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Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
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In thn constellation CygnuS. which Is
plainly marked out To the eye by the
figure called the Northern Cross. is Il
faint star. numbered 81. which was the
first star whose distance from the earth
was measured. and which. notwith-
standing its insignificant appearance. is
one of the nearest stars in all the
heavens.
Examined with telescope. it is
found to be composed of two nearly
equal stars which appear TO lie connect
ed by their mutual attraction. 50 that
they reyolve slowly arourd their COM
mon center of gravity. There are. then,
two suns, each considerably smaller
than our sun, linked together 10y grayi-
tatiOn.
Recently Professor WilsinG, at Pots
dam, has discovered something very
peculiar about this starry pair. He
finds that there are periodical yaria-
ticnS in the distance between the two
stars which are not accounted for 10y
their own known relations To one an
other, ana which, he thinks, could be
explained by supposing that there are
one or more invisible bodies connected
with them.
The thought that these invisible bod
les may be planets is Il natural one.
The belief that there are planets re-
vOlying around some. at least, of the
stars is widespread. but the telescope
has not yet been able to reveal any ia
our eyes.
Their attraction. however. must have
some effect upon the motion of the stars
to which they belong. and in case they
are very large and massive, such an eff
feet might be perceptible to us.
If the suspected invisible bodies con
nected with the double sun. 81 Cygni
are planets, they must be enormously
larger and heavier than the earth. The
possibility that star which is com
paratively so near us actually possesses
planets cannot but stir the most slug
giSh ima gination.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Feeding Wheat to Stock.

The following points are the result OF
experiments by the Wisconsin Board
of Agriculture:
Feeding wheat to stock is yet in the
experimental stage in this State. but
the best judgment of farmers and feed
ers estimate that 80 per cent. of the sur
plus wheat will be thus used. Est
mates of the feeding value of wheat,
compared with corn, vary from 10 IL
80 per cent, but the average is 1Ol.
estimating the feeding value of corn at
100.
There is more care taken in feeding
wheat, which. probably. increases its
comparative value. for ii carel2SSly fed
as corn is in the ear there would be
danger from over and too rapid feed
ing.
1t is fed every way-whole. dry.
cooked or soaked, cracked or groun.i
coarse, dry or as slop. and in the sheaf.
The latter method is commended by
those who practice it on account of say.
ing the expense OF threshing the grain
and labor in feeding, but is not largely
practiced
Feeding whole to hogs, even when
soaked is attended by very apprecia-
bic waste from lack of digestion, but is.
nevertheless, popular method of feed
Ing.
The majority Of reports. however
commend rs the best and most eco
nomical way of feeding wheat:
To horses whole mixed with bro,,
or corn, and fed dry.
To cattle, ground coarse. mixed with
one-third ground corn, and fed dry or
fed in the sheaf. To milch cows.
ground and fed rs slop.
To hogs, ground coarse, soaked and
led while sweet to pigs or young grow
ing hogs, it is very superior to corn in
the production of bone and muscle. but
Tor hogs being finished for market. one
third corn added will increase the fat.
To poultry, feed in the sheaf or whole.
cooked and mixed with bran.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Earnest Musicians.

Doctor Stephen Elyey, who did so
much to render the chanting of the
Psalms Ineligible in the church SER
vice by pointing" them. was absorbed
In his subject. His pockets were filed
with bits of paper bearing verses from
the Psalms in different forms and with
different readings, and these he used
to discuss with any one likely TO be in
terested or to afford him help.
One summer he paid visit to Wind
sor. and a friend OF his says that he can
remember Doctor Elvey's pulling up
suddenly in one of the streets Of the
town. and to the astonishmcnt of the
passers-by asking him, in anything but
a whisper:
What is manpcace:
Il don't know"
'Neither do |: but when chantcd. the
error of putting the accent on man. in
stead of peace. is almost universal. and
is an instance of the nonsense made of
Scripture through careless reading and
Indifferent punctuation.'
The verse to which he had reference
runs: keep innocency, and take heed
unto the thing that is right, for that
shall bring n man peace at the last"
Once, when Sir George Elvey was con-
ducting a rehearsal of the Messiah"
one of the singers finished her solo with
an elaborate cadenza. Sir George wait
cd until the epd. and then asked:
What's that? Don't YOU think if
Handel had wanted that, he would
have written it:'
oh" said the lady, "wc always DO it
that way in London"
Never mind" said he. Here Han
del shall have it in his way, SO please
sing it us it is written"
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Odds and Ends.

Apply powdered alum to fever sore:
this will prevent it from becoming very
unsightly or noticeable.
For stains on the hands nothing is
better than salt moistened with lemon
juice. Rub the spots we'll with the mix
ture, then wash off in clean water.
When ne-scated chair bottoms have
''saggcd," to make them as tight as ever
wash them with hot soap suds and
leave them to dry in the open air.
When anything has been spilled on
the stove, or milk has boiled over and
a suffocating smoke arises, sprinkle the
spot with salt, and it will quickly dis
appear.
cotton batting, covered with dark
cloth, under the rear ends of the rock
ers of the chair that makes Il practice
of tipping over"
1t is said that good remedy for
strengthening and clearing the voice is
to beat the white of an egg with the
juice of n lemon and sweeten it we'll
with sugar and use as needed.
The annoyance of rough griddle
when baking cakes may be overcome
by rubbing it with slice of raw tur-
! nip. Those who have used it say il
makes the grddle smooth as glass, and
cake baking, therefore, an easy opera.
ton.
Do you wish to make n Cruel for a
sick friend? Take corn meal and sift
it into quart Of boiling water, STIR
ring it until it is of the consistency of
cream. Add salt to flavor, and let it
simmer for half an hour or longer; then
| run it through Il fine sieve. Have in q
bowl little cream or rich milk Pour
your boiling Cruel into it, and you
have n drink n sick person ought to
| relish.
To make excellent cough candy soak
gill of whole tiaxseed in a pint of
boiling water. In another dish put n
cup of broken bits of slippery elm and
cover this also with boiling water. Let
, these stand for two hours; then strain
| them both through muslin cloth into
saucepan containing a pound and Il
half of granulated sugar Extract all
| the liquor you can, stir the sugar until
| it is melted, and then boil it until ii
turns to candy. Pour it out at once
when it reaches this point onto CREASED
paper. This is the Old-fashiOned rule
The candy is more palatable IL the
| iuico Of two lomopS ia added to II n ftar
| 1t has cooked for ten minutes.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Failure of the Corn Mission.


The Government has decided to dis
continue its missionary efforts i'm Eu-
rope, particularly in Germany, i'm be-
half of corn and leave the foreigners
10 their ''invincible ignorance" of the
value of maize for human food. After
looking over the ground in person Sec
retary Morton evidently considered
the cause hopeless and accordingly no.
titled the American agents, Col. Muir
ply and Mr.. Mates, to close up their
affairs. Indeed, the hint is pretty
broadly conveyed that the attempt to
wean the Germans from rye bread
and pnmpernickcl will not be renewed.
This is disappointing; but Mr.. Nor
ton evidently had good grounds for his
action, to judge from the facts pre-
Sented.
or course this is n bad year to push
the use of corn. 1t lacks the ordinary
qualification of cheapness to recon-
mend it. With wheat and corn only a
few cents apart in price, and often
not even that small margin, it is well
nigh useless to endeavOr TO persuade
people to give Up their Inherited preju-
dices. The saving by the use of corn
as compared with wheat Is hardly
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Tclegraphic Ciicxs.

Bishop Mcdonald. acting for the Pope,
invested Rev. DR.. Joseph Il. O'Connell,
of New York, with the title of Monsignor.
William Childs, residing at Coatsvile,
Mo-. had trouble with his sister-in-law
and shot Ora Long. her lover, when he
championed her cause.
Harry Bauchmann. aged Sd. train dis
patcher on the Wabash Road at An
drews. Ind. committed suicide with poi
son while temporarily insane.
Harry Wells and Charles Rowe. two
Philadelphia lumber swindlers. were ar
rested in Atlanta, Ga, and will be taken
back to PENNSYLVANIA for trial.
Chief of Police Pratt and Detectives
Sheets and Ferguson, who had been in
jail for ten days at Salt Lake, Utah, for
contempt in refusing to answer questions,
were released.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
FIFTY MILLIONS IN GOLD.
1t WouId Not Make Such a Huge
Limp After All This Talk.

Limp After All This Talk.
Mems minds and newspapers have re-
Gently been full of the borrowing by
our noble country of S50.O00000 in gold
to replenish the national yellow hoard,
says the New York World. Each man
has had his own sweet dreams, usually
seeing in his grasping eye rows Of
vaults piled up with yellow gold. Fifty
men questioned by World reporters
guessed strange guesSeS about the size
of Il $5O.000003 lump of gold. Some
thought the lump would be about as big
as the city hail. All were wide of the
mark. The pitiful facts are these: A
man with fifty millions could only buy
Il hunk of gold five and half feet
square lie would not have gold enough
to till even 4 hall bedroom. His nugget
would not be bigger than small piano.
Grover Cleveland if made of solid gold,
would be worth fifty millions. a 500
G00.000 cube would be five and Il half
feet in diameter. These statements are
based OH calculations that would need
leSsly worry the usual mind. They are
accurate. Let the poor man rejoice.
The man with fifty millions has not so
much gold after all. and isn't il funny
that Il nation full of brains. with Co.
600 0G0 inhabitants. thinks it needs a
yellow cube five and half feet square
to make it solid?
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04

The high price Of oats will doubtless
lead to Il larger seeding with this crop
another year. 1t is not likely. however,
that oats will ever he so cheap as they
have been in years past. They arc an
exhaustive crop. and one which the
farmers do not wish to grow except for
use on the farm. For this reason the
crop is largely left to farmers who care
little for preserving the fertility "i
their farms There is no reason why
so large n proportion of the oat crop is
of poor quality. 1t is light weight b.
cause it is grown on land which fails
to provide plentiful plant food, as the
grain is filling. There are also more
weed seeds in oats than in any other
grain sold Oh the market.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04

The extremely low prices at which
some tobacco growers have sold their
q query why they do not keep it off the
market and use this tobacco us fertil-
izer to grow better samples in the fu-
ture. The price they sell ut is less than
the tobacco is worth as Il manure. 1t
is rich in potash, and is easily decom-
posed. Market gardeners often use re-
fuse tobacco rs fertilizer, and they
find better results from it than from
many manures that cost more money.
One of the advantages of tobacco as q
fertilizer is in repelling attacks of in
sects. 1t is especially valuable in grow
ing cucumbers and melons.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
AROUND 4 BIG STATE.
BRIEF COMPILATiCN OF INDI-
ANA NEWS.

Ghat Our S-ighbors Arc Doing Matters
of General as.d Local Interest-NiarriaSe Ses
and Deaths-Accidenis and Crimcs-Per-
sonaI Pointers About Indianiaas.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
ALL ABOUT THE FARM
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR
AGRiCULTURiSTS.

The United States Unable TO Convert
Germany to Wider Use of Corn
Improved Varieties OF Fruit-To-
baccO as a Fertilizer-Notes.
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04

drive Of thirty miles In any direction from
Grant ten tons of fodder could not be
found
The situation in Hayes and Hitchcock
Counties is but little better than in Per
kins. County Commissioner Rhodes, of
Hayes County. gives the following de-
tails of destitution and suffering in his
district:
Il tell you the situation is about as bad
as it can be. We have raised no crops
no, SIR. mono. | speak from bitter expert
ence. for you can see for yourself that
there wasn't an ear of corn on one of
those stalks. Even the stalks are not
any too good fodder. And | am no worse
than my neighbors. The stock has been
driven out of the country and sold for
whatever il could bring. Cows brought
as low as S6 or IS. although to-day they
are worth SIG. So we have no stock. Our
funds are about exhausted. There is very
little money in the treasury, but the mer-
chants cash our warrants at par. We
are offering limited aid only TO the most
urgent cases, cutting our acquisitions
down TO the lowest living quantity of all
the necessaries. No sugar. coffee or tea
is given out except to old or infirm per-
sons. There is the greatest need of
fuel and flour at present. In the spring
everyone except few will need seed of
ali kinds
Many Deserving Their Farms.
Postmaster Nickerson, of MarengO,
tells the following tale of helpless star
vation rs he has seen and experienced
ii in his reighborhood
Il am keeping three families on a pen
sion of Sf2 per month. Luckily. | have a
little credit here and there. The other day
! called on some neighbors of mine. not
, suspccting that they were in want. The
woInln met NE at the door in an old and
torn calico dress and pair of rotten
s!iocs. | asked her if thar was the best
clothing she had. She said it was. but
that she needed something more than
clothing. and that was food. | gave her
an order for Sl4 worth of groceries AZ
Hayes Center and also one on the cOun-
/ ". \ good many of ny Eeighbors have
left. Their teams were m0rtgaged and
they couldn't get away. | have fifty
or more head of horses. and | told five
men to pick out teams and so on. They
did this, leaving their mOrtgaged teams
TO run at large. The stock of the county
Marshall County independent., 1895-01-04
Narrow Gauge Roads.

Light narrow gauge railroads are
again being tried in England and
France.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-11

part genuine Arabian Mocha and two
parts finest Java; roast each separately,
and blend we'll together; grind fine, inn
mediately before preparing. Fill an
ordinary teacup two-thirds full of the
coffee, with one raw egg and the shell.
Place the whole in a strainer or percu-
lator, and pour on one quart Of briskly
boiling water. Let it stand for ten
minutes where it will keep hot without
boiling, and serve with cream and sugar
to suit, or, better still, with hot milk.
Should vessel without a strainer or
perculator be used, let the infusion boil
up at once, and pour in cup of cold
water, after which let it stand for at
least five minutes to settle thoroughly
The beverage will be brown, creamy,
rich, fragrant and delicious.
"In Cuba, where the most delicious
coffee obtainable anywhere is to be
found, it is prepared by first half-flling
a coarse flannel bag with finely pulver-
lied, roasted coffee, and suspending it
from hook over the pot or other ves-
sci. Cold water is poured on the bag
at intervals until the entire mass is well
saturated, then the first drippings,
which have fallen into the receptacle,
are poured again over the bag until the
liquid becomes almost thick and very
black. One teaspoonful of this ex-
tracted liquid, placed in cup of boil
ing milk, will yield draught of coffee
that is simply delicious-a nectar fit
for the gods, In Cuba this flannel bag
hangs day and night on the wall, the
process of pouring on the cold water
and allowing it to drip being almost
ceaseess in its operation. All classes,
ages, and conditions drink coffee there
as freely as we do water"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-11

NEXT TO GoDLINEss.-A Piscata-
quis parson has retired from the pulpit
and has commenced the manufacture of
soap.-Lewiston Journal
VISITOR. -" But what does your
mother say when you tell these dread
full lies2" Boy-"She says l take af-
ter father."-Pick Me Up.
HASN'T STOPPED SINCE" Jones ia
chronic candidate. To my certain
knowledge, he was running thirty years
ago." "Where was that?" "In the
war. ATLANTA Constitution.
STATIsTICALLY INCLINED TOURIST
Tin Oklahoma)-"What is the death rate
in this locality?" Alkali Ike" Nuthin'
at ALL "Dyin' is perfectly free we're
but the burial rates are pretty high. p
Puck.
MISTRESS" Why did you leave your
last placer" Domestic" Tn mistress
had no tact, num-" Mistress" All, 1
see. That is often the CASE" Domes-
tic =" Yes, mum. She was always
tellin' me to do things, stead of askin'
me to.'-New York Weekly.
ONLY ONE HITCH.-"Yes," said the
inventor, 81 think 1 see millions in it,
il can only get the thing to work.''
"No doubt" said the doubling friend.
"What have you in mind now?" GA
scheme for combining cyclones in BIZ
cycle tires. See? There is your ideal
motor, at merely the cost of capture"
indianapolis Journal.
A LITTLE boy three years old was
told that he must not say goose when
he meant more than one, but geese"
Soon after the nurse-maid entered the
room, and he applied his freshly gained
knowledge by saying: "Nursie, when
am alone Pm goose, but when we
are together we are geese. House
hold Words.
HIS CHOICE OF VoLLEYs.-"Whis-
key" said the temperance orator, in
tones of much earnestness, as he
pointed his finger at the audience,
whiskey has killed more men than
bullets" "All the same" said the
watery-eyed citizen near the middle
aisle, "Id heap ruther a man filed
me with whiskey than with bullets. y
Indianapolis Journal.
Took CHANCES AND LOST. - eff
you're the man that answers the ques-
tons" said the lanky parsonage in the
faded brown suit who had climbed four
flights of stairs in search of information,
81 wish you would tell me who it was
that shrieked when Kosciusko fell"
Freedom" replied the answers-to-
questions editor, glancing up at him
and resuming his work. "Then I've
lost good hat" rejoined the lanky
caller, signing heavily and turning to
GO 81 thought it was Marco Bozzaris."
Chicago Tribune,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-11
The Slavery Of Clothes.

Extreme views go to the greatest
length in the training of children. The
right of the parents to decide what a
child shall eat and wear, the method of
exercise, the regulation of hours, is un-
questioned. People may approve or
disapprove; they cannot control unless
the extreme views lead to cruelty. A
young motheris bringing up her baby by
method that will meet the approval
of the best intelligence devoted to
the study of infancy. This baby wears
one garment, and is kept on pillow
where it has the greatest freedom of
movement. 1t is kept covered with
dainty coverings suited to the temper
AZURE. People are not allowed to ham
die it, nor is it cramped by being COM
PEELED to lie in position that does not
give it ease and comfort. Freedom
from irritation results in calm nerves
and natural growth.
Clothes are burden, in maturity, on
time, purse, and mind. 1t seems but
fair than an infant should be allowed
freedom and ease during the short pc
Rod that precedes the clothes period.
For, presumably, when a child finds his
feet he must be clothed. A little Nor
wegian girl belonging to family about
to emigrate to America, in talking over
that unknown land of freedom and
wealth, said to girl friend: "I'm so
glad we are going, for we will not have
to wear clothes there" That little girl
is now woman, and she remembers
distinctly that it took weeks to remove
her bitter disappointment when she
saw that even in this land of freedom
people had to wear clothes. The Sc
cret of perfect physical development is
to make clothes bear some relation to
the lines of the figure, and, to quote
''Life," make clothes for purposes of
adornment and not concealment. a
principle too largely ignored by women
at present.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-11
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
The Republic OF Jones.

"There was government in exist.
ence within the limits of my state dur
ing the late war that find no mention
of in the HISTORIES" says Mr.. F. M.
Holden of Mississippi. "In the early
days of secession the county of Jones,
through its leading citizens, withdrew
from the Confederacy, declared them
selves free and independent people,
organized government, adopted con.
stitution modelled after that of the
United States, called this new govern.
ment the republic of jones' elected a
president and a full quota of officials
and refused to furnish men or money
to the Southern cause. On the ap.
proach of Confederate troops they
would retreat to the swamps and other
inaccessible places and remain in hid
ing until the danger had passed. They
kept up this queer attitude of hostility
to their own brethren, 80 far as l am
informed, to the close of the war, but
the republic of Jones passed out of the
memory of men with the event of APP.
pomatox, and the mention of it now
in that locality is only cause fol
smiles. Washington Post.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-11
Two Versions,

A young farmer who had great con-
ceit, little discretion, and scarcely any
education, presented himself at Pres
byterian conference, and said he wished
to be ordained as preacher.
a" amt had any great learnin'," he
said, frankly, " but reckon Pm called
to preach. I've had vision three
nights runnin'; that's why I'm here"
"What was your vision?" inquired
one of the elders
"Well," said the young man," l
dreamt see big round ring in the
sky, an in the middle of it was two
great letters-P. G. knew that meant
Presbyterian Conference, an here l
am"
There was an uncomfortable pause,
which was broken by an elder who
knew the young man, and was we'll ac-
quainted with the poverty of his family
and the neglected condition of the farm
in which his father had taken such
pride.
- haven't any gift at reading vi
sions," said the old man, gravely, as he
rose from his seat, :" but I'd like to put
it to my young friend whether he
doesn't think it's possible those two
letters may have stood for PLANT
Corn '?'
Fortunately, this version was ac-
cepted by the applicant.-The Outlook.