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OUR 1895 ANNOUNCEMENT
y S!ssHEs ssH's Phosp1ates! !3s 7SRdys: A!!

After successful experience of 20 years the
confidently patronage
article that has been sold
each spring and fall Our having larger
before ought convince the kep the
that they must have superior quality and absolute uniformity purity
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FOR GRASS

As top dressing for grass our phosphate
has nc equal. One patron SAYS that he
ma'lr rs much again hay where used. and
II should hc applied in February or March
n ~. ~.
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FOR TOMATOES

We nave 4 speciality. Our Fearless is par
ticularly adapted 10 that crop. Please write
for one ot our books on tomato culture
which will be mailed free
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FOR OATS

Use our special oat fertilizer. which has
stood the test for wears. Onc patron claims
20 have grown over 6O bushels per acre with
1t. We have nice lot ON hand ready for
shinurut
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FOR POTATOES

Our special Potato Manure has been used in
competition with Mapcs. Yarnell'S aud
Baughs. in fact all the high grade goods on
the market
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Ii dress them have the NJ
Peters Sons speaks its highest praise this purpose Henry
Davis did better than
for Strawberries. it is certainly good
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to be degraded by uncean. immoral or purely
sensational matter.
Editorially The Sun is the Consistent
and Unchanging Champion and Defender of
Popular Rights and Interests against politi-
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in none.
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A New
Resolution

is good thing to make
when you make a resolve TO dc
a good thing. For instance
il you resolve not 10 allow thi,
year to glide away without
buying a RAMBLER bicycle
then you have resolved right
The RAMBLER rtands to day
where it has always stood, al
the head Of the procession.
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Our Corp Phosphate,

Have you tried it if not then give trial undoubtedly the
: fertilizers on the Peninsula
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just received at low tariff prices, Tor
men and boys. Don't forget | will
sell them cheaper than any dealer in
town. Give me call.
N. L. MASON, Snow Hill.
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TRIED 10 SAVE IT.

The contractor scrambled ashore,
rallied his forces of men and steers
out on the lake again, aud all night
all hands labored vainly in an en-
deavor TO save The sinking building
out Of its perilous position. In the
meantime all the farmers from two or
three miles around swarmed about the
shores OF the lake or were grouped
around the descending building, a"d
there they dallied all night by lantern
light and the hazy gleam of the old
moon. while Woodmansee and his
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IRoNSHiRE. MD.
MEssRs. T. X. HUBBARD & SON-GEN-
TLEMEN:-I hal heard SO much of vour
Corn Phosphate that determined 10 give
il trial the first of last June. | had two
pieces OF ground. the quality Of which we're
rs near alike as possible. ! used YOURS on
2.Os5 hills, and II. < + IS "B" ON 2.3I9.
Your plot had nearly 200 hills less and gave
within / bushel (actual measurement as
much Corn as the other. aud it cost = 90
more per ton than yours. | AIN frank To say
yours is the best Corn Phosphate | ever
tried. Respectfully.
W II. BASSETT.
We never had nicer lot of mixC
have at this time which were bought Il
prices went into effect If yen need
already received by mail one of our 6.
one and also what your requirements y
Messrs. X. F. Ayars Il Co. who hand
form our friends Messrs Charles and
ed to forward TO us any orders given t
and soliciting your future valued order
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Mrs. Emily Throne, who resides at To-
ledn. Washington. saws She has never been
able 10 procure any medicine for rheuma-
tism that relieves the pain So quickly and
cffectually rs Chamberlain Pain Balm. and
that she has also used it for lame back with
great success. For sale hy Dr. >. l.. Ben
son. Snow Hill. aud Dr. 3 X. Marshall.
Berlin, Md.
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MIR. JOSEPH TOWNSEND, near Berlin
says twenty rows OF ours would give him q
bu>hel more Corn than another goods that
cost 500 more pcr ton.
MEssRs. THOS. 7. & W. $. JOHNSON,
of Wesley. say they consider onr Corn
Phosphate one of the best they ever tried.
and that is Why they continue to use It,
UcN. GEO. W. PURNELL x DISUA
ROOM say that it did we'll for them.
MEssRs. W. NJ PETERS SONS say it
is the best they ever used.
/ goods as well as materials than We
nd paid for before the combination
in our line and have not
page pocket diarys for 1895 write for
i'll be in the way Of fertilizers or call on
Z and keep our goods in stock. or in-
,eese Peters who have kindly consent
them. Thanking YOU for past iavors
5 we are Yours respectfully.
BARD & SON,
Chestertown, Md.
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HAD To BUY CLOTHES.

Il met an Englishman on the ship
and he told me the paper suit wouldn't
do in the English climate. lie gave
me the impression that it would he
necessary TO wear ordinary clothes.
soon saw that he was right, and order
ed some | used to go about the
streets in my paper suit. and | thought
OF doing it here. and OF wearing al
vertisements on the collar and acros:
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foNEsT IN MOTIVE.
FEARLESS IN EXPRESSION.
SoUSp IL PKINCIPLE.
USswERyING Is ITs ALLEGIANCE 10
RIGHT THEORIES AND
RIGHT PRACTICES
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1894 THE SUN. 1894

BALTIMORE. MD.
The PAPER OF THE PEOPLE,
/ For THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PLoPLE.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
CHURCH STATISTICS.

TIE Independent Churches of Christ
in Christian Union number :,94 organ
!zations. with 1888 churches and 1924
members.
THE United Brethren Church in
Christ number 2o2, 474, and own prop
crty valued ut si.2?2. Sis. They have
1855 churches and $50 halls.
THE Disciples of Christ CLAIM 7,246 or
CARNATIONS, with n mem bership of GAL.
05l. Their churches number 1924, val
ued at s12, 2O6, O3S-
THE Christian church, south, has
membership of 13 .oo4, divided into 143
societies and owning 1876 churches, val
ued at Sl3T,Oco.
The Evangelical Adventists have a
membership OF LILY. They claim %
churches and have church property val
ucd at SOL 400.
THE reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Lattcr-dny Saints claims 81
773 members and owns 122 churches,
valued at 1920
TIE Reformed Presbyterian church
in the United States and Canada has
aos society, one church. valued 81 $780,
100 and eco aacuabcys.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
THE FLOCK.
The Question Of Better Sheep and EsetteB
Wool.

The SlOcStlOn or RsettrT Sn1Fp ana 1Sett eS
Wool.
Every advantage must be taken to
make the most out of the sheep, to re-
ceive the most and best mutton, as
we'll as the longest and best fleece. To
4 considera bic extent this can be done
by careful selections. mating and
breeding, supplemented or aided by
good feed and care.
by increasing the size of the sheep
not only can more mutton, but a large,
fleece of wool be secured: then, with
care in the selecting ana breeding, moi
only can d longer length, of fiber but :
denser growth be secured. In all OF
these it is possible to go t" an extreme
When the extreme has been reached
nature will call a halt With the
length of fber it is not best to go be-
You'd a well-roundcd fleece, with fiber.
of such length that they Will adhere
out to their tips. Whenever
the length passes this point ths
fleece becomes more open, and is not SC
desira BILE as a close compact fleece. TIC
give good wool there must first he ?
good sheep, and then it must be giver
good treatment. Now is the time tc
commence, as sheep are low and a good
start can be made at a comparatively
low cost. Gull out all but the best ewes
Let size, quality and growth OF wool a.
well as vigor and condition be consid
cred In determining inc ewes IL Is ocSl
to keep. While there is good pasture sc
fatten and market the others. Secure 8
good ram; always a thoroughbred. He
should, in addition, be good animal OF
good size and growing good fleece o.!
wool, reasonably we'll matured and in 9
vigorous, thrifty condition. In this way
a good start toward improvement car
be secured at small cost. Then
range during the summer to provide
good shelter and good feed during ths
winter To give good fleece of WOO
and bring strong vigorous lambs it i,
very essential that the ewes be Kept ir
a good thrifty condition.
Generally the ram should DO of 8
good size as the ma jority of sheep or
the farm are too small, either for NUT
ton or the best weight Of fleece. like
the Shropshire and Il good ram Of Ehi:
kind mated to care full y-selected eve:
of good size will make a decided i'm.
provement, even with the first off
spring, and by carefully selecting anc
continuing to breed to a thorough bred
ram a good flock Of sheep can be built
up, and it is this class of sheep tn at
will pay even though the price of wool
is low.-N. J. Shepherd, in Farm and
Rapah
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
Gtest depth. The roots Of many

crest depth. The roots Of many
plants go down s5 4 depth, of many
feet. Lucerne. it is said. will send 10
roots to the depth Of ten to twenty
feet; The various elements OF plant
food found in the earth arc attracted
TO the Surface In the greatest quanti-
ties by keeping the soil mellow to a
Es,6d depth, and this is done by deep
blowing and stibsoiliha Besides tho
plant food obtained in the earth tl.erS
IS al SO Stored in the air large amount
of plant fada, the use Of which by
the soil loose and moist Deep plow-
ing, there fore, favors the appropriation
OF plant food under all possible condi-
sions OF soil cid sig,
By keeping the soil loose to goof
depth, the loss of crops in extremes at
drought, moisture il fisih:u;ned by
an ops. and mellow soil, and wl,eft
excessive rains prs""S:s the water
PASSES away readily from the roots ~
the growing crops. Deep blowing,
therefore, is a great dGva"taae under
all circumstances, and at ali tit;7cs.
While shallow blowing not only fails
way. but if practiced ats length OF
time, will result in rendering the sol;
unpcod uctive. and this condition will
he increased from year to year until
paying yields con no longer be real
lied. In shallow plotting the soil is
simply turned over, and will c.'e'n be-
come as compact as before plo'ved.
I:y repeated tramping by the team
the su b-soi} becomes hard and is i'm.
pehetrable by rains, leaving an excess
Of moisture to in ure the plants by re
naming ii contact with their root,
and so preventing growth.
The ction of the air on the soil pro,
a. lnsr .a1, off nj list,
and plant food can not be attracted I'd
the surface from depths below. All
crops require moisture and must b.
supplied with the needed amount OF
plant food, and meliowness of the soil
insures both.-Southern Farm.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
DEEP FLOWING.
One of the Means o Restoring Apparently
Lost Fertility.

One of the Meau o Restoring Apparently
Lost Fertility.
Deep blowing brings to the surface
for fertilization. by the action of the
elements, soil that has been lying dor
mant for ages. Earth brought to the
surface from a depth Of several feet in
the earth is soon con verified into pro-
ductive soil by the action of the ele-
ments. Deep blowing, therefore,
makes the soil rich as deep as plowed.
A thin soil may be made deep by deep
plowings and subsoiling; by loosening
the soil by use of the sub-soil pillow,
the surface soil is washed down by
rains and becomes incorporated with,
sub-soil, making rich, deep soil, more
valuable for all purposes than e. thin
soil.
fiR,at 3oed exists IN the earth to 2
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
HERE AND THEIRS.

The incubator is indis: oensibls
where early broilers are wanted. The
old style of Matching will answer TO,
ordinary purposes, but for extrsordl
nary purposes she is too unreliable.
The power of heredity is Strong
in the animal as the human race, and
the quicker our farmers come to real
ize its force and comply with its re
quirements the better for both them
and the stock they keep.
If any farmer would successfully
keep any of the improved breeds OF
stock he must make all the environ
ments at least as congenial, and feed
as well and judiciously as they have
had to bring them to the present high
state of development.
EARLY and often is the wa@ to cut
hay. If permitted to stand to0 long.
the tissues are more or less changed to
woody fiber, which is hard to digest
While much of the natritive qualities
are exhausted by age or the attempt
to produce seed.
The Improvement of mutton sheep
has not kept pace with stock improve
,nent in other lines While hogs, cattle
and horses have been wonderfully per-
footed within recent years, the sheep
FOR mutton purposes has not progressed
Perhaps this is because wool has alb
sorbed the efforts of flock masters to
the detriment of the more solid, and at
present prices of wool, the more valua-
BILE characteristics of carcass
in Germany and France the hun.
cry poor began eating the old, worn
out horses. Laboring men could not
afford beef at twenty-five cents per
pound, so they took horse at seven
cents. But now the cheap old slugs
have been consumed and butchers
have co pay higher prices, and the re-
suit is the poor classes, which are ex-
ceedingly numerous. are getting
w here they can not afford horse-hesh
Weeds are the natural enemies Of
the farmer, therefore the best time and
manner of killing them is a subject OF
Importance. A good farmer will Kill!
them early and often. The i,npor TIA n ca
of keeping ahead OF weeds has been
amply illustrated this season. Fam.
that went into the recent rainy spell
with n promising coating of weeds, are
now in the middle Of very bad fig
while those that were clean have h=.r
easily kept 81
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
E;r0HSsn on Buck.

So finally at last come to tho con-
clusion that would try my hand at
brargin on Buck. I lowed to myself
that plenty of big talk and hard ticks
mought maybe bring forth a good crop
on the old Hasseltine place, and l
knowed if Buck would manage SO as to
do the work l could hustle around and
furnish the necessary big talk. And
last spring lit in 1 did and went to
braggin on Buck to beat six bits.
One mornin in the spring, little af-
ter daylight, l was ridin along the Has
seltine place, and bless gracious there
Buck out there at the lot feedin
his stock. 1t stood to reason with me
right then and there that somethin was
wrong sOmewhereS, you understand,
and I found out afterwards that the
baby had bad sick spell that night
and kicked up such howlin rumpus
till the only vest thing for Buck to do
was to git up and out at the break of
day. But ! didn't let like it was
anything oncustonarv and went to
bra ggin on Buck as the most earliest
riser in the settlement. l likewise also
give him that good old song and dance,
you understand, which is to say:
EARLY to bed and early to rise
Makes u man healthy. wealthy and WISE
That is the onlyest way for a far
mer to farm and farm right, Buck, ;"
says I. Beat the sun up every day
and hit reglar, steady lick till the
cows come home and the evcnin stars
sing together, and you are bound to
whip the fight. hands down.
1.-The seasons went powerful agin
you last year, Buck" l went on to say,
but that want your fault. Then you
waded in ruther deep aud planted crops
enough for three four men. That is
the trouble with heap of young
men-particIar them that are ambi-
Il f,,lI =
have got the natural stuff and mate
rails in you for the maxim of Il bully
good farmer You can do more work
than any one man in the settlement,
but you can't do much three me
! am bettiu on you this year, Buck, and
the money is up. Now if you will fence
off some Of the hills and hollows and
branches for paSter, SOW down about
ter acres in oats and shave the farm
down to fit one ma n and one mule I will
win that money as easy as fndin it in
a gum stump"
then went on about my business.
anu the next news 1 got from Buck
Hasseltine he had fenced Off a good
paster and sowed down a whole passle
of oats. The next time l passed along
that way found Buck cleanin off his
corn land and burnin brush. busy a
a thousand bees in one tar bucket. But
I stopped him long enough to put in 4
few stanzas of the necessary big talk.
That's right Buclz-that's perfectly
all right says I. "A soon start makes
q smooth finish, and by gatlins I can
do0l't forget to give your corn the main
est plowin before you plant it. Go
right down into the bowels Of the earth
when you break Your land, and in the
FIRST p!owin let your bull-tongue scoot-
sss rva knee deep right elest to tlse
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

A WISCONSIN sheep breeder advocates
feeding grain to sheep ten months in
the year.
THE man who sticks to raising first
class cattle and hogs, and does it with
good Judgment, will find it reasonably
,rOfta be.
AN lows swine breeder says that a
pig that has recovered from Il genuine
attack of thumps is about worthless for
breeding purposes.
TIE New York experiment station
has been making some practical tests
with COWS as to the amount of water
they drink. 1t was found that during
lactation, or the mill>-giving period, the
average per month was one thousand
six hundred and sixty pounds.
WooD ashes make the best fertilizer
for crimson clover. Although this clover
thrives on land that has been used until
but little fertility remains, yet it needs
plant food and gives the best resultn
when manure or ashes Cor both) are
applied.
If the pasture is scant it can be made
to go further by herding and allowing
the stock to eat down portion of the
field at the time. Even with hogs and
sheep this plan can be followed with
out much extra labor. Movable fences
sometimes meet the purpose.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
Reminded OF q FArmef.

Year before last old man Hasseltine
fct sick 1bed with fever, and sick
unto deat tn, SO by-and-by he had to take
out and quit. Henccforvarfss from
THAT time on his son Buck has been iiv
In there on the old place and maxim out
like he was runnin Of farm. I re-
member oncst upon "A time whilst Par
son Eeb Newton was ridin the circuit
and preachin the gospel. but swappin
horses and dr;nkin whisky considera-
bic between times, old Squire Wilson
told me that Zeb Newton reminded
him of preacher. And that has been
the way with me and Buck Hasseltine
up to this year. You understand Buck
was born and bred and brung up on a
farm and never did live a day nor bit
lick anywheres else, but till here right
lately bout the very best that 7 could
say for Buck was that he reminded me
of 4 farmer.
The very first year after the old man
tied Buck lit in he did and made the
old Hasseltine place famous for tall
grass and sorry erops-fa.nous for miles
and miles around. People would come
from way over in the hill country and
way down in the Flat Woods and ride
around by the Hasseltine place to see
the sights. And they pol<ed SO mortal
much fun at Buck till it was Il thou
sand wonders to me he didn't lay down
his hand and jump the game. He made
some fodder and a few nl1bbins of corn
and a light sprinkle OF bumblebee cot
ton. But he stayed in. you under
stand, and played the game out for
what little there was in it.
Whereas after all that it was mon
strous strange to me to Buck sail
in last spring and pitch another crop.
Now as to Buck IIassel tine. he never
was what you would call rale low down
lazy. The nainest trouble with him
hat ha had L., III
you understand. He didn't know ex-
actly when to strike, and he didn't
know for certain how to hit. He would
take one poor little slab-sided, razor
back, wobbledy-leged mule aud plants
crops enough for pair of fine young
mules and three full grown men to
work. He would bite off three four
times more than he could chaw, and
then gum up the cards and make gem
eral mess and confusionment and fail
ure. He needed somebody to back him
with a little judgment and brag on him
for every lick, you understand. Some
youngsters are like some colts. Some
times you can lead 'em all right when
you can't sorter drive EN-.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

ON "a man tlat
could do good
farInin all alone
with his mouth?
Well, that is Inc
to n mats heel.
I have made the
bulliest kind of
:. crop this year
over ON the old
Ii q S S e l t i n e
y l a c e, a n d /
haven't h it a
lick nor spent a
rent to make it.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

Old Rip Van Wrinkle went up into the
Catskill mountains TO take little nap of
twenty years or SO, aad " hen he wakcned,
the monthly magazines had fought it
over" the second time and blown up"
This 1nucl. is history, and it is also an his
to,1coL fact that, it took the same length of
time for DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covcry to become the most celebrated, as
it is the most effective, Liver, Blood and
Lung Remedy of the age. In purifying the
blood and III all manner of pi,nples,
blotches, cruptions, and other ski and
scalp diseases, scrofulous sores and swell
i11gs, and kindred ailments, the Golden
Medical Discovery" manifes<s the most
bosftioe curative properties.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

STUFF. Then bust out the middles deep
and after that stay on top of the ground
and keep the grass down with your
bs1safd-wing sweeps. But 1 must git
on back towards home and whoop up
the hands little. I can't stand still
and see other men runpin way yondsr
ahead OF me with re general farm
work."
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
Open the SAFETY Valvs

When there is too big head OF steam on.
or you will be in danger. Similarly, when
that important safety valve Of the system,
promptly with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
and guard against the consequences of its
closure. B1iousness, dyspepsia, malarial,
rheumatic and kidney complaint, nerv GUS
meas and neuralgia are all subjugated by this
pdeo8ant but potent conqueror of disease.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

: CHoLLY-s'Whydo many of the girls get
married in June4 June Brides you know !"
Poly-''Thats easy. It's because they're
asked. "-Chicago Record.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
SQUIRE RUFUS SANDERS
The Sage OF Rocky Oreek-Farno-
Ing With His Mouth.

BraKstnk on Buck Hasseitine and Making
Bak Cfops-Hard Licks and Big Talk
Win the FiRht-4uaint Philoso-
ply In Chips aud S1llnters.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31
Copyright 1907

THE most outdoihe.t thing you ever
heard tell of perhaps, reckon have
done this year. Did you ever hear tell
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

ST DON'T believe Jack will ever learn to
danccp' "Worsc than that; he will never
learn not to attempt it!,-Boston Budget.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

A SHARP tongue Is the only edge tool tha
grows keenor with con slant use.-Irviny.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-08-31

some men do not seem to know n patriot
impulse from a pain in the stom;sch.-Gal
WESTON News.