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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22
THE IRISH SOLDIER AND HIS HUMOR

From The Washington Post.
Br.mful of funny anecdotes that had chest
Mulholland at the Second Corps banquet at the
Shoreham Friday night. The lrishman largely pre-
pondcrated In these anecdotes. OF when couple
OF specimens from the memory Of a guest Will be
McCook's regiment was in front of the enemy.
He mounted his horse to ride down to the picket
line and examine the situation With this purpose in
the commanding officer made a detail. McCook was
astonished when little red-headed fellow rode up
for ne was a mere boy. weighing not more than sew
enty:nve pounds, and looking scarcely bigger than
The lad saluted and replied in the affirmative;
DO you Know tina: it is Very dangerous ''~~'
.Yis. yer honor" said the youth.
II have. yer honor"
do you suppose yor have the backbone to keep
Tn thry. sir: that's why I'm stint. cir. An II It's
heavy firm an We get among the bullets and ye're
KIT yOH won't ,b be Window IN mint before come
They went to tine front.
The second story was located at the hospital. One
of the chaplains regiment was very badly wounded
and certain to die. But the chaplain was tired-the
chaplans were often tired in the army. you remem-
with Sergeant Joe that he was TO be called II Bar
ney showed signs of immediate collapse. When he
arose in the morning he was much surprised to hear
that barney had died during the night He upbraid-
ed the watcher with not having reused him In time
to administer the last consolation 10 the "yihs SOL
"Well. to tell the truth yer hghness., I didn't
n waas TO for @s sm sSsped 'Sn
when he come to die. consoled him , myself" -,
= to him him 9sntIs ME :a a..
AN expect you'll go below" says I.
,sint hir S n ssyi Sa as say. ought to
be glad you've got some place to go to-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

Andrews. Miss NJ. Andrews. Clarence H. Clayton
". F. Russell. Jeremiah p Robinson; w D. Grand
Stewart A. +. Day, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Hov..
ELL Clayton Platt, A. II. Killing. Joseph Eastman
and G. F. Burt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

to become useful, and talent for mechanics' anu
whose parents or friends are too poor TO pay ior d
technical education some means by whch '"eii
desires could be encouraged their talents deVeiopeu
their tastes gratifed. to the end that pene u mem
selves and usefulness to their country may result
I well remember the need OF some such provision
for when / was beginner there was none. VI! own
experience at night. after hard Cd! "o'"'
upon a small table. with two or three taiio" can
dles-no gas at my home in those days-stuck IN
wooden blocks for convenience Of moving TO ma q
point or line after once being traced
What William II. Webb lacked he has given to
the boys OF to-day and the promise Of the giving Is
right royal At the present time there are twenty
two students In the academy. Andrew Reed, the
manager OF the institution. replying to query
as to the conditions for admission TO the academy
said
shall be OF American parentage and in age from
seventeen to twenty years. He must have good
common school education. full knowledge OF arith-
metic and a general knowledge of mathematics
But examination is as severe as we can make II.
and a good many fall to pass The applicant must
be up In the first five books of Davess Legendre
other like books and he must know both plane
and solid geometry trlgcnomotry and algebra. An
other thing. the boy must be able 10 show that his
parents are not able 20 give him collegiate educa-
plated by Mr.. Webb was simply to give the boy
with brains and without money chance IN the race
That IL all there Is TO It. After the boy gets here
his expenses paid and he has no tuition fee.
The course Is mathematics and naval architecture.
and civil engineering and covers four years. On
the examining board are our own Professor Jansson
and Professor Hutton. Of Columbia College. You see
there is no institution OF just this kind in America.
although it Is being introduced, and here We ale
JUS; in our infancy
MODEL OF THE DCNDERBERG
Mr.. Reed said further that there a point as
10 the age clause which Mr. Webb had considered
He does not hold to 1t If the applicant be eX-
ceptionally bright In his examination as many APP
pear who fail TO pass They can accommodate thr-
ty-three students. Some Of these are boys VINO
were there last year and that recalls an incldehi
which goes far TO prove the utility OF the school
as a place for practical instruction. The academy
has an excellent library. There is a museum show
Ing in profile the hull outlines of famous vessels.
But the peculiar pride OF the museum is com
plete working model of the wartime ram Dunder-
berg which the triumph of Mr.. Webb career
as a builder of ships. She was propeller. oil pow
arful model and astonshed the experts by making
sixteen knots hour al sea She was hnlshed TOO
near the close of the Civil War TO be III use 10
the Government. and was afterward sold to France,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

for additions to the carrier rorce Is si"
II cannot (and under grave legal penaties, ~ me
a,S furnish 10 third parties information as 10 tns
Is.nosstion made OF the mail matter or otheI5, o.
give any other Information which may h oG nrwats
arairs II has neither the time nor me risn' d ~
act as n commercial agency or as seeker iot u'
lnouent debtors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22
ENCOURAGEMENT TO KICKERs.

rhn circular ends in this philosophical vein: THE
,,onrvenience discomfort ard loss which may re-
s,,, from the delay misdevery or missendihg Oh
mail matter is thoroughly appreciated by this Once
and when the evaporation and annoyance ca"seu
thereby find expression in vigorous Language e L "
The man Therefore, who goes 10 the " oSnice
nursing grievance and is In commas S vi aow Of
stock Of explosives need not fear that ms nov u,
eos will be Interrupted by the porters or any
else He will not even cause ast9h 'sI ~ omit
who appreciate the satisfaction ana Vaiue o e,,
ling a healthy and vigorous kick when ,iu na
wrought up will recognize the thousntiu'rTrh era is
nothing in the postal regulations compelling posi-,
oicias to receive complaints expressd IN V's2 ood
iansrIaee without objection or surprise, EUoi
ma lure alone is to be thanked for this dehsh''u'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22
CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.

II seems that some people who have been getting
their morning mail AT certain hour expect to get
1t at the same time II they happen to move. and this
leads the sarcastic author of the circular TO protest
that the Postoice cannot arrange for Simultaneous
deliveries at every point. AS each carriers route
has a beginning and ending. some persons must
necessarily be served sooner than others Yet this
provision OF nature about an Objects being In two
places at the same time Is looked on as great
hardship by some who patrOnizc the PostOnlce.
There are other things which the Postofice cannot
do-a few things. according to the frank admission
II cannot undertake determine the ownership OF
mall matter directed. without street number or
cupation. to a name which Is repeated twice
oftener in the directory, nor 10 try II at the sew
cral addresses given In that volume until claimant
Is found
II cannot place street letterbox on every corner
or next door to everybody. Boxes are placed at
points which IL Is thought will best secure the great
cst good to the greatest number, and only many
as can be opened and empted on schedule time BY
the force of carriers lie located In district
their numbers being increased whenever authority
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

water and the result is the water
forms stream on top of the ground
channeling and cutting awav all the
line gravel upon the top of the stones
and leaving it in bad condition. mo
t1ce that the railroad which passes
through my farm has in recent wears
been ballasted almost entirely with
clnders in place of gravel. More than a.
foot of cinders is used beneath the ties
and the result is that no matter how
heavy the rain the cinders take all that
falls and part of it at their leisure.
The same would be true of driveway
filled to the depth of 10 inches with
cinders, though of course more or less
clay would be deposited on such a
drive that does not find it's way on a,
railroad track
When it is impossible to procure Gin
ders in quantities sufficient to make a
driveway and it seems desirable to use
stone, the excavation should be made
two feet or more deep, with the largest
stones in the bottom, gradually using
smaller stones until near the surface
they should not he bigger than apples
OF men eggs.
If the stones are selected in this way
and carefully placed, the big ones will
never come to the surface to bump q
wheel and the gravel will never work
down among the larger stones to OBJ
struct the passage of the water. The
bottom of the excavation should slope
both ways to the center with a drain
only laid a foot or two below the sur
face along the center line. Then if the
surface is ballasted with clean good
gravel the drive will take all the water
that falls as fast as it falls and there
will be 10 embarrassing. The best
drives in cemeteries and public grounds
are made in this way with the addition
of a stone or brick gutter on both or
either sides. This of course makes it
more expensive and cannot be practiced
by the ordinary owner of a home. Ii
it is not possible to make the whole
driveway as thoroughly as l have indi-
Gated, then the steepest slope should
be treated in this way, carrying the
porous material sufficiently far above
the steep incline to catch and absorb
the water that comes from above.-L.
B. Pierce, in Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
Why Are Women So Careless as
to Neglect Them?
SEVERE SUFFERING SURE TO FOLLOW
Mrs. c. c. Mott, of Danbury, Conn, Warns
Women to Act Promptly Praises Mrs.
Pinkham, and is Thankful One Woman
Made Womens Complaints Study.

It is wonderful how little Importance
most women attach to first symptoms,
and this simple fact is really the cause
for half the suffering later in their
life.
A woman's body is the repository of
the most delicate mechanism in the
whole realm of creation, and yet most
women will 1T it get out of order and
keep out of order just as if it were of
no consequence.
Their back aches and head throbs
and burns, they have wandering pains
now here and now there. They expert
ence extreme 1assitude, that don't-care
and want-to-be-left-alone feeling, ex-
citability, irritability, nervousness,
sleeplessness and the blues, yet they
will go about their work until they can
scarcely stand on their poor swollen
feet and do nothing to help themselves.
These are the positive forerunners of
serious womb complications, and I'M
less given immediate attention will re-
suit in untold misery, if not death.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will, beyond the question of a
doubt, relieve all this trouble before it
becomes serious, and it has cured many
after their troubles had become chronic.
The Compound should be taken i'm
mediately upon the appearance of any
of the symptoms above enumerated. 1t
is a vegetable tonic which invigorates
and stimulates the entire female organ
ism, and will produce the same bene-
fetal results in the case of any sick
woman as it did with Mrs. C. C. Mott,
No. Ellsworth Ave, Danbury, Conn.,,
whose letter we attach:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
ECONOMY IN HAULING.
Some Convincing Reasons Why Coos
Roads Should Be Built.

Some Convincing Reasons Why Good
Roads Should Be Built.
In talk on good roads A. j. johnson,
a civil engineer, who has done some
very effective work in road construction
in New Jersey, gave the following rea-
sons why good roads should be con-
structed:
ut has been proved that on sandy
roads 30 bushels of grain are load for
two horses; on so-called pike roads SO
bushels are the maximum load; on ma
cadam roads 100 bushels, and on the
best grades of telford roads 200 bushels
can be carried. If these figures are cor
rect, and there is no reason to question
them, they furnish an impressive argu-
ment for the improvement of roads
an argument, moreover, which ought
to appeal most forcibly to farmers,
whose interest in the question has thus
far been rather sluggish. The agita-
ton for good roads accomplished little
so long as it was discussed from the
speculative point of view. People who
read appeals on the subject agreed with
them in theory, perhaps, but they saw
no reason why they should personally
do anything in the matter. But there
are other practical arguments in favor
of good roads that also appeal strongly
to the farmer 1t is said that certain
New Jersey canneries pay two cents
less a basket for tomatoes that have
been hauled over rubble roads, because
they are injured by the jolting they re-
ceive."- Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
THE BERRY INDUSTRY.
Profitable Only Where the Local Market
Is Fairly Good.

Profitable Only Who're the Local Market
Is Fairly Good.
1t is being demonstrated that the
ordinary farmer VINO has no local
markets for berries cannot make much
money growing them. Shipments to
city markets have been proving very
disappointing, owing to the fact that
many have undertaken to help out
farm incomes by producing from one to
five or more acres Of berries, and city
markets are deluged with stock of or
binary quality. Berries must be sent
by express to insure prompt delivery,
and the charges for carriage often APP
pear eXorbitant. Whether this be true
or not, the charges are out of all pro-
portion to the receipts, and when crates,
boxes and picking are paid for out of
the receipts from the commission mer-
chant, not infrequently nothing re-
mains for the grower. Except for eX-
perienced horticulturists, the only safe
market for the berry grower to-day Is
a local one. If there is a home demand,
or if one can be created in community
or nearby town, berries pay well; but
beyond this there is in this branch OF
horticulture no outlet for the farmer
who wants to get away from staples
Farm and FireSide.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
CROSS SECTION OF GREENHOUSE.

as permanent as where brick is used.
The walls of this greenhouse are very
low, just allowing the caves to clear the
ground satisfactorily, so that snow will
not lie upon the glass. Pipes are indi-
Gated in the solid benches for use in
sub-irrigation, if this plan of watering
is desired. The heating pipes are sus-
pended over the benches, as in the ordi-
nary greenhouse. The same construc-
ton could be used in three-bench
greenhouse, in which case two walks
would have to be dug, leaving solid
bed between them. In this case, the
two roofs would have to be supported
by purlin plate, and uprights. One
can work out the details to suit his own
circumstances. Where cedar posts
are used as foundation it would be
necessary to heavily mulch the ground
just outside the walls to keep the frost
out Of the ground adjacent to the solid
benches, as frost there would render
the maintaining of heat in the benches
much more difficult. A solid founda-
ton is, of course, preferable.-Webh
Donnell, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
SETTING FRUIT TREES.
goane Things to BE Considered When
starting an Orchard.

so~oe Things to BE Considered When
starting an Orchard.
It often proves to be perplexlng
matter where to set an orchard. There
are a great many things to lie consid-
cred. and each farmer must do TINS Tor
himself. All that anyone else can 90 is
to give some of the leading principles
mon which success depends. Ii pos
sible. fruit trees should be placed where
thew will be protected by woods OF
Hill. but if such cannot be had Wlnu-
break should be supplied q would use
for a windbreak evergreen trees SET IN
zigzag rows and but few feet apart
Avoid placing trees where they VIII DC
exnosed 10 high winds, or early ana
late frosts in the fall or spring. Often
through neglect of this whole orchards
are ruined.
The nature of each variety should be
studied and those that thrive best IN
drv soil should be placed on sucn
Ground. and those that require moist
soil should be placed where there is no
liability to drought.
Some farms are not well adapteu TOT
the production of fruit, but can be
greatly helped by manuring, draining
or cuitiyating. Fruit trees should be
,,1aced az near the house as possible, as
thew are more apt to get the proper
care there than If they are at distance.
Care should be taken not to place them
where they will cut off all views OF the
farm. and where they viii be In the way
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
GARDEN AND ORCHARD,

Generally it is better to bud stone
fruits.
Good keeping fruit requires thick
and strong skin.
In the north lay the grape vines on
the ground in winter.
The apple or pear tree that is forked
will split sooner Of later.
Whenever sweet potatoes are bruised
in the milk the milk will sour and the
potato will rot.
Never prune a tree unless it is abso-
lutely necessary. There is no sense in
butchering tree just for exercise or
fun.
Sweet potatoes ,fili not keep in
moisture. They should be kept in a
dry room in temperature not lower
than Is degrees.
One of our subscribers writes that
he finds soft coal ashe; scattered about
curi ant bushes Of us> 10 prevent the
ravagcs Of the cuTr&at WoIms.-West-
arm Pl0Njuan
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

The object of Pants and flowers is to
Lcautify, and the lover of well-ap-
pointed lawn and grounds will make no
mistake if he allows them to beautify
the commonplace objects about the
Lcl-c. y trim yard of Wire netting fur
Eis-ss :; most excellent trellis for vines,
while being, at the same time, orna-
rsantcd by them. Such netting fence
Affords an excellent place for the grow
Jag Of many kinds of grapes, while
the shade thus afforded will be most
grateful to the inmates of the yard
during the hot weather. Carrying the
utility" idea still further, one might
mention the hop vine as most suitable
TO train around the doorway. If one
is trying to make his grounds look we'll,
it is certainly wise to avail ones self
of this easy way to lend beauty, and
even a useful beauty, to what might
otherwise be an unattractive object.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

Watering is as important as FEEDING.
Prepare now to winter the best, and
make meat of the rest.
A cows biography is expressed, not
in good deeds, but in quarts OF milk.
Cows which give large quantity OF
yellow milk are not always the best
butter cows.
Every time you swear at COW she
makes you pay for your ill manners.
Every time you kick her you kick pen
MES out of your pocketbook.
Fine butter will always sell readily
at a profitable price, while poor butter
fails to find a customer and loses IN
quality daily, and in the end makes a
loss to everyone who has anything 10 40
with it.
Nothing will spoil COW, or cows
quicker than q man with bad temper
One that has tine smell OF birthstone
on hi. breatl; There is as much room
FIR Improvement in farmers as in the
cows they keep.-Colman' Rura'
World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
CHEAP ICE HOUSE.

that receives the greater part OF the
suns heat, and not the sides, concern
ing which the most care is usually
given. In the ice house shown here
with, fat roof is first built, and above
this is broad, overhanging roof, with
plenty of space for the air to circulate
beneathit. Where one can build beneath
the shelter of great tree, such con-
struction is not needed, but most ice
houses must be exposed to the suns
ravs. In which case a double-decked
roof of this sort will prove exceedingly
advantageous.-Oran Judd Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
HoME-BUILT GREENHOUSE.

to admit more noon sun. Build the
house east and west and of any desired
length. Put a roof on the north por-
ton; the south end may be covered with
sashes OF glass, muslin or parchment
paper. A roll of parchment paper of
900 square feet costs $3.50. If built of
lumber, the house would require about
1900 feet of ship lap at cost of about
500. Ventilation may be provided in
the ends through the doors. I raised
cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, cress,
rhubarb, radishes, ETC., or in value
about $25. The house is heated by a
stove in one end, with pipe run
through the center near the roof. The
beds are all on the ground.-J. NJ. Aker,
in Farm and Home
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

in harvesting your grain. Upon some
farms it seems as though an effort was
made to shut off from view every bit
of landscape and every nice building
within range of human vision, thus
making the home unattructive.
IT your orchard should be along a
public highway, do not place your most
delicious fruit next to the road. as in
that case you will have plenty of help
to gather it. There are people who have
no regard for the rights of property.
1t is time for those wishing to set
trees this fall to order them and select
the places they are to occupy. Always
bear in mind that an old tree requires
more ground than young one, and
place them accordingly.-M L. Miller,
in Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

,,.,ds Eloqaently for Substan-
D aan ti,l Gravel Roads.
- make a small howl in re-
T'D' ,,I-making. l do not suppose
d u 10 AZ lY' any good, but it will relieve
slI y This. as we all know, is the
pil". +5e farmer TO go out with the
a'' " u machine and scrape the sod
y 'oS' sije Of the road into the mid
By .. H., .sn.e and call it a road.
.r, nice for a few weeks, and
4 little rut here and an
so that by the time the
~. in we have a muddy, rutty
,le over. And it is not few
..h.r for a road district can do a
,go of it ID the time required
an the road" Now, why can
' ,,y work. say. 20 or 80 rods with
II machine. make a good, wide
,s,J and then draw on good gravel,
er59 Almost every district has
NJ Of gravel within its limits. If
% The road, 20 back on the farm.
~, farmer is good, generous,
hearted man he will give it to his
: district If not, cancel his road
/, for the gravel. He certainly
,,n be willing to do that. 1t is
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
NNAOS ARE IMPROVING.
Continued Agitation Is Beginning to Beal
Good Fruit.

Continued Agitation Is Beginning to Bear
Good Fruit.
From scores of localities in every
corner of the land comes the cheering
message: Our roads are better than
they have been And the same thing
holds true Of town and city streets.
1t is very clear to an intelligent OBJ
server in position to broadly view
IAe field that more and better road
building IS being done this year than
naS been in any past year.
The agitation for improved highways
as begun to produce practical results.
lae people are getting their feet on
Tie ground, and are Undertaking. tie
'Orth of their theories regarding good
roads
Ii is pleasant to note that the people
everywhere appreciate the many adj
yaniages to be gained from improved
highways Livery mile of good road
makes 1t easier TO secure more of the
sane sort, The example is contagious.
Even in localities where no work Tor
The betterment of roads has begun,
there has been created a dislike for
mud that VIII result in its early disap-
pearance.
When the people of a community get
Sulhclently tired of poor roads they
mend them. \ few wheelmen, if they
dfe live members of the L. A. W., can
so point out the disadvantages of mud
.hat many others will unite with them
N working for good roads and clean
streets.
!, Everybody wants good roads when
, rnelr attention is called to the matter.
WIN some one to act as a leader they
VIII follow. Pick out just the right
sort OF man, and put him in charge of
your streets and highways, and he will
make it more Of a pleasure and Of
greater profit to reside in his neigh.
Oorhood-L. A. W. Bulletin.