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Middletown transcript., 1895-11-30
THE SWEET POTATO CROP.
How Fancy Sweets Are Stored and Sold
by New Jersey Growers.

How Fancy Sweets Are Stored and Sold
by New Jersey Growers.
The best form Of storehouse is one
story building with a basement, with
the heater In the basement An ordinary
beating stove is used. The size depends
on the size Of the house. The tighter
and better built it is the less heat it
willrequire to heat it. The floor should
be on level with an ordinary wagon
body. This will allow unloading and
loading without any heavy lifting. The
marketable potatoes may be stored on
the first floor and the seed and feeding
potatoes in the basement. Provision
should also be made in the basement for
coal bin. The potato bins should all
have false bottoms raised two or three
inches from the floor and Slated sides
set the same distance from the walls to
give free ventilation all around the po-
tatoes. It is better to have the bins divid-
ed by partitions every three or four feet.
This will allow the taking out small
quantity without disturbing the rest,
and will also allow filling the bins clear
to the ceiling. It will do no harm to
have the potatoes piled seven or eight
feet deep if the filling is done carefully.
Potatoes should never be moved or
disturbed in any way unless they are to
be disposed Of at once, as many will rot
in few days after being moved. The
temperature should be kept at 90 or 100
degrees while the house is being filled,
and for week or SO afterward, giving
free ventilation all the time. This dries
them out quickly and carries them
through 'the sweat in a short time,
making what is called q kiln dried
sweet. After they are through sweat
ing, and the sprouts are just beginning
to show on the tops of the bins, the
temperature should be lowered to 65 or
60 degrees and kept there. The more
even the temperature the better they
will keep. It is not necessary to have a
house like the above i'll order to keep
sweets successfully. however. Amy room
or cellar in which dry, even temper
ature can be maintained will keep
them.
Sweets sell best put up in ordinary
-four barrels, holding three bushels
each. If shipped to distant market,
they should be double headed. If the |
distance is not over 100 or 200 miles,
burlap covers will do just as we'll In
cold weather the barrels should be lined
with two-or three thicknesses Of old
newspapers. A small. bunch Of hay or
straw placed on top will prevent the |
potatoes from being bruised in transit. |
The foregoing is from a Vineland
IN. j. } grower Of fancy sweets to The |
Rural New Yorker. This grower advises |
starting few potatoes at a time at reg
ular intervals, say every other day, un
til your mark is known. Then in a
week or two you may send shipment
every day, and if your stock is good and
honestly packed you may snap your fin
gers at the fluctuations in the market.
Middletown transcript., 1895-11-30
Boiled Pens Excellent.

An ancient story tells Of two unfortunate
who were condemned to makea long pilgrim
age with peas in their shoes. The feet Of one
of them; at the end of the journey were Ter.
ribly sore and swollen. His companions
were not hurt in the least. Being asked the
reason he replied, II boiled my peas" wise
man. Why should men and women and
children make the pilgrimage Of life with
pains and aches troubling them, not only in
their feet but all over. when simply remedy
will.effect q cure. DR.. Pierce's GoldenI Medi-
cal Discovery Is potent to cure Dyspepsia,
s1iver complaint, y skin disease and kindred
troubles arising from the same source.
Middletown transcript., 1895-11-30

Understand the
Whole Case
The word bargains has I
taint upon it. 1t is a phase
OF trade cant. It has no sub
stitute in the English langu
age.
AS too commonly u sedit:
flavor is of bankrupt stocks
it suggests musty, stale, an
cient, out-of-style things.
Fair-Low Prices.
For every garment we sell,
whether the people know the
value or not, is the main Sc.
cret of the ever rapi1 move
ments of our Clothing.
If you are in need of an
Overcoat go in that Over
coat room Of ours. We will
suit you in five minutes and
fit you. too, with one which
is as perfect in every detail as
the best that can be made by
the custom tailor, and it won't
cost more than half of what
they would ask for it.
For $500
Black, blue or grey Melton. blue Rari-
tan Dress Overcoats, or a heavy
brown Storm Coat.
For 5000
Blue Chinchila Overcoat or black
wooly Storm Coat.
For $500
Black. blue or brown Beaver and Ker-
sey Overcoats-or black, brown or
grey woody Storm Coat.
For $1,000
Black or blue Kersey, Clay Diagonal or
Rough Cheviot Overcoat.
For $I2.oo-
Black or blue Kersey Overcoat. The
skirt is lined with fine Clay Diagonal,
the shoulder and sleeves are lined
with silk.
For $I4.oo
Heavy black Chinchilla Overcoat.
For $500
Black or bluck Kersey Overcoat; skirt
is lined with heavy Clay Diagonal,
shoulder and Sleeves lined with
silk.
For $500
Finest black or blue Kersey Over
coats.
The description of the
above garments is as plai n as
we can make in print-the
best way is to come and see
them.
All of them are all-wool.
The difference is in the fine
ness and trimming.
Youths sizes in same
grades from $I.oo to $500
lower in prices.
Everybody is welcome here
Ito look, buy or not to buy--
we'll not urge you, neither
will we turn you over to al
half dozen statesmen to bore
you.
Clay Diagonals, the kind
that wont shine, wont fade,
wont wear mean; round and
square Sacks and Cutaway
Suits, $40, $I2 and SIS.
Rough Cheviots. strictly
all-wool, even the lowest
priced; a popular and stylish
Suit, $500, $500, $500 $1o-
90 and $I2.oo.
Other Suits in Cassimeres
and Worsteds, in Single
breasted, straight and round
or ouble-breasted sacks and
cutaways from IS to $I8.
Little and Big Boys are
well taken care of and our
assortments Of Suits, Over
coats and Refers are large
while prices are low as we
have said before-can't make
prices any lower unless we
sell under cost.
Middletown transcript., 1895-11-30
Covering Ensilage.

The best covering is one that Is cool
and moist while at the same time ex-
Guiding air the best. Many have used
very successfully green or even wet
weeds and grass. This soon rots suffl-
GENTLY to form an almost impervious
stratum over the surface. Usually about
two feet Of tramped damp green ma
terial is used. It is expected Of course
that this will all rot down into a soft,
Shiny mass. IF the heat is very great in
the 81 10, which it is likely to be if the
material put in is rather dry, this COW
ering may become fire fanged and dry
instead of rotten. The object Of using
water and trampling ensilage is to cause
better solidifcation, thereby excluding
more air than if left unwet and un-
tramped and to arrest the heating of the
material
Ensilage appears to be better If 1t
heats after being put in the silo, but
this heating should be arrested in
short time, OF it will produce mold. As
to the quantity of water, that should
depend altogether on the character Of
the material put in. Only judgment can
direct this matter. If the corn is quite
immature, there should be no occasion
for watering it. If it is mature and dry,
then it would bear considerable water,
especially at the surface. There are no
exact experiments as yet which indicate
what method should be practiced or
what material should be used in cover
ing silo to secure best results -Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Electric Weed Killer.
Advantage has been taken of the elec-
trio current to destroy weeds that grow
by railroad tracks. A mild current of
electricity acts as stimulant to such
plants, but current strong enough to
disintegrate the tissues will kill them.
To accomplish this in large way car
is provided with an engine, an alternat-
ing dynamo and an induction coil One
terminal Of this induction coil is con-
nected to the earth through the car
trucks. A well insulated cable leads
from the other terminal to metallic
strip behind the car, which stretches
across the track short distance above
the ground and is provided with many
fine wires pendent from it, like the
teeth Of a rake. Through these teeth the
electric discharge takes place, and any
weed touched receives deadly current
through it. AS the car is pulled along
the track every weed is at once killed,
and with such an apparatus many
miles of railway may be quickly and
cheaply freed from weeds.
A writer in The Cosmopolitan, who
described the foregoing, says that sim
ilar plan is feasible for Kidding cult |
vated fields from such troublesome
pests as thistles, daisies, chicory or any |
other whose stems at any time reach |
above the grass around them. A two |
Wheeled vehicle like horse rake, carry |
ing suitable secondary battery, me-
,hanical current alternator and proper
Induction coil. could be driven across a
ield and kill every plant It's teeth
should touch.
The Now York state crop bulletin |,
'ays that, as a rule, potatoes are very
rood. Early potatoes, while often few
n the hill. are of large size.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

THE duke of Marlborough, before starting for New York, purchased in Regent street, London, jewelry cost ing over e20,000. The announcement of his engagement to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt sufficiently explains this expenditure.
 PRINCE HENRY, brother of the Ger man emperor, has been appointed rear-admiral in the Austrian navy.
 ON the 29th the New York Tribune published the following: Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, it was definitely learned last night, has been formally told by President Cleveland that he has been chosen as the successor of Gen. Schofeld in the command of the United States army"
 JOSEPH BELL died in London recent ly at the age of s3 years. Bells life spanned the whole railroad history of the world. In his youth he was the engineer of the first locomotive ever constructed-Steph "Rocket"- and lived to see the record of loco- motive running at the rate of 112 miles an bour.
 E. A. FELLMER, the organizer of the Swiss colonies in Kentucky, died at Frankfort, Ky, on the 29th. aged 69 years He was secretary of the Ken lucky geological survey and immigra- tion bureau under John R. Proctor. He had made numerous trips to the old country in the interest of the Ken lucky Swiss colonies.
 ON the 30th the state department was advised by Minister Denby that Viceroy Liu of Sze-Chuen had been degraded by an imperial decree for his responsibility for the late anti Christian riots. He is ordered to be deprived of his office and never again to be employed. Other officials are | also punished.
 ON the 30th ex-Senator William Ma hone. of Virginia, suffered a stroke of paralysis in Washington. UNITED STATES TREASURER MORGAN. on the 3Gth mailed ?, ,4O7 checks, aggre- gating S4. s99, ,s30. 50, for interest due October l on United States registered 1 4-per-cent. consols of 1907. ON.the 30th Secretary Herbert left Washington for Alabama, going south to deliver several speeches on the cur rency question.
 IT is stated that the arrangements | for the visit of Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador at Washington, to Ottawa, Ont, to confer with Premier Bowell on the subject of the award to Canadian sealers, is off, and no time has been fixed for hissvisit. 
 ON the 30th Constans Curtin, brother of the late ex-Gov. Curtin, died at his home in Bellefonte, Pa.
 MR. M. NJ. WHITE. president of the l Fourth national bank of Cincinnati and his brother, F. T. White, a re- tired business man of New York city, have given s25. 900 to Earlham college at Richmond, Ind. The endowment is in honor of their father, the late John | T. White, who was a lifelong friend l of the institution.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Ar Burlington, Ia., on the night of the 25th, a terrific wind and rain storm struck Barnum & Baileys circus tents, completely wrecking the main tent, animal tent and boarding tent. The audience and employees escaped unhurt.
 E. R. CLARK, the diamond broker. who, during August, ran away with SC, 900 worth of diamonds left with him by Denver Col. citizens, was cap tured at San Francisco on the 26th.
 A UNITED STATES secret service de- tective arrested Capt. Henry R. Pat ton, foreman of the Patton Manufac- turing Co.,, located in the Indiana peni- tentiary at Jeffersonville, on the charge of circulating counterfeit money manufactured by the convicts. Patton confessed.
 ON the 26th six men were killed out right and five fatally injured by an ex- plosion of dynamite in the Belgian mine in Adelaid park, miles from Leadville, Col. The explosion caused cave-in under which the miners were crushed to death
 MARTIN ADAMS. of Cincinnati, who caused the death of John Dinner by putting strychnine into pail of beer, was hanged in the Columbus peniten- tiary annex at l2:07 on the morning of the 27th. His neck was not broken. and he died of strangulation in twelve and one-half minutes. Adams was in- different to his fate up to the time he mounted the death-trap. when he showed slight nervousness.
 LETTERS from Antioch. Syria, state that mob composed of members of the Moslem population raided an Ar menian church and destroyed the al- tar. Ten Armenians were killed or wounded while resisting the attack of the Moslems
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,
Deep Water Convention.

TOPEKA, KAN. October 2.-The Wes- tern States Deep Water conference was called to order by Governor Nor Till of Kansas at o'clock yesterday afternoon in a brief speech in which he stated the object of the meeting. Congressman Charles G. Burton of Missouri was made temporary chair man, and in taking the chair made a short address. During the speech Sen- ator Vest of Missouri was ushered into the hall and took his seat we'll to the front Gen. J. C. Caldwell of Topeka then made the address of welcome, at the close of which Senator Vest was called on and talked for several min utes, saying one of his first votes in the senate was for deep water appropria- tion for Galveston. He said the gov ernment had never antagonized this great work. After the appointment of the various committees it was decided to make Senator Vest permanent chair man. A reception was held yesterday evening at reception hall and was at- tended by nearly all the delegates.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
The Texas Legislature.

AUSTIN, TEXAS, October 2-The ex- tra session of the legislature called for the purpose of preventing the Corbett- Fltzsl mmons prize fight convened at noon yesterday and within thirty min- utes was ready to receive the govern or's message, which arrived promptly at l2:30. The governor confines him. self solely to the prize fight question and reviews at length the situation that has made the calling of the legis- lature necessary. In referring to the proposed prize fight he says: Dis countenanced by Mexico and the terri tories, outlawed and driven from every state, it is proposed to assemble a horde of ruffians and gamblers and offer here this commanding insult to public decency. Against it the instincts and pride of the people revolt, and your prompt and resolute action will spare them the ignominy and the shame" Immediately after the read ing of the message two bills were in- troduced in both houses with emer- gency clauses attached Unless more members arrive this clause will suffer defeat.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

FAILING the entire compliance of the Chinese government with the British demands, says Shanghai dispa tch of the 29th, it is understo that fleet of fourteen warships will make dem- onstration. The British demand was that within fourteen days an edlct must be issued, degrading the viceroy of Sze-Chuen; other wise the British admiral commanding would act,
 GREAT excitement was caused at Key West, Fla, on the 29th, by a report that marines from the Spanish cruiser Condo de Venadito had been landed on the Florida Keys north of Key West to search for filibusters.
 MORE than 200 head of cattle died in western Kansas within four days late- ly, poisoned by eating second-growth sorghum. The crop of sorghum is very large in western Kansas, and the sec ond growth is exceedingly rank Many farmers turned their cattle into the fields to eat it down, and death has re- suited in nearly every case
 A STATEMENT of receipts and ex- penditures issued from the treasury department on the 1st showed sur plus for September of nearly 8, 0OQ, 00O In round figures the receipts were ST. 500, 900, and expenditures S24, 800. O00 As compared with last September, the receipts were nearly S5,oO0, 900 greater and expenditures S4, 800, 900 less.
 IT is stated that the Oregon Improve. ment Co. will default it's October inter- est, amounting to S310, 490.
 Ar Bogota Colombia, there is im- minent danger of a clash between French and German residents, owing to the celebrat tion by the latter of the victory of Sedan.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

THE name that Miss Consuelo Van- derbilt will purchase when she mar ries the duke of Marlborough is Charles Richard John Spencer Churchill, duke of Marlborough, mar quis of Blandford, earl of Sunderland, earl of Marlborough, Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, Baron Churchill of Sandridge, prince of the Holy Roman empire, prince of Mindelhein and lieu tenant in the Oxfordshire Hussars. " Miss Vanderbilt is certainly getting enough of the article, such as it is, for her money.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

BISHOP POTTER declares that the present age is one of new men and new crises, and that the church should recognize their existence and frankly and courageously meet their demands. One of the principal necessities, in his opinion, is the obliteration or material modification of sectarian lines. He proposes a union of faiths in an Amer ican church that shall be the refuge of all doubting and storm-tossed souls, the true mother of the rich and poor, of the seeker after truth and the finder of it. the saintly soul and the return ing prodigal alike, all walking in it's light, and fed with its immortal bread.s
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

Oy the 21 oh passenger train No. on the Baltimore < Ohio side-wiped pas senger train No. f. lying on the switch near Tunnelton, W Va. United States Marshal Garden, of Wheeling, w. Va, and ex-Secretary of State William A. Ohley. of Charleston, were fatally scalded by escaping steam. Miss Mary l.. Downtain, librarian of the state, was also probably fatally injured. Several other passengers were injured slightly.
 ON the 29th Paul Flesher. postmaster at Elkhorn, w. Va., was killed by fall- ing from Pinnacle rock, near Bramwell. He had gone to spend a day at that picturesque spot, and while at the top of the rock, lost his footing and fell ITO feet
 ON the 3Oth the horse drawing a car riage containing the chief mourners at the funeral of the child of Wm. Laubach at Riegelsville, Pa, ran away, collided with and upset the hearse, throwing the corpse out, wrecking the hearse and iniuring the driver. The Laubach family escaped uninjured.
 EDWARD DAVIS, married, and the father of six children, was arrested and placed in jail in Leavenworth, Kas., on the goth, for making counterfeit money. In his house were found quantity of the commercials and dies for making silver dollars, half dollars and quarters.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

ONE of the chief charms of Japan is the exquisite courtesy of the people, but correspondent of the Chicago Record notes that this courtesy is not merely polished amenity of social life. but seems to be so thoroughly in nate as to affect the relations of the people with public and semi-public servants. He records the astonishing fact that the tip is unknown in Japan. and the traveller not only can but must pass through the country without parting with a cent as pour boire for service of any kind.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

OCCASIONALLY an American marries a great English fortune. the most re- markable instance of which was the union of w. l.. A. Bartlett. of Brook lyn, to the Baroness Burdett-C Coutts. Mr. Bartlett is to be made peer, with the title of Lord Latimer. His wife is many years his senior, but she is a grand old woman.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

LIEUT.. PEARY's two voyages to Greenland have served to strengthen the theory that the only way to ad- vance in the far Arctic region is by siege approaches and even these would have to be scientifically conducted, for Peary's party on the last journey near ly starved through the failure to find the spot where large quantity of pro visions were stored.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

THE return of Lieut. Peary from his Arctic expedition, with a confession of failure and story of severe privation and narrow escape from death, adds another to the long list of such at tempts and disappointments. Taking them all in all, it may we'll be doubted if their results are worth the suffering they have cost.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

THE news that Spain has just bor- rowed S20, 1000, 900 in Paris comes along with the report that as soon as cooler weather sets in the reinforced Spanish army in Cuba will make the war one of extermination with mo surrender" as the motto. The civilized neigh bors of Cuba may have something to say about this inhuman programme.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

No HAIR has yet appeared on the head of the girl in New York whose scalp has been renewed by two hun dred contributions of gratis from the skins of other persons. Possibly the surgeon got some of the contributions from those always generous citizens, the bald-headed men,
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

IT is said that Cornelius Vanderbilt has eleven hundred chickens. When the hard times come this winter he will have something to eat; that is if the colored brother does not get on to his lay and depopulate his roost
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
Senator Jones at Hot Springs.

Hor STRINGS, ARK, October l.-Sen- ator J. K. Jones delivered an address to an immense audience in the opera house here last night on the silver issue in favor of the restoration of sil- yer as money on on equality with gold at ratio of 16 to l. The opera house was packed Seats were at a premium.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

THE Spanish forces. finding them selves unable to cope with the Cuban insurgents in the field, are turning their attention to the hospitals of the latter and rounding them up. They must have someone to kill.
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

ACCORDING to Connecticut law every person who detects another shooting out of season, and brings proper complaint, is a game warden, and entitled to one-half of the fine of twenty-five dollars for each bird or squirrel shot The process of bird ex- termination in that state has come to a StOp
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

THE St. Paul, sister ship of the St. Louis, will soon make her trial trip If she proves as good craft as the St. Louis the rest of the world will be compelled to admit that Uncle Sam owns the finest twin vessels on salt water
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

WITH g, 500 damages to pay and a suit for s1.200 attorneys fees. the St. Louis landlord who stole kiss from a fair tenant will perhaps find himself in a mood something akin to repentance
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04
What is

Castoria Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants and Children. contains neither Opium Morphine nor other Narcotic substance It is harmless substitute for Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups, Castor Oil
 1t is Pleasant It's guarantee thirty years use bv Millions Mothers. Castora destroys Worms and allavs feverishness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
 Diarrhtea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles constipation fatulency. Castoria assimates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural seep Gas. tora is the Childrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend
The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

THE American heiress has found vocation as a professional restorer of old English palaces. If the animated ruin she inarries fails to suit she can retire him on a pension.