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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06
The use or Ashes.

Whoever has land should not
part with either wood or coal ashes
or SCOT. Every chimney and fire
box should be kept clean, and the
sweeping used in the garden
Leached wood ashes contain pot
ash, phosphoric acid and lime.
! They are useful in light soils, but
win make a heavy soil heavier.
They will correct sourness of the
soil. Adam Melchor says: "This
sourness is due most times to the
presence of soluble iron salts, which,
in undue quantity, are poisonous
to plants, and in smaller quantity
show that the soil is stagnant, and
needs aeration. Ashes precipitate
these salts, and open the soil that
contains them to the air, by max
ing it looser in texture. When pot
ash salts have been used in large
quantities, and the potash has been
largely taken up by rapidly grow
ing crop, leaving most of the acid
with which the potash was COM
bined in the soil, ashes or lime may
profitably be used to neutralize it,
Ashes of hard coal will tighten
up heavy soils, are valuable as a
mulch to growing crops in the gar
den in Summer, also on beds and
under berry bushes. Alone or with
sand they make good walks. On
the floor Of the poultry house and
under the roosts they will act as a
preservative Of the droppings, being
quite as valuable as sand or road
dust, whereas wood ashes would alb.
sorb the valuable properties only
to give them QUITO the air. Sifted
coal ashes make a good dust bath
for fowls, and will not affect the
color of plumage or of legs and feet,
as it is said wood ashes will.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06
sunshine in stables.

The worst enemy of tuberculosis
is sunshine, and the average COW
stable is an ideal place for the
spread of this disease because it
lacks the means of letting in the
light. Probably nine-tenths of the
stables have been constructed with
a view to the easy handling of the
manure. This has been the chief
aim and convenience in feeding and
the comfort of the cows has too often
been lost sight of. 1t is well enough
to get the manure out of the stable
with as little work as possible, but
it would be more profitable if bet
ter care was taken of it than is
usually the case.
Owing to the location Of some
stables it is impossible to get much
sunlight in them, butin the greater
number of barns, where the COWS
stand in a row next to the side, it
would be an easy matter to put in
a. few windows. One, window for
tsvsfys tao ,. cows 9, y should be- fHeFale,
and they may be swung open to
Iethrow=the- manure -oat=ef them il
necessary If the spn, j., gan shine
directly on the COWS SOL much the
better Prqcticat Dairymoan7.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06

in the clingstones, where the flesh
is firmer and fine grained. There
fore, we say to such of our readers
as are impatient for the peaches to
ripen that it takes time for the
roots and foliage to gather up and
work over such materials as are
needed for the perfection and safety
of the shell and seed. And by the
way, there is the strongest kind Of
poison in the seed, to-wit: Prussic
acid. Like many other vegetable
poisons, little of this--say 10 kerr
nels-to quart can of peaches, is
rather wholesome than otherwise.
This substance is also found in the
peach leaves to such an extent that
a certain quantity of tea from peach
leaves will act as leaven to bread
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06

Nature is full of mysteries. In
living organisms we have the egg,
which contains, besides the albu-
men, salts, sulphur PHOSPHORUS
and other materials which consti-
tute the bill of the chick, the claws
and the down or featheas. See, also,
Bible, Eco, XII, 5. In plant life we
have the formation of seeds inclosed
in very hard substance or shell.
Especially is this true of the peach,
the walnut, the almonds. And this
explains, in part at least, why we
have to wait SO long for these fruits
to ripen. The soft and edible part
of a peach is the last that forms,
and as we say that part is develop
ed by mans ingenuity. This does
not form until the hard shell in
closing the seed is perfect. Its
greatest hardness generally is found
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06
FARM Notes.
Age to Market Lambs.

There is limited period in the
life Of animals for growth. Every
factor in the problem of producing
mutton, points toward earlier mar
keting. To paraphrase a familiar
advantage, it is the early lamb that
gets the prize. An eight-weeks-old
lamb, if in condition and in "sea-
son." commands the highest price
per pound ever attainable. A very
narrow limit of time at this period,
and the height of the tide in prices
passes. A lamb not meeting the
requirements of the market at that
period must pass or into cheaper
class, not to find sale until another
season" opens which calls for a
lamb three to five months old, but
at less price per pound.
The lambs sold at four months of
age do not, as rule, bring as much.
as those sold at two months old.
If, again, the age is doubled or
tripled the market into which they
must 60 is such that in spite of
their gain in size, they will bring
little if any more per head than at
either Of the former prices. This
may be continued until we have
the sheep at its maximum weight
and the price per head does not
vary greatly.
There is an impressive lesson in
this that has not found general APP
plication in the growing of mutton.
The lesson is not, however, that all
mutton should be marketed in the
form of eight-weeks-old lambs. Not
all sheep raisers are rightly situated
respecting market, or equipped in
skill or stable Accommodations for
producing this class Of mutton.
But this teaching is of general APP
plication that the younger sheep
can be marketed when grown under
the most economical conditions for
meeting a certain market for choice
form, the larger will be the profit.
To illustrate again by my neigh
boris hogs: he ''feeds them along"
through one Winter, past a June
market, and he says that don't pay
81 have thought that if | were to
raise pork, | would never go into
the hog business; ! should go into
the pig business. Something SIM
liar to this is what men must do
who find that sheep don't pay.
Quit raising sheep and go to raising
lambs.--H. P. Miller, State Insti-
tute, Ohio
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06

| III NeSAOs
n. All FRUIT for market should be
banded carefully. E
Theenicer the appearance Of fruit
the better the price.
For grapes to be of much bene-
! fit spraying should be done at least
three times.
Coal ashes can be used to good
advantage as a mulch around cur
rant bushes.
The best results from thinning
are secured by doing the work early
in the Spring.
The first year after the tree is
planted is the time to prune and
shape the trees.
Mulching to be of much benefit
should be applied before hot, dry
weather sets in.
The best results with liqnid ma
nure can be secured by applying it
weak but often,
Peach trees suffer most and pear
and cherry least from standing in
thick growth of grass
If pruning is neglected for the
first few years the removal of large
limbs may be necessary.
When there is a crop of fruit
send only the best to market, and
have it in good condition.
While no variety of plBms is
free from curculio, keeping the trees
healthy will help materially.
If a piece of land is to be planted
to small fruits this Fall grow some
hard crop. on it this Summer;
Hubbard squashes are considered
the best for Winter keeping. Re-
member this when planting now.
Dwarf pears and grapes are es-
pecially adapted to small places
where only a little room can be
spared
Whatever of the earlier crops in
the garden have matured should
be removed and something planted
instead. M
Applying a little water and often
is bad principle in watering
plants. If water is needed apply
thoroughly. i, s
While mixed fertilizers can be
used to advantage with fruits, pot
ash is more essential than any
thing else.
In cutting a limb from treee it
should be cut as close to the body
as possible, making the cut a
smooth one.
Of fruit trees the best, and in fact
the only one that can be recon-
mended for shade along the road
side is the cherry.
With nearly all small fruits now
it is good time to go over the
rows and if any places are bare fill
them with thrifty plants.
Peach trees growing near the
house where dish and wash water
are usually thrown out are long
lived and free from disease.
Keep the ground moist and mel
low by, frequent civilizations it. will
help materially to retain moisture
near the surface during the Sum-
mer.
One of the best ways of pruning
fruit trees is by rubbing off the
buds and cutting off twigs as soon
as possible when it can be seen that
they are not needed.
aa
Hard Pttted Fruits.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-06-06
Growth or Chicks.

The following is arrived at by
careful experiments, and should be
preserved for future references:
The cost of feeding a chick is |
cent week for ten weeks, or 10
cents for ten weeks. The amount
is very small at first, but the fifth
week the amount is exactly / cent.
After the tenth week the cost in
creases. i The chick should then
weigh two pounds, live weight, thus
costing 5 cents pound
The brood should double in
weight every ten days until the
chicks are forty days old, when they
will gain greater weight, but not SO
rapidly in proportion to weight. If
penned up and fattened with car
bonaceous food the chicks will gain
one-fourth their weight in ten days
after they are of the size of three
pounds. M
1t is estimated that ten pounds
of food (rnixed grain) will keep a
chick in good condition for ten
weeks, but if the weight of two
pounds is expected, meat and green
food must be allowed The expert
ments performed gave the above re-
salts as an average. Some breeds,
of chicks grow faster than others,
especially those that feather slowly,
and the weights and cost will vary
according to the climate, warmth,
shelter, and management given
Prairie Farmer. e
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
EOREIGN.

Renegade Indians in Mexico killed 1s
persons. several of them being women
and children. on the Lojos ranch.
The Turkish soldiery in the island
of Crete, breaking all restraints. poured
through the streets of Khanin. shooting
and pillaging Christians. The consuls
all photographed for war ships.
A bridge gave way at Victoria. b. c..
precipitating loaded street car and
several private carriages into the bay
100 feet below, and over 100 lives were
lost.
His majesty, Emperor Nicholas Alex
androvitch, autocrat of all the Russias,
and her majesty, Empress Alexandra
Feodorovna, were solemnly crowned in
the Cathedral of the Assumption at
Moscow.
Nearly the entire eastern portion of
Dcseronto, Ont, was destroyed by fire.
the loss being over $350.000.
The Norwegian barque Deodrene was
wrecked on st. Paul's island. in the Gulf
Of st. Lawrence, and Capt. II. Wilson
end four of the crew were drowned.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
BY THE FUNNY MEN

She-"Did you know I had .
cycle suit?" He--"No, I didn,, new new b.
have you been running over nv WON
Yonkers Statesman. "r'-
Mrs. Twynn-"They say NJ. :.
Huffer, the new society leader = va
in the SWIM" Mrs. Twynn--aH,n,, 'sas
dresses for it-"-vanity. Sns
Attorney-"What was there :,
the deceased that led you to be,;a ao0us
was of unsound mind?" VIM. 10
"Well, for one thing, he abborrss 's :.
cycles. Philadelphia North AM. VI
can. e'i'
Hicks-"I saw your poem in tho.
last week. How did you get you r, rs,
with the editor?" WicksN"O d;s puu
bother the editor, 1 called unon ~
business manager."-Someryille Jo
nal. ''u''
Mrs. Bingo-"Bobbie, will Won nro,
me not to fight any more after th;.,s
Bobbie (firmly)-"I will, mams
This was the only boy in the neiohhas
hood I hadn't licked."-N. Y. Herald
"How did you get the reputation :,
being such a great connoisseur of ar,s
whenever / saw picture that seemss
to me particularly ridiculous I A.
clared that it was sublime. "--FliegarS.
Blaetter. ~
Il suppose you know all about n.
financial question:" said the intim,,.
friend. II don't say that know IN
about it," replied the candidate. "But
] know enough not to talk about it,
Washington Star.
Wife-"I don't see why you shoua
object to signing some checks and lea,.
ing them for me to fill out" Husband
Mot much. would rather give 70,
what money there is in the bankn-y
Y. Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Polo on tricycles is the latest Par,
novelty in sports.
The Carlton club. London. has abou.
1000 members, and is the richest in n.
world.
Boston has just discovered thatitIs
streets to the number of $50 with MANS
duplicated.
Princess Helene, the duchess a
Sparta's baby, is Queen Victorias "a
great-grandchild.
Negus Menelek's queen has turnedap
Italian private who can sing NeapoH.
tan songs into court favorite.
Three steamers arrived at juneau
Alaska, during one week in April, car
rying 4o4 passengers for the gold dig.
gings. -
The people of New York drink SEQ.
600 gallons of whisky year. The con.
sumption of beer in New York in 4
single year is l6o,ooo,OOO gallons.
Once more the proposal is TO be made
in parliament for the abolition OF The
Office of lord lieutenant of Ireland and
the establishment OF royal residence
in Dublin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
Curious version of the Scriptures.

Anthony Purver, a poor Quaker car
penter, published in two folio volumes,
in 1764, literal version of the Old and
New Testaments, curious for its He.
brew idioms. There are such phrases
as "a hind let go may exhibit gentle
Naphtali; he gives fine words" for
"Nnphtali is n hind let loose; he giveth
goodly Words" 81 am he who am" fol-
81 am that 1 am" and "Poem of Solo
mon," instead of "Song of Solomon
for "song," he says, "is Of profane use.'
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
HOW AIGRETTES ARE OBTAINED.
Protest Against n Fashion Based on the
Suffering of Birds


Those humane workers who are la
boring to dissuade women from using
whole birds to adorn their hats and
bonnets are now turning their attention
with equal energy against the use of the
aigrette. No woman, certainly no moth
er. would ever buy another aigrette if
she realized what its providing for her
use meant. In circular sent out re-
Gently this is shown:
These little feathers" says the cir
cular, ''were provided by nature as the
nuptial adornment of the white heron,
or egret. Many kind-hearted women.
who would not on any account do
cruel act, are. by following this fash
ion, causing the continuance of a very
great cruelty. The aigrette in nearly all
cases is made of the slender decomposed
feathers that grow at one time of the
year on the birds backs and drop grace.
fully over their sides and tails. The
less fine plumes, with shorter and stiff
er tilaments, are from the squacco
heron, which is not an egret. The best
time to attack them is when the young
birds are fully tiedged, but not able 10
fly, for at that time the solicitude of the
parent birds is greatest, and, forgetfui
of their own danger, they are most read
lily made victims. When the killing is
finished and the few handfuls of COW
eted feathers have been plucked ont,
the slaughtered birds are left in white
heap to tester in the sun and wind, in
sight of their orphaned young, that
cry for food and are not fed. There is
nothing in the whole earth so pitiable
rs this-so pitiable and so shameful
that for such purpose human cunning
should take advantage of this feeling
and instinct which we regard rs SO
noble in our own species. and as some
thing sacred-the tender passion of
the parent for its offspring, which
causes it to neglect its own safety and
to perish miserably, a sacrifice to its
love.
ut is when in this gayer dress that
the birds are most valuable for the pur-
poses of fashion, and for other forms
of decorations; nor is this all; it is then
that they are most easily found and
taken. The shyest, most secretive kinds
lose all their wild instinct in their over
mastering anxiety for the safety Of
their eggs or young. And when the poor
bird is uttering piercing cries, its sensi-
tive frame quivering, its bill gaping,
as if the air could no longer sustain it
in its intense agitation, and fiuttering
its loving wings to make them more
conspicuous, and by such means
draw the danger away from it's treas
ures and on to itself, it is ruthlessly
shot for its feathers."-N. Y. Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. DIR. Parkhurst is learning TO
ride wheel. He practices at an up
town rink and wears a picturesque
plum-colored costume when he rides.
"A Gaelic society for the study of the
Irish language has been established
among the students of Trinity college,
Dublin. In the Tuam News one trades
man advertises his wares in Gaelic.
Interest in English studies is not
great in England. Prof. Skeat for over
a year has tried to raise $4,000 for an
English lectureship at Cambridge. Civ
ing 81 900 of it himself, and has only OBJ
tanned 5000 in subscriptions.
Rev William Salter, ID. d., has been
pastor of the Congregational church OF
Burlington. Ia, for so years. He cele-
brated his semi. centennial one Sunday
recently and used the same text from
which he preached his first sermon in
Burlington.
DIR. Ernest Il. Sangree. of Philadel-
phia. has been elected professor OF
pathology and bacteriology in Wander
bilt university. Nashville, Tenn. He is
at W tiN
phia hospital and professor in the
Medico-Chirurgical college of Philadel-
phia and has made for himself dis
tinguished name as medical scientist.
The 10th anniversary Of the found
ing of the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary society will take place in New
Haven, Conn. on June .. At the same
time and place three other societies
will neet-namely: The Congregation
nj College and Educational society. the
Congregational Church Building So
ciety and the Congregational Sunday
School and Publishing society.
Father Elliott, of the Paulist Fa-
theirs of New York city, apparently does
not agree with the Boston Pilot that
the Anglican church is feeder TO the
church of Rome. At his recent mission
to Protestants some one asked him II
this was true. and his reply was: From
my observation it is not true that the
Anglican church furnishes the largest
of converts"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
Court on It's Dignity.

A tourist going through southern
rural region went into little red brick
courthouse in town of about 200 in
habitants. A case of larceny was on
trial before n long, sallow, yellow
bearded man who was "the jedge." One
of the witnesses, n wild-eyed, long
haired, belligerent-looking man, be-
came greatly excited while giving his
testimony and began using some ex-
tremely profane language, whereupon
the jedge brought his fist down heavily
on his pine table desk and said: slave
a keer what kind O. iangwidges you use
in this here court, Leon Shanks! You
got to respeck the dignity O. this court
or blamed If don't waltz we out be-
hind the courthouse when we adjourn
nm lick little respeck into ye."-Dc-
troit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
Modern weapons Against savaees.

In an article entitled 1.-The Italians In
Abyssinia," Gen. Cosseron de Villenoisy
says: The battle of Adowa, where Me-
nelek's troops overthrow well-armed
European forces, attacking the in
fantry in hand-to-hand fight, and TAX
ing entire batteries without their being
able to fire single round, has discon-
certed those who hitherto insisted that
1t would be impossible to get anywhere
near troops equipped with modern
arms. This is because firing in ac-
tual warfare and in peace practice have
nothing in common. While in the lat
ter case the target is clearly discernible
and the distance readily estimated; in
war the enemy keeps well out of sight,
and there will always be slight undu-
lations of the ground, hedges, bushes,
or maybe even herbs or tufts of grass,
which more or less obstructs the view.
and hence the fire is aimed at random.
and almost invariably too high. There
is always a dangerous zone at some
distance, where the bullets fall thick
est, and by advancing beyond this the
enemy can avoid most of the danger.
This is what happened at Adowa, and
what will always be fatal to Young.
impressionable troops, while the fire
will have its full effect In the case of
calm and experienced, that is to say,
old soldiers. Napoleon's words still re-
main true that "a man Is not q soldier"
-L'Avenir Militaire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-06
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho Proceedings of tho First Session


The general deficiency appropriation bill
the last OF the supply bills, was before the
senate on the 25th and passed just before
adjournment. The house spent the day
In committee OF the whole on the free al
,cohol repeal bill. There was general de-
bate. but no action.
Tariff and finance each came In for a
share of consideration in the senate on the
18th While discussing the cheese bill Sen
ator Dubois idaho offered an amendment
adding 10 cents per barrel to the tax on
beer, but the bill and pending beer amend
ment were displaced by the bond bill. which
was considered. In the house the BILL Tor
the repeal Of section 81 of the present tariff
law providing for a rebate on alcohol used
In the arts or medicinal compounds was
passed by vote of l65 to %.
The senate on the 9th defeated the prop
osition TO Increase the beer tax rs cents a
barrel by a vote Of "a to- q. The filled cheese
hill was further discussed, as was also the
hord bill A bill was favorably reported 10
increase the pay of letter carriers through
out the United States. The house spent
almost the entire day discussing the SEN
ate amendment to the general deficiency
bill approprIating large sums for various
claims. and II was adopted finally.
The bond bill was further discussed in
the senate on the 2Sth Senator Carter. Of
Montana, gave notice of an amendment to
the filed cheese bill, putting on tax and
establishing regulations against adulter-
ated beer....In the house a partial con-
ference report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill occasioned an animated contro-
versy. A resolution adopted by the
senate providing for the loan of tents by
the war department and such other relief
as the secretary may deem necessary to
the sufferers by the st. Louis storm was
COnCurrcd in.