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The Butler weekly times., 1895-12-19
HARPER'S WEEKLY
In 1895

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Bennington presented studies of Army and
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At Atlanta, Georgia, the 5th inst.
Mrs. Jessie Owens, wife of J. B.
Owens, au employe OF the Southern
railway, fatally shot Jake Adolphus,
son of prominent physician of the
city. The shooting took place in the
home of Mrs. Owens, and she claims
it was done to avepge an insult of
fered her by the young man
The Butler weekly times., 1895-12-19
Is.Iour Tongue

Coated, YOUR throat dry, your eyes
dull and infamed and do YOU teel mean
generally when YOU get up in the morn
ing. Your liver and kidney are not
doing their work. Why don't you take
Parks Sure cure. If it does not make
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Sold oy II. [ Tucker
The Butler weekly times., 1895-12-19
HARPER'S MAGAZINE
In 1896.

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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

round, pointed teeth, followed by o
good, clean brush. Straw and DIRT
should be untangled from the name
and tail with tho fingers. Cards pull
out too much hair, though good,
blunt-toothed steel comb may be care.
fully used. The most of the cleaning
should be done with the brush,
especially around the head and leg
bones, being careful that the brush or
dust does not get into his eyes. Then
the whole body should be wiped with
a soft cloth, beginning with head, and
the resulting smooth coat of the horse
will well repay such daily care.
The principal reason for regular and
thorough grooming is that the health
OF the horse requires that the pores of
the skin be kept open by removing
dust and secretions, and that both ekin
and muscles be rubbed to replace the
natural muscular movements which
the stabling and work prevent. The
good results of careful grooming are
SO apparent that person with the
healthy skin which follows from
proper bathing, rubbing and feeding,
Is said to be well groomed
Muddy legs and manure stains may
be washed off with warm water, being
careful to rub the hair and skin dry
Immediately. In warm weather it is
a good plan to give the horse an oc-
casional bath all over, and then rub
him dry, SO that he does not chill and
catch cold. The hard working farm
horse should be groomed three times
day. At noon the harness should be
removed ard tho face and sweaty
places rubbed with soft straw or hay.
At night the shoulders, the back and
the muddy legs should be washed
off with warm water and rubbed
dry. Then and also in the morning
he should be rubbed all over with the
brush and cloth or straw, using the
currycomb to remove dirt from tho
hair, and to clean the brush. Cleanli-
ness pays. Dice McLaren, in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

There has been singular dearth of
invention in naming the many small
lakes of the West, laments the Chica-
go Herald, and fine old Indian names
have been deliberately discarded in
order that persons of unlovely sur
names might be honored geographi-
cally. The Indian names when trans
lated are often found to embody an
almost Photographic picture OF the
lakes upon which they were bestowed
The French names that superseded
some of the Indian names, and are
likely to be superseded in their turn
by modern commonplaces, are often
pretty and historically suggestive.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
GROWING ONIONS FROM SETS.

Onion sets are the small bulbs pro.
duced from late-sown seed on poor
land and taken up in the fall and
dried. They are planted on rich land
in the spring in rows twelve inches
apart, and three inches apart in the
rows, requiring about twenty-four
bushels to the acre. The plants grow
quickly and make marketable onions
by July or August. 1t is necessary to
watch the crop, and when the swollen
seed stems appear these are twisted
and broken down to prevent the forma-
tion of blossoms, by which the growth
of the bulb will be checked. Onions
may be kept quite safely if thoroughly
dried and stored in dry, cool place,
and if frozen in the winter will not
take any harm if kept in that condi-
tion and thawed gradually in the
spring. York Times
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
THE BEST BREED OF FOWLS.

The question of which is the best
breed OF fowls narrows down to this !.
What fowl do you like bestp Which
style and color takes your eyep Can
you give the proper housing and care
that the tenderer breeds require E?
Will you have to subject your fowls
to just ordinary houses and carep The
breed one fancies most will in the
majority of cases receive the best care,
which naturally results in the most
profit. If one prefers fine feathers
and beautiful form and carriage
rather than a strictly economic fowl,
there are many breeds from which to
make a selection. If general pur-
pose fowl is wanted, the list to select
from was never SO long as it is to-day.
If beauty and utility combined are
wanted, there are several breeds to
select from, either one of which should
satisfy any reasonable person. There
is much truth in the saying, "feed
makes the breed" The best breed in
the world, whichever one may be SO
considered by the owner, will be q
failure and disappointment if kept
Under unfavorable conditions and in
iudiciously fed. Therefore we would
add to the above, "feed and care make
the breed" We do not know of any
breed which with proper care and feed
will not p,ove reasonably profitable
both in pleasure and money. In
making selection ones circumstances
and surroundings should be taken into
account; where one breed would be
perfectly hardy and thrive well,
another breed would not do at all well.
Therefore it behooves one to guard
against letting sudden fancy run
away with good judgment.
Those who are just considering the
subject, 1 would earnestly advise
taking plenty of time to look the field
over thoroughly before making up
their minds. Ono is apt to be favor
ably impressed with the appearance
of certain breed, which after due
thought would be rejected for good
and sufficient reason, whereas if on
the first impulse it had been bought,
it would prove q disappointment and
entail loss. Those who are contin-
ually changing the breed very seldom
are satisfied with anything and usually
end by giving the whole up in disgust.
American Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

Two hundred million two-cent post.
age stamps that are reported as worth
less by postmasters throughout the
country have been calledin by the Post.
master General and will be destroyed.
Although 10000, 900 seems to be an
enormous number, it is really trifing
compared with the number of stamps
used by the American people each
year, and would last less than twenty
days. 1t requires about $4,000, 900
stamps day to conduct the corre-
spondence of our population, or u
total of 1880, 900, 900 for the year.
There is not as much letter writing
these times as there was when the
country was moro prosperous, but a
decided increase has been noticeable
during the last two months. The
weight of the mails is an accurate ba-
rometer of business affairs--Indian-
apolis Sentinel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
Probing tho Mystery of Ether.

The bequest of $115, 900 which the
late Robert Stanton Avery has left in
his will to the Smithsonian Institution
for lectures and treatises upon and
concerning those mechanical laws
which govern ethereal mediums
might appear at first blush to be the
testamentary whim of very ethereal
parsonage. The value of this scienti,
tic legacy, however, may prove meal
culable from the standpoint of Amer
ica's position in the world of science.
The mystery of ether-that unknown,
hypothetical medium for all the waves
of heat, light, sound, magnetism and
electricity-lies at the bottom of the
secret of nature, and the Avery endow-
ment may yet be the incentive to orig
inal research which shall take man
kind step nearer to the sources OF
world energy and force of transm mis-
sion. philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
CARE OF THE RASPBERRY.

If the old wood of the raspberry
bushes has not already been cut out,
leaving only the last summer s growth,
it should be done now. The long
canes should be cut back. Tender
varieties can all be bent over one way
and weighted down or pegged down
and covered with three or four inches
of soil. After freezing weather is
over in the spring the vines should be
loosely tied to single stakes or to q
wire if preferred. The hardy varie-
ties, such as the Cuthbert, Turner and
other of the newer varieties will need
no protection.-America Agricultur-
ist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
THE WINTER GIRL.

When winter comes with its icy blasts,
And the ncrth-wind chill with its feecy
snow,
In my room so drear 1 watch you, dear,
As your dainty footsteps come and go,
My fur clad Winter Girl.
Though the maid OF spring may be divine,
And the autumn maiden fair,
And the summer girl with fllxen curl;
With you they'll ne'er compare,
My fur-clad Winter Girl.
When the world Is sad in tho winter days,
The earth is white and the sky Is gray,
And lam blue it rests with you
To make us all feel glad and gay,
My fur-clad Winter Girl
So, here's to the health of the Winter Girl !!
Though the maids of warmer times arc
fair:
With freckles and tan, there's none that can
With you, o Winter Girl. compare,
My fur-clad Winter Girl
Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

The South in 1894 raised about fifty
bushels of corn to every bale of cot.
ton. The farmer who comes out even
on his cotton at present prices is for
tunate. The farmer who has sur.
plus of corn is ahead. The salvation
OF the South during 1894 was its
great corn and hog product. 1t is
useless, in the judgment of the Allan.
ia Journal, to say more.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

'"The fact" declares the New York
Tribune, "that the Southern farmers
are going ahead in quiet, unobtru-
sive way, saying nothing, but minding
their business in the most exemplary
manner. With climate unapproached
anywhere else on this continent. n
soil unsurpassed for its natural fertil.
ity, wealth of fertilizers under the
surface, and dogged perseverance of
which they have heretofore given am.
pie evidence, they are successfully
proving their fitness to survive in tho
struggle for life, prosperity and hap
piness."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

When engaged in breeding up q ma
tive stock to some one of the improved
varieties, there should be q definite
point aimed at from the first. This
must be adhered to, or the stock will
soon become entirely unreliable for
breeding. Our native animals are of
no particular breed, but if good speci-
mems of their kind, they are better to
breed from than half-bred or three.
quarter-bred animal of some other
strain. For example, if you are
breeding from a Holstein bull for
milk or butter, half blood of short
horn or Jersey or Guernsey will not
give as good results as will first rate
native COW. In the former case there
is prepotency on both sides and the
offspring will be widely variant. With
q native COW and a thoroughbred bull
of any kind, the prepotency is all in
the same line. If the breedingis con-
tinued further the same strain of
breed should be used as ut first. The
established breeds are all too firmly
established to be crossed more than
once with any certainty that the
breeding will perpetuate the desirable
qualities on either side of the house.
Boston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

According to Major II. II. c. Dun
woody, of the National Weather Ser.
vice, the weather crop service of the
National bureau ranks next in import
ance to the work of making forecasts.
The system of gathering reports upon
which the weather crop bulletins are
based has been greatly perfected in
recent years. The crop bulletins of
the States have been improved, and are
now more complete than at any prev
ious time, and the increased circula-
tion that these bulletins have attained
amply attests their value. 1t is be-
lieved that there is no other class of
information to which so much space is
devoted in the public press to-day. A
file Of these bulletins for all the States
for year will form the most complete
history of the weather conditions
attending the growth and develop
ment of the several crops throughout
the country, More than ten thou.
sand crop correspondents are to-day
cooperating with the National Wealth.
er Service through the State organi-
zation; three thousand voluntary OBJ
servers are furnishing monthly reports
of daily observations of temperature
and rainfall and over eleven thousand
persons assist in the work of distribut.
ing the weather forecasts of the Ma.
tional Weather Service. This latter
work has been more rapidly pushed
during the past year than any Other
feature of State Weather Service work.
With the continuation of the present
liberal policy toward these services
there will be in comparatively short
time no important agricultural com
munity in the United States, with the
proper mail facilities, that will no
receive the benefits Of the forecasts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

After the leaves drop is good timo
to prune the grape.
Take your choice, eggs or lice. You
can't have both in the same poultry
yard.
A teaspoonful of glycerine and
few drops of nitric acid to pint OF
drinking water will generally cure
fowl that shows symptoms OF ,bronchi-
tis, when accompanied with gurg-
ling sound in the throat, as if of
choking.
Stirring the soil in warm weather
makes it warmer by admitting more
outside Dir. 1t also stimulates de-
composition of any vegetable matter
that the soil contains, and thus di-
rectly adds to the available supply of
fertility.
The moro manure that the farmer
applies the more thorough should be
the cultivation ofthe crop. Only thus
can its full value be secured. Besides,
unless the cultivator is kept busy. the
manure makes the weeds grow as we'll
10 eAo ClOp'
Much can yet be done to make the
poultry quarters comfortable for win
ter weather. The roof may be mend
ed, the walls battened, or lined with
paper, the broken glass replaced with
new, or sash put into front that
now has none.
A colt was to all appearances nearly
dead, the breath of life being barely
perceptible. 1t soon revived by Civ
ing 1t couple of fresh eggs. The
same results have attended the admin
istering of eggs to weak cattle and to
feeble, chilled lambs.
All sick or ailing fowls should be at
once separated from the rest of the
flock. The ounce of prevention in
removing them is often worth more
than the pound of cure needed for tho
others, among whom they, by remain
ing, spread contagion.
Experimenting with mongrel fowls
in these days is very poor business at
the best, when there is such an abun-
dance of prime stock to commence
with. 1t is just as cheap to breed the
better kinds of Ipoultry ut the outset,
as to keep poor trash.
If little salt were put in food
every day and ashes put where the
poultry can have access to them, they
would never eat their eggs unless the
eggs freeze and the shell cracks open.
Hens seldom eat their eggs except dur
ing the winter months.
1t has been recommended, in order
to prevent hens from eating eggs, to
put two tablespoonfuls of fine salt and
one-half pint of wood ashes in one
quart of corn meal, or in that ratio,
and mix with boiling water; feed once
a day until they leave off eating their
eggs.
Did you ever know wheat to be SO
cheap? Boil it soft and stir up with
little potatoes and other fall wastes
like turnips, cabbages, sweet apples,
etc. Perhaps this ration will not make
fat pork, but it keeps the digestion
and appetite good, and, 0, how it
makes the winter pigs grow! Care
and brains make pork profits.
| Kerosene emulsion can most easily
be applied to stock to destroy lice and
prevent the attack Of the horn-fy by
the sprayer, which is designed origin
ally for applying spraying mixtures
to fruit trees. A hand sprayer is the
most convenient, and with fine noz-
zle very small quantity will be sufi-
cient, whereas by hand and sponge
application the work will require
much more liquid and take much moro
J time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
Substitutes Petroleum for Coal,

United States Consul Richman, at
st. Gall, Switzerland, has transmitted
to the State Department diagrams and
detailed description of new device
for burning petroleum to generate
steam, known as the Gleeman- Baum
gartner apparatus, The results OBJ
tanned were strikingly successful, and
in the opinion of experts indicate the
displacement of coal as steam pro-
ducing fuel wherever petroleum can
be procured. York Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

The horse is very cleanly animal,
and if he is not running in the fields
where he can roll and rub, his hair
ard skin should be thoroughly cleaned
every day to keep him in good health
and condition. Mud and manure
should be rubbed off with handful
of straw or hay, and tho wet hair
wiped dry with other clean handfuls.
Then the whole skin should be gone
over with u currycomb having fine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

The New Orleans Picayune ex.
claims' General Booth is begging
money in this country for his Dark
est England" schemes. America takes
care of enough foregn paupers on her
own soil without exporting money for
the purpose.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

DR.. Conan Doyle picked up consid-
siderable literary MATERIAL and
$4,000 during his trip in this coun-
try. "No wonder he finds America
great field for the successful au-
thor" exclnims the Chicago Record,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

Including stocks and bonds the rail-
ways of the United States are capital
lied at S6O,000 per mile, while those
OF Great Britain are capitalized at
S22O, 900 per mile, or nearly 400 per
cent. higher than in this country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
~
A.CHANGE.

Haveyou seen the full moon
- Drift behind cloud,
Hiding all of nature
y In dusky shroud2
Have you seen the light snow
- Change to sudden rain,
n, And the virgin streets grow
X Black Us ink agnin9
T.
Have you seen the ashes,
When the flame is spent,
~. And the cheerless hearthstono
~ Grim and eloquent?
Have you see the ballroom
When the dance is dono
And its tawdry splendor
Meets the morning SUM
Dearest, all these pictures
Cannot half portray
How my life has altered
Since you've gone away?
Harry Romaine, In Munsey's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04

A week later "the little sister" ar
rived from her Paris school, fresh as q
newly fledged butterfly.
$50 you are to be my brother !" she
said, smiling up at Dick. "Hadn't
you better kiss me?"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-04-04
DICKS PROMISE.

HE handful of men
pi C k g t @ d under
Jagai h ad b e C n
taken by surprise,
and the regiment,
WI Il was raw, was
badly mauled.