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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16

case enough for1heir wares to bankrupt
the farmers and make for themselves an
enormous profit @fvsnt when the factory
never pans out at ALL Little they care
whether it ever dses-ean out They pock-
ct their good. hard cash from the farm
ers they victimizAl HAware of them. This
is now favorite form of fraud on the ag-
riculturist.
If you have notia patch Of rye near the
winter quarters Of your fowls you cannot
imagine how easya4t III to go out and gath
err greens for them in the dead OF VIM
ter. To our min6Ait beats the silo or cab
Barnyard manure is not complete fer
tilizer, especially when not saved and
handled under the best possible conditions.
1t should be kept under cover and turned
now and then. orr if not prepared for this,
should be scattered over the fields as soon
as made. The stirring up will be done
corn is hid in it.
With all animals raised for meat, early
maturity is one of the chief things to be
considered, in order to have stock that
will make the most weight in the shortest
time and with the smallest amount of
food.
1t will need good food and constant care
to enable any animal to reach it's inherited
possibilities, no matter how good it may
be at the start. However we'll it is cared
for. feeding and grooming will not make a
prize winner out of scrub.
Warm quarters are essential for winter
eggs, but it is also important that the
fowls have sunlight-a southern exposure
and an opportunity to get out in the sun
on days when the weather is not too Sc
we're.
| Of this country ever having too many
sheep there is but slight possibility; the
danger lies rather in more attention being
| given to number than to the quality OF
| the animals making the increase.
When times are hard and money scarce
| the farmer should do just as other business
| men have done-curtail operations and
thereby reduce expenses The best way tC
accomplish this is to confine cultivation
| to a smaller area, and, by so DOING get
a larger crop an acre at less expense.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
THE HORTICULTURISTS.
MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION AT
LAKE CITY.

LAKE CITY. Mimi, Jan. s.--The Minnesota
State Horticultural Society met at the Masonic
Hall, in this city, this morning at 10 O'Clock,
with good attendance. After opening remarks
by the president and the appointment of COM
mittees on credentials, j. S. Harris, of Lacres-
cent, read paper. Robert Buttermore, of Lake
City, Mr.. Kelly, president of the Wisconsin So
ciety, and Gardner Osage of Iowa. also adj
dressed the meeting.
Mr.. Harris address led to an animated discus
sion regarding the cultivation of apple trees.
The concensus of opinion favored sittings of
medium depth. thorough cultivation of the soil
and liberal mulching of the roots. Mr.. Butter
| more, Of Lake City, of the committee gen
eral fruits for this congressional district,
ported the past season unfavorable for small
fruits, excepting grapes. The apple crop was
also light. The members are being entertained by
citizens.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, Jan. Sat the
morning session of the Horticultural So
ciety paper entitled horticultural
Frauds was read by E. H.
S. Dart. Discussion followed by
O. +. Brand, Mr.. Kimball, A. j..
Phillips and Mr.. Ferris. They thought
that a law ought to be passed providing for
men in every district whose business
should be to see that all outside nursery
moreover that paper should be written
SO that the buyer, if the fruits proved a
fraud, could prove from whom he bought
the goods. A paper on seeding apples was
read by A. H. Phillips, secretary of the
Wisconsin Horticultural Society.
At the afternoon session NJ. Peorce, of
Chowen, read a paper of great interest on
nursery and orchard trees, and S. D. Rich
ardson gave one on THE Orchards of Far
ibault County, After this the constitution
ST the society was read and adopted by
| sections. The annual meeting of this as
ISOLATION has always been held on the Sec
ond Tuesday in January but the members
| voted to have it changed to the first Tues
| day in December, the annual meeting
| of the Agricultural Society was held on
| the same date, and the members were I'M
| able to be present. The constitution was
| adopted as a whole.
| The following awards were made this
afternoon:
Grape Collection-H. l.. Crane Delawares
1; Duchess, 2; Brighton, L. Rogers No. Is
1; Linleys, l.; Eumelans, L. Pocklngton.
2; Iowas, L; Concords, l.
| Flowers--Jewell Nursery Company. I.
Lingle Germanni, 1; table bouquet 9
carnations 1; floral designs, /; basket flow
ers, 2; roses. 2; single begonia 1. F..
Nagel: Cut flower designs /; roses 1: table
| bouquet, l.; basket flowers, 1. F. G. Goul5
| carnations. 2.
| The following delegates were present
from other states: Wisconsin, l.. G. Kel-
logg, president Of Wisconsin Horticultural
Society; Secretary A. J. Phillips c. E.
Toby, of the Thayer fruit farm Sparta
Wis; Iowa, c. F. Gardner and Mr.. Ferris
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
Plant and seed Distribution.
$3.15 f4r $1.8g.

The price Of ops, the following plant
packages is 81: one Years subscription to
the REPREsENTRNv65t$l: membership in
State Forestry Asseeiation. ST; one pack
age of 100 Jack OAK acorns, Is cents. Hav-
ing procured liberal discounts the whole
Of the above . offered for q S. and the 18th
popular work, con aiming 1875 pages Of prac-
1ica fa in forestry Postage pre-
you are entitled to all the forestry pam
phlets we publish.
No. l. ~ Norway Pine: No. 2, 20 White
Spruce. to inch; No. }. 80 Arbor VITAE. 3 to
Sin; No. !: 20 Balsam Fir; No. 5, IS White
No. Z. 100 White Ash, to 8 in: No. s. 100 Box
Elders. to Q in: No. 9. two North Star Cur
rants. 10 to Is in.
When you order simply mention the pack
age you select as numbered. Acorns fmust
be planted this winter or frozen in a box
until SPRING.. and Manual will be mailed
immediats ~ on reception of the money;
the Jewell Nursery. Lake city. MINI. Ad-
dress, j, O, BARRETT
BROWNS VALLEY. MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-16
How to Remit.

We are overwhelmed with such
masses of postage stamps, which we
can not sell or use, that we ask our
good friends, wherever possible, to re-
NIT in something else. Twenty-Five
cent silver pieces, or fifty cent ones,
come in envelopes all right. We have
never lost letter or dollar sent to
us in four years. A dollar bill is just
a friend has nothing handy but post
age stamps send them along.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
THE POULTRY YARD.
The Langshan Fowls.

A Southern CuHtrdt0r correspon-
dent writes as follows in relation to the
Langshans:
We like the Langshans. The more
experience we have with them. Inc
Black Langshans, we mean. we never
had any experience with the white va
riety. We believe that the hen that
LAYS best is the hen that pays best.
That is our motto, and we measure
the value of our poultry by the egg
test.
Now the Langshan hen is a good
layer and that is why we like her. She
paws her board and more too. We may
be mistaken, but it is our belief, based
on experience, that the Langshan is
the best layer of all the archaeological
breeds. The Cochins and the Brahmas
do not lay for US like the Langshans DO.
Our friends say the same thing. Ev-
erybody who has them says the Lang
shan hens are good winter layers. Such
is our experience. They are good
spring, summer and fall layers too.
Kept side by side in small yards and
treated and fed just alike, seven Lang
shan hens have laid for US twice as
many eggs as seven Light Brahma
Hens during the last six months. Ga
the farm, where they have plenty Of
range and foragins ground alike, we
find the Langshans laying more eggs
than the Brahmas or Cochins. Lang
shans are large, but active. Their
black plumags is beautiful, but it goes
against them as market fowls. 1t
doesn't hurt their laying qualities any,
however.
In the South the Langshan is popu-
lar and thrives. Likewise the Game
fowl. To tone up farm flock that
is composed largely Of Game hens
a Langshan cock would work wonders.
The Langshan, large, fierce and active;
the spirited Game hen, tough and
hardy, would produce a progeny hard
to beat for practical purposes-good
layers, good table fowls Of large size
and weight. We advocate pure breeds
straight, but times are hard, and
money is scarce. A Langshan cross,
as suggested, would improve the farm
flock greatly.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
Home, Sweet Home.
Georgia Farmer. ]


"Be it ever 50 humble there's no
place like home"
When the end Of the day draws
near the busy men, women and chill
dren of the universe say "now for
home" Some with smiling, radiant
faces because of the loving welcome
awaiting them, the warm kiss and
merry Gust in time dear, the tea is
steaming hot" and like kindnesses.
Such a welcome makes all forget the
tired, aching limbs, the troubled, per
picked brain. All business cares are
replaced by happiness and content.
The influence of a happy home IS
asserting its power. The power is
felt. Some one las wisely said,
"When one feels much one thinks lit
tie" How peculiarly adapted that
quotation is in this instance. While
the happiness is felt no thought 6 the
morrow is taken, whether "good or
evil" fortune or misfortune proves its
harvest. The blissful present is all, let
the morrow if there be morrow pro-
vide for itself Some with tired, ach
ing limbs and still more tired, aching
hearts YEARLY plodding their way
homeward HOmeward, is that right?
TO place called by that sacred word
home, would be more suitable. No
bright smile of anticipation is seen
upon the COuntcnanCes OF these poor
unfortunates. Alas! what a home
they enter Discord and strife reign
supreme, disorder and chaos every
where, half cooked supper, sloven!y,
scoldlng wife meet their gaze. No
wonder many poor man is tempted
to stop and loiter at the brilliant 81
loon, trying to find forgetfulne>a IN
the depths of the flowing bowl, until
bis hard earned wages are s"allowc'l
up, and then go staggering home With
curses for her whom he has pledged to
love and protect. Bitter reprnachcs
she heaps upon him whom She his
pledged to honor and obey. O"e
miserable man once heard the quote
ton "there's no place like hom:,' a'''i
he exclaimed: Il thank God f T il, II
every place were like my home, earth
: would be 4 torment
once heard a lady give a defini-
ton OF perfect home, which exactly
suits my idea. Let the whole struc-
ture be love for God, the rooms peace
and love towards one another, the
doors self-denial and charity.
l. not that beautiful idea? Is
your home constructed in like man
ner2
How many of us can say, "Be it
ever so humble there's no place like
homo?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
Dry Food For Chicks.

Dough is Objectionable as food for
chicks for two reasons: First, it con-
tains too much water, and the chicks
are thus forced to swallow more water
in the food than they otherwise would.
Second, there will be a portion left
over, which is liable to ferment, thus
leading to disease, the cape worm be-
ing one of the ills to consider. Dry
food is more suitable, says the Anler!-
can AgriculWist. 1t is not necessary
to feed chicks until they are thlrty-siX
hours old and then rolled oats or oat-
meal may be given every two hours,
only small quantity being required.
Stale bread or mashed potatoes may be
added by way Of variety. When a
week old, screenings may be allowed,
and as soon as they can eat it, whole
wheat or cracked corn may be given.
At this stage three times day will
be often enough to feed, and no food
should remain over. 1t is better for
the chicks to be underfed than over
fed. If they have a grass plot upon
which to exercise, they will find many
substances for use, and will grow rap
idly if kept dry and free from lice.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
Practical Hints on Feeding Fowls.
Mrs. NJ. II. Rice in Patron and Cleaner.

Mrs NJ H. Rice in Patron and Cleaner
Proper feeding is the most impOr-
tant subject connected with poultry
keeping and egg productions; and to d
lack of this knowledge many failures
NAV be attributed. To feed for good
results one must consider the charac-
teristics of the breed he keeps.
Brahmas, Cochins, and other Asiatlc
breeds, easily become overfat, and
hence, will lay but few eggs and those
will be soft shelled and generally un-
fertile. The Medium sized breeds are
less liable to this trouble and the Leg
horn and other active breeds are al most
free from it. A quart of solid feed to
twenty average fowls at night, and
three quarts Of cooked food thickened
with wheat bran in the moruing, is sut-
fcient during spring, summer and
autumn where the fowls can run free.
The solid food should consist Of sew
eral kinds of grain, with no corn in
hot weather; and other seasons, but
little to the AsIatics unless wishing to
fatten for market.
After the vegetables have matured
and been gathered, it is good time
to turn the garden patch into run
for fowls. They will destroy innumer-
able worms and insects injurious to
vegetation, especially if the ground be
first spaded or plowed to bring all the
insects to the surface. They will de-
light too, in the remains OF vegetables,
if any.
When the fowls have full range OF
the farm and can pick up green food at
| will, it is not necessary to cultivate
shape of root crops Of silage for winter
use; but when the flock is necessarily
confined, it is very necessary to cult
vate a variety Of green food in the gar
den. Tender young green oats, rye,
| lettuce, beets, tomatoes, cabbage, kale
and clover, cultivated in odd spots will
make capital food, and increase the
supply of eggs from confined flock
very much, besides adding gloss to
their plumage. If this be supple
mented with a good supply Of animal
food in the shape Of green cut bone
or meat scraps, hens will, even i'll con-
fnement, be found the most profitable
of the farm stock, considering the cap
ital invested. Turnips are cheap
crop, and an abundant supply of then
should be stored in the fall. Fowls
will eat them, top and al, in winter
when the more tender green food Is
gone. All the greens from the cellal
vegetables can be utilized in the win
ter, by the mornings mash.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
An Essay On Man.
New Orleans Picayunc. |

Man IS an OmnlvOrOuS animal.
Some smart people call him biped,
but this is geological error.
He's just a plain every day two
legged animal.
Man is found in most parts of the
world.
He roams at will, feeds in the day
time and sleeps at night.
Some nights.
You can put your hand on him
anywhere, SO long as you do not put it
on his pocke,book. He has, under
such conditions been known to kick.
He is like the dog howls good
deal and runs around at night.
Like the elephant he has a trunk,
but he doesn't always take it with
him.
The elephant does.
As to what man is really good for,
anthropology is still in the dark.
Being strong, he is used to draw
pictures, carry news and pull revolvers.
He is also fast and often goes in
the human race.
Properly trained man can jump
higher than any other known animal.
He has even been known 10 Jump
mountain resort board bills.
Although in many ways man is like
other animals, in this respect he is diff
ierent from them all; he lies standing
up.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
CATARRH OF THEKIDNEYS.
Sometimes Called Bright's Disease
Dr.. Hartman's Latest Lecture.

In the course of recent lecture at
the Surgical Hotel DR.. Hartman said /:
"Catarrh of the Kidneys is q very
common disease, growing more COM
mon each year. The syptoms are pain
in the back !; scanty, high colored
urine, containing albumen Ind various
sediments nausea, and sometimes
vomiting; puftiness of the face and
feet; dropsy of the legs shortness of
breath and general weakness pallor
and dryness OF the skin chilly feeling,
alternating with fever and sleeplessness.
{" A tablespoonful of Peruna should
be taken before each meal, between
meals, and at bedtime, and enough
Man-a-li at night to produce one
natural action of the bowels each day.
When the disease is of long standing
heated Peru-na should be applied 10
the back in addition to the above
treatment, and the diet consist princi-
pally Of milk and dry toast. Avoid
LIQUORS and tobacco"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
LONG MATRIMONIAL CAREER.
A Couple in Hungary Celebrate. Their
Hundredsh Anniversary.

A Couple in Hungary Celebrate Their
Hundred.h Anniversary.
We have all heard Of tin weddings,
celebrated after ten years of marriage;
OF crystal weddings, after fifteen years;
of china weddings, after twenty; of sill
yer weddings, after twenty-five; Of
gold, after fifty, and Of diamond, after
seventy-tive, or, as some folks celebrate
1t, after sixty years. says the Philadel-
phia Press. But the scale of celebra-
ton does not seem to extend any fur
Their, and one wonders what precious
thing would be selected to give its
name to wedding recently celebrated
In Hungary-the one hundredth ami
versary of the marriage of Szarthmary
and his wife.
This appears to be a circumstances
which Is entirely impossible. But the
marriage of this aged pair is duly and
officially recorded as having taken
place in May, 1874, at which time, &C
cording to the record, they were Of mar
ringeable age. AS in Hungary, at that
time. q bridegroom must have reached
the age Of twenty and the bride that of
fifteen, the pair must now be at least
one hundred and twenty and one hun
dred and fifteen years respectively.
The one hundredth anniversary was
celebrated at the town of Zsombolyi in
the town Of Banat, which has for a
long time allowed the venerable couple
pension in recognition of their great
age and fidelity to each other.
Even the Oldest residents of Zsom-
bolyi have no other recollection Of
Jean Szarthmary and his wife than as
old people. No one relation OF either
survives. Their century Of welded
life is SO we'll and officially attested
that many notables and Hungarian Of
hclals attended the anniversary cele-
bration and gave them many presents.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02

The Two Republics (Mexico) notes
the erection on the summit of Mount
Orizaba, or, as the Mexicans call it,
Citlaltepetl (star Noun tain), of an iron
Cross seven yards high in place of the
wooden one erected there a long time
ago. The Two Republics asserts that
this cross is the highest one in Amer
lea. 1t has been supposed, it says, that
the volcano Mistes, in Guatemala, was
higher than Orizaba, but recent meas
urements make it appear that the lat
ter mountain Is the highest one north
OF the isthmus Of Panama, and it is the
highest one on the western continent
on which cross has been erected.
Probably it is the highest one in the
world.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
knights of the MaccabeeS.

The State Commander writes us from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: g After trying
other medicines for what seemed to be a
very obstinate cough in our two children
we tried DR.. Kings New Discovery and at
the end of two days the cough entirely
left them. We will not be without it here
after, as our experience proves that it cures
where all other remedies fall Signed F..
". Stevens, State Com.-Why not give this
great medicine trial, as it is guaranteed
ana trial bottles are free at Melville
Dorsey's drug store. Regular size SOC.
and 81 90.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
Tnkiog Oath in Hindoostan.

The Hindoos have curious way of
emphasizing what they say. In most
villages IS sacred tree, pipal tree,
and the gods are supposed to delight to
sit among its leaves and listen to the
music OF their rustling. The deponent
takes one OF these leaves in his hands
and lnvokes the gods who sit about
him to crush him and those dear to
him as he brushes the leaf in his hand
II he speaks anything but the truth.
He then plucks anc brushes the leaf
and states what he has to say.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
DsBY WAS WELL BAPTIZED.
Stolen for the Purpose By Plous But Phi
FERN. Guatemala DOmest1cs

Stolen for the Purpose by P1ous But Pn-
FERN. Guatemala DOmestics-
A San Franciscan, travelling through
Central America with his wife and
young babe, rented furnished apart
mcnts in Guatemala and engaged a serv-
ant to act as nurse and general house
maid, says the San Francisco Argonaut.
She had been in their service less than
week when she inquired of the father
If the babe was baptized. He replied
in the negative, whereupon she insisted
that the child, a girl, would be forever
lost. Within six weeks he had tried
four consecutive servants, but found
that each one would pilfer small arti-
Giles, and finally determined to get
along without any help. One after
noon, while sauntering lazily through
the plaza, he was accosted by servant
No. l, who asked if the babe was yet
baptized. NO" replied the father.
Still unbaptized." Well" she an
swered, ut is all right, as l stole her
away one Sunday, and the good padre
baptized her, calling her Maria, SO her
soul will be saved" "As it cannot
hurt her, and may help her, am salts
fed" thought the parent, and SO dis
missed the subject from his mind The
next day servant No. ., with new
charge bundled in the linen swath on
her back, approached him at the mar
ket place with the oft-repeated query:
Ibid you have the baby baptized?"
and to his reply Of mo" she consoled
him by explaining that she had taken
the little one to the cathedr.l and had
it named Catarina, so her soul was
saved a second time. Somewhat
amused, the father hunted up and in
tervicwed the succeeding servants, and
discovered that the babe had been
stolen to the church by each Of them
and quietly baptized. Consequently
the name ran Maria Catarina Margarita
Cruz Eloisa Refueio, besides that Of
Emily given by the parents
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-02
ISclicfin Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases
relieved in six hours by the g. New Great
South American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is a great surprise on account Of
its exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in the bladder, kidneys, back and every
part of the urinary passages in male or
female. 1t relieves retention of water and
pain in passing it almost Immediately. If
you want quick relief and cure this is your
remedy. Sold by Melville Dorsey, Drug
gist, Henderson. \. &.