
half again as large as Switzerland. It
is twice as large as Belgium and one
third the size of England and Wales to-
gether. These two remarkable men are
natives Of one of the Rhenish provinces
Of Germany.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-15
Pretty Poll In q FIX.


A Snowman at the fair possessed q
beautiful parrot, which accompanied
him everywhere on his peregrinations
through town and country and excited
the admiration of the gaping crowd by
its capital imitation Of the Snowman q
voice and tones when inviting the pub
lie TO step into the booth. One day the
faithless creature broke its chain and
escaped into a neighboring plantation.
Soon a number Of men and boys were
on its track, but before they had gone
far they heard loud noise caused by
the screeching of birds in the wood.
On arriving at the spot whence the
sounds proceeded, they found poor poll
perohed on the withered branch Of tree
bereft OF most of its feathers and sur
rounded by flock Of screeching crows
that were mercilessly pecking at 1t with
their beaks. Notwithstanding this pitt
able state of affairs, the crowd of seek
ers could no refrain from laughing as
they heard the poor victim scream out
at the top of its voice lone at time,
gentlemen Don't crush 80, please
Take your time! There's plenty of
room !"-Internationale Curgast.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-15
ArlingtOn i.

Joseph Nightall and wife have a
new granddaughter.
The school board has decided to
paper the school house in district
No. ).
Frank Fuller's little daughter has
been i'll for several days, but Is thought
To be improving at present
Charley Palmer's family have moved
in with Miles Monroe. Will jenkins
lives in the house vacated by them.
Forest fires have been raging in this
vicinity, as elsewhere, till the rain and
the snow partially subdued them. Prop
erty owners near the Langdon woods
have been busy fighting fire in that
place.
Levi Ackley and wife Of Geneva made
n short visit at John Robbins, on their
return from drive to northern Ohio.
They report greater need of rain than
we find here. Wells and creeks are all
dry and larger streams nearly so.
1t is reported that the heirs to the
Langdon estate have sold the big woods
To Grand Rapids veneering company
and in the near future we may expect
the sacrifice of giant oaks and grand
old walnut trees To begin. 1t is a noble
forest and it will seem like sacrilege to
to destroy II.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-15

The moods and caprices of Amelie
Rives Chanler were we'll known not
only to her family, but TO all the neigh.
bors near her fathers house at Castle
Hill. Albemarle county. Va. The writer
once visited there, and was pleased to
hear the verdict of all the country folk
as to Miss Am 'ly. a. they always called
her They knew her odd ways, her
pranks, her mad rides astride unbroken
colts and all that. but they idolized her
just the same To them she was an an
gel in human form-an angel of chart
ty, of mercy. of good works. She visit
ed the cabins of the poor colored folk
with food and picture books and sweet
meats. She nursed the sick She helped
those who were in trouble Half the
money which Miss Rives received for
her first literary success, 1.-The Quick
or the Dead?'' was spent in making one
merry Christmas for the poor colored
people round about Castle Hill Wash
ington Cor. Chicago Times Herald