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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Sheep kept in thrifty condition
grow the most wool.
To very considerable extent people
make for themselves the conditions of
| life.
Even with the most carefully pre-
pared food the greater portion digesteti
goes to supply heat and energy.
Because poor sheep,have light fleeces
is not proof that fat sheep have heavy
ones.
Good stock. crops, fertility and in
dustry are essential items in good
farming.
Continuing any farm animal in dark
quarters is injurious to it and. there
fore, more or less damaging to tn.
owner.
one OF the reasons why many fail to
make farming as profitable as they
might is because of lack of attention
to details.
In nearly all cases it is unwise 10
discard all of the old sows at one time
and supply their places with vonng
untried ones.
Inc COW which will profitably con-
vert the largest amount of food ;n,.,
r,ch milk or cream is the most profit
IDLE TO keep.-Farmers' Union.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
70 MAKE A CUP a. TFA
something That Every Hous ewife shauId
4*s Learn.

something That Every Housewife shauId
i Learn.
Nothlng is easier. The odd thing i
mat SO many girls fancy tea-makinc a
di'ncnit art. when it is really a very
simple process, which needs ONLY atten.
non and care to produce excellent re-
suits.
Having good tea to begin with, next
oe sure that you have freshly drawn
pure and filtered water of which to
| make the beverage. The water must
not nave been standing for hours ex-
posed to the weather nor simmerinp on
the range, and growing fiat. 1t must
De fresh. and then if you have a brisk
iire, or the hot fame Of an alcohol lamp.
bring it quickly to the boil. A flat-bot-
toned kettle is to be preferred, as it has
a broad surface to expose to the heat,
and the boiling is soon accomplished.
Water is boiling when it bubbles and
jumps merrily about, and the steam
comes in white puffs from the spout Of
the kettle. 1t does not boil when it be-
gins to simmer and to sing That is only
the sign that it is near to boiling. You
must make your tea when the water
has just boiled, not when it has been
boiling long time. A kettle which
has been standing on the back of
stove all day, filled up now and then by
a dipper or two of water added when
some has been taken out, will not make |
good tea. You must boil the water on
purpose.
An earthen pot is better for tea than
metal one. Pour little boiling water
in the pot to heat it, and after minute
or two pour it out. Now put teaspoon
ful OF tea for every cup of hot water
IN even, not a heaping spoonful-and
'dd an extra one for the pot. Pour on
rs much water as will fill the number
II cups you wish to make. Let it stand
wo minutes, then with long-handled
poon stir the leaves once through the
water, and instantly cover the pot
gain. Three minutes more and your .
ca is done. Never let tea steep or boil,
r stand long time. 1t is quick, neat,
ice process from beginning to end
Iarper's Round Table.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
InjudicIous Feeding of Horsss

The effectiveness of working horses
and especially on farms, is often i'm.
paired by injudicious feeding. The
subject is better understood than IL
used to be, but there are vet far too
many instances of horses being mt tn
work with stomachs overloaded and
yet not providing the nutriment needed
to give the muscular strength which
hard work always requires. Hence the
horse is always slow in his gait and
soon tires out. This overlooking the
stomach with unnutritious food is
mainly due to the average farmers
dependence on hay as the staple and
cheapest food for horses. Really. 40
far as effectiveness goes, grain, and es-
pecially oats, are always cheaper tina,
hay Liverymen and those in cities whn
keep horses soon discover this fact
They have to buy all that their horses
Eat, and learn 10 discriminate. When
they feed hay exclusively they find that |
The horse is incapacitated for fast or |
ong driving on the road.-Rural World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
TWO SWINE DISEASES.
How to Treat Animals Suffering from
Thumps or ScOurs.


Thumps Scours.
In his address before Wisconsin,
institute, S. II. Todd gave the following
remedies and treatments for two COM
mon troubles in swine:
Thumps.--You ask what to do for it ?
/ say feed your brood sow differently
Ii you don't you are sure to have that
| disease which has carried off SO many
thousand pigs. If you hate the disease
sometimes it is good to apply coal oil OH
the stomach of the pig, bathing him
| thoroughly, and perhaps giving him =
| little; another good thing is to give the
! pigs exercise, and if they won't take it
themselves. go in with little switch
and drive them out. But the best thing
is to prevent it., and very often it il
wlsest to take club and give them one
more thump and get out of it in that
way. Ii they wear the disease out the
pigs will never amount to much. We
are justified in keeping only the kind of
pigs that will return to us the greatest
profit, according to the present market
price of pork.
Scours.-How many times we make y
mistake in not feeding the mother prop
erly, and the pigs get to securing, and
they are put back for a whole week or
more. We must feed her very lightly.
and if the pigs do commence to scour
give her teaspoonful of copperas; dis
solve it in her slop; that will regulate
the whole business. After the pigs are
two or three weeks old provide place
for them by themselves and begin to
feed them. Here again don't make the
mistake of having one of those "
shaped troughs unless you want your
pigs to have long noses and to wrangle
over their food and spill swill all over
themselves. They want to be clean,
that is their nature, but you have pre-
vented them from being so. Let them
have little trough by themselves and
have the feed as near like milk as YOU
IAN make it. We use oilmeal and corn;
had rather use middlings than any
Thing else, with little oilmeal.
'hink that is the best pig food that we
AN get. Make the food thin; use wa
er, if you haven't milk.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24

A way to test linen, by means Of
which the introduction of cotton
among the linen threads may be de.
tected, is to cut off small piece of the
material, to unravel the threads and
then to examine them under q strong
magnifying glass. The characteristics
of fiaxthreads are very marked. They
are in the form of cylindrical stalks,
divided at intervals by knots, in the
same way as bamboo or sugar. cane
stalks. Cotton threads are long and
fattened like ribbon, waved, twisted in
spirals and graduated on the surface.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
INTELLIGENT EFFORT.

Upon 1t Depends the Success of Every
Farmer in America.
A farmers success surely depends
upon effort, but in reckoning the value
of his effort, the quality is of greater
Importance than the other amount
A little intelligent effort goes much
farther than great deal of misdirected
effort. There are here and there rugged
sons of toll who, having wrested wealth
from the forest and field by the might
OF their brawny arms, are inclined to
belittle other methods than those which
they employed, and to pooh-pooh at
what they call ''new-fangled notions"
but times and conditions change, and
we must change with them. The law
yer, the doctor, the preacher, the me-
chanic in every line, if he would
achieve the greatest success, studies
constantly and never fails to adopt
every good new thing he finds; would
the farmer belittle his vocation bv saw
ing it is SO purely the work of drudgery
that there can be no improvement?
certainly not; in hardly any other oc-
'upation of man is there such broad
1eld for the application of scientific |
knowledge, such great opportunities
or constant and important improve.
nents, and it is upon his ability to
make these improvements his own,
hat the farmers success depends
arm News.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
UNIQUE AND USEFUL.

A Pretty Ornament in the Form of a
Homemade Flower Vase.
A charming flower vase may be made
in the following manner: Cut imita-
ton petals of the tiger lily in stiff white
muslin; sew tiny line of fine wire
down the center of each leaf, and finally
cover with white velvet, which should
be gummed onto the muslin and then
cut to its shape with very sharp scis-
sors. When quite dry paint the dots
and lines on each petal with oil paints.
using it as dry as possible. Now make
the stamens of wire, which must be
painted, and gum an atom of brown
velvet onto the top of each. Make
foundation of thin cardboard covered
with silk or velvet, and sew the various
petals and stamens onto this, arrang-
ing them in as perfect manner as DOS
sible. Draw them together so as to
make hollow space in the center of the
lower, and into this insert an old vase
Or cheap glass tumbler; tie this round. |
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24

eight feet long, four feet in the ground.
About six inches from the end that
goes into the ground, cut two notches,
two by four inches, on opposite sides of
the post; spike into these notches two
two by four pieces, about six or seven
feet long, and let about six inches pro-
ject past on one side, the remainder on
the other side. Dig the hole four feet
deep, and long enough parallel with
the fence) to admit of the scantling,
with the long ends of the scantings from
the fence. Get large bowlder, the
larger the better, and place on these
scant'ings, fill up with dirt, and lamp
well. also put in brace parallel from
the first to the second post.
The cut will show what mean: a
designates the scantling, b the bowlder
c the brace, d the ratchets on the post
to hold the wires. End posts braced in
this manner cannot give the least BIT
Rural New Yorker.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
REMARKABLE KANAkA DIVER.

"n 10 the Bottom to Release a
~ 0".a anchor and Set Ship Free.
naa 1t not been for the skill and on.
rance OF Kanaka shell diver. the
a s are that the barkentine John
9preckles, which plies between this
anu the Hawaiian islands, would
naa TO sacrifice a costly anchor
:, cnaln while at Mahukona recently
d. ane vessel made her usual visit to that
naroor, and, having discharged
supplies and taken on considerable
m m' 'r,ed to take her departure. The
round, however, that the an
nad become fast to. the rocks at
y NJ and they could not dislodge
. .s waited for the turn of sew
anchor. ~ i1ee
apI' Christensen did not want to
~ sne anchor, and yet that seemed to
NC only way out of the predica-
IA A' last a happy thought struck
ne sent ashore for a Kanaka.
vas reputcd to be skillful diver.
"nen the dark-skinned fellow ar
made a bargain with MIN to re-
ta sne anchor, which was lying in |
'noms OF water. This did not
% bother the Kanaka in the least
o ssr' and he plunged overheard for
tO.nnoitering tour. He was gone
Two minutes, and then returned
~; surface to report that the anchor
nging to conical-shaped bowl
'4u would have to be dragged
al nom 1t. One of the sailors
>, sne diver to be on his guard, as | |
~ sharks "a, had been seen in the i
s "; The fellow only grinned.
I'll 81 no bite Kanaka," he said, and I
i ir0 for the bottom again, after 9
Ened. nave the cnaln =
ume the diver was gone nearly '
D. MINUTES, says Capt. Christian
y the time he returned to the
sne rapid drifting of the res
-. NOSE on board that the anchor i
eh IN released. The captain saws v
t ~ was by no means q light one. d
on = sun wondering how the Kan g
au handle it and yet survive "a
ps s.p'n OF wster.-San Francisco o q
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
WOMAN AND HOME
THE JEWELED ;lnve

4 -. ! va y
Farisian Fad WhichA Ia Now ~ -,
=, Way Here.
Ihe latest fad in the wav az eocan4.
uress IS the wearing Of jewels upon W.
rlous articles OF clothing. This extrav.
agance originated in Paris where H.
jewelers. are falling over one anotba,
IN the attempt to find some new nsa J.
which to put gems. 80 =
1here are now on the mor1,a+
unique result OF this attempt to find or
uev,se something new, gloves, in the
acAs OF winch are set precious stones.
diamonds, rubies, pearls. and emeralds
ana IN TACT any gem whose natural coI.
VI harmonlzes or makes pleasing con-
trast to the color of the glove. D;..
monds seem to be the fayor;ta oams
used for this purpose.
The jewels are set in the back ~ +he
giove' along the seam, and are held in
piace by means of n small nut attach
ment. Thus far only few of the more
advanced women of the ultn -fosbion-
able set have taken to wearing the H.
amond ornamented gloves, but the fad
is slowly but surely spreading and NO
man can tell to what extent it NAV he
carried. oe
Inc wearing Of gems, according to
jewelers. have never been so widesnread
md extensive as at the present time
"nile year or two ago it was con-
'idered bad form to wear any but the
'ialnest jewels. the other extreme will
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
WOMEN AS INVENTORS.

History of the Progress of the Inyentiv.
Faculty Among Them.
The United States patent office
records give some interesting informa
ton in regard to the progress of the
inventive faculty among American
women. The Office was established in
1870, but it was nearly 20 years before a
| patent was issued to a woman. The
first was in 1909. This was issued for
a method OF weaving straw with silk or
thread. In 1926 there were IA patents
issued to women, larger number by
far than had been issued any previous
year. 1t is singular to note that the
feminine genius for invention ap-
peared to slumber from that time. I'M
til it was suddenly aroused by the
great war. Many of the women's pat
ents that then poured into the patent
office were for implements and ma
terials of war and for hospital appli-
ances and sick-room devices. From the
COS the number of women patentees
steadily Increased. In 1870 it was go;
in 1880, over 90; in 1890, over 200. and in |
1S93,over 300. From 1909 to 1888 women's
inventions averaged 80 year. From
1888 to 1892, 230 year; and since 1892.
ESQ year. OF the subject of these in
wearing apparel heads the
list, with 100 different patents in two
years and half. Next come cooking
utensils, with 100 inventions; fur
niture, IS; heating or washing or
cleansing apparatus, more than 40
ach; sewing and spinning devices and
'uilding apparatus, about 80 each; and ,
EDUCATIONAL and surgical apparatus,
oys and trunks, about 20 each. Other :
ines in which women have tried their :
INVENTIVE genius are preambulators, :
ariel and bicycle attachments, print =.
lg and bottling apparatus, boxes and
askets, clocks horseshoes. mo-
ors, musical instruments. plumbing
nd preserving devices, screens, sta 2
emery, theatrical apparatus, toilet h
rticles and typewriter attachments. s.
ost of the patents were for improve n
ents on some previously existing de- D
ce. I,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
Keep the Straw ON the Farm.

'ra'eilng man recently stated in our
presence that he once heard a faru,r
say he would as soon think of sell;n.,
.ne corner stone of his barn as to sell =
,oad OF straw. The corner stone of the
barn supports the barn; the straw is
the supporter of the fertility of the
iarm, from which arises the force 81
comparison. In the part of the STATE
where the man heard this, he failed I,
see straw stack. All Of il had been mt
INTO large barns and carefully pre-
served The same farmer Justly re-
marked that cold bes of ice was not
to the happiness of a calf
Dakota Field and Farm.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
IMPROVED HOG TROUGH.

Tested by his pigship, and place the
trough before him in an orderly and
becoming manner. The trough is made.
like draw, and pulls out to be filled.
It can then be pushed in under the
end guides (shown in the cross-section).
with none of the unpleasant features
mentioned. These end guides hold ths
trough in place, as does also the stout
button on the outside of the front of
the penn. Y. Tribune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BRACING END posts.
How to Do 1t So That They win Not
Give the Least Bit

How TO Do 1t So That They WIN Not
Give the Least Bit.
In fence building, one can very easily
spend plenty of money, and if not care
full in selecting the kind of fence, and
building it, one will be disappointed in
q year or two, to find his fence all
sagged and out of shape. For cheap
ness, durability and neatness, there is
nothing better than either the smooth
wire fence, or woven picket. The end
posts are the secret of success. These
must be solid, as the strain all comes
on them.
/ will try to illustrate my way of
bracing an end post, that holds them
perfectly solid. The plan is original
with me, and am glad to say that there
is no patent on it. The end post should
not be less than six inches square, and
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
MRS. GARFlELD's FORTUNE
The Income OF the Widow OF the Ex-Pres,
dent Is @21, 200 a Year.

The Income Of the Widow OF the Ex- Presi
dent Is $4,000 a Year.
Mrs. Garfield is living quietly in be
old home at Mentor, in the suburbs q
Cleveland, and the place has been mucl
improved. 1t is now one of the mos,
beautiful and comfortable farm resi-
dences in Ohio, and an ideal place for =
quiet, retired Life. It is only Is minutes
on the cars from Cleveland, and less
than half an hours drive from Paines.
vile, which is an educational center.
and one of the most cultured COM
munities in the world.
Mrs. Garfield is rich woman now.
but her wealth came with her sorrow,
Her early days, and, in fact, all her life
even up to the death of her husband.
we're passed in the closest economy. and
she was often deprived of the comforts
and Injuries that usually pertain to
PEOPLE of her station. Gen. Garfield
never had anything but his salary. He
was an open-handed man, generous
and careless with his money and was
scarcely ever able to make both ends
meet. But Mrs. Garfield now has an
income of $4,000 as interest from the
| fund that was raised for her by CYRUS
W. Field after the assassination. and
| d pension from congress of $4,000
which gives her $4,000 to use as she
pleases, and she does not spend one
| fifth Of it. All Of the children are well |
| fixed. Mollie, the Oldest child, is the
wife of Stanley Brown, the representa-
tive of the Alaska Commercial company
at Washington. James and Harry are
pacticing law in partnership in Cleye-
land, and are rapidly making both
money and regulations. James is
member of the Ohio state senate with
an excellent record. They are both
splendid fellows and promise to be use
full and famous men.
Gen. Garfield had more money few
days after his nomination than he ever
had at any other time in his life.a He
reached Cleveland from the Chicago
with just $50 in his pocket.
That represented all tn. wealth he had
b the world except his mortgaged home
mentor. Knowing this circumstance.
sylvester I. Everett, the well-known
Cleveland banker, in whose house he
vas guest, started out one morning
With little subscription paper, and :
anne back with ten $1,000 checks. one :,
which bore his own signature. He :
xed up bank book with package of =
ank checks, put them all in an envel- I
Pc and at the first opportunity handed ),
le package to Garfield, with the re- =
ark that there was little pin money i
MS personal expenses during the :
mpaign, and an explanation that not :.
penny of it was to be spent for polite =, -
purposes.
When the general realized the =.
lount and the nature of the gift he =,
upon Everett's neck and wept like -,
'lllo' He said that the greatest load to
nad to bear had been taken from
n for he had been lying awake at
Jus wondering how he was going to
ct mis- personal expenses during the Hi
a,palgn. He said, too, that he never
-, 80 much money before in his life
shington Post. rex
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
How 70 oes Rld OF rlle..

Flies dislike the oil from bay leaves
1t is not an expensive drug. and II a
very little Is kept in a dish In the win
dow ledge, or IL the doors and window
castings are coated with any color of
fresh paint to which four per cent. of
oil Of bay has been added. insects viii
shun them.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
IMPROVED HOG TROUGH.
A Continuance Which Robs Pig Raising

A Continuance Which Robs Pig Raising
of Its Terror.
One of the most unpleasant features
of hog raising is the unpleasant opera
ton of giving these animals their food,
They are in the trough, on top of it,
and always under the food when it is
turned in to them-tEat is when the
ordinary trough and spout are used.
The illustration, however, shows an ar
rangement whereby the feeder can
place the food in the trough unmo-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24

Do not let an ounce of fertility on the
farm go to waste. Utilize eyerytbino
that has in it any elements that will
enrich the soil, and take such, care of
your manures that the best part of
them is not lost before they reach your
fields. Every farm should have a com.
post heap, where all sorts of refuse
from the house, barn and yards can be
thrown. A good many tons of the most
valuable fertilizers can be saved in this
manner, fertilizers that now 20 Won
know not y-here.-Rural World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
GariIc for con.nmntinn.

Essential oil of garlic has been used
to cure consumption by DR.. Sejournet,
Of Revin, in the Ardennes. Mixed
with 200 times its weight of sterilized
olive oil it was injected under the skin,
producing q marked improvement In
the 16 patients on whom il was tried.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24
Division of Plants.

Botanists have divided all plants into
"a classes and 121 orders; and they
have discovered 1900 genera, $4,000
species, and varieties of species without
number. With regard to the roots.
plants are dubious. as in onions and
tulips; tuberose as in iurnips or pota-
toes; and fibrous, as In grasses.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-24

When animals are allowed to run
down there is weakening of vitality,
and especially of the digestive organs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-04-11
New Millinery Store

/ wish tc inform the people of Guth-
rie and vicinity that ! have opened a
new millinery store on the south side
of Oklahoma avenue, next door TO
knauss bicycle store, No. ll5, where
! will be found at all times with full
line Of Fashionable Millinery, the very
latest styles from Evansville, Indian
apolis Ind, and Louisville, Ky Miss
Pearl ST. John, an experienced trim
mer from Louisville, Ky, will have
charge of the trimming department
also carry full line OF Featherbone
corsets, the best corset in the market
You will always find our store fun Of
goods, as we believe in carrying a
large stock.
We are always up with the times, as
we are here as strangers 10 solicit a
share Of your patronage ! am here TO
stay. ! will invite the ladies to call
and examine my stock, while / would
like to form an acquaintance with
you. viii also take great pains in
showing you through every depart
ment Of my store.
Let all the ladies call on us. We
will treat you right-one price TO all
We expect to deal honestly with every
body. 1t will be 10 your interest to
come and see us before purchasing
elsewhere.
Ne will be ready to show goods
March 27, 1890. AIRS. Lou RoGERs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-04-11
Grand ARMY at Enid.

ENID. OK, April Q. Arrangements
are progressing for the annual en-
campment Of the G.. A. r. to be held
in this city early in May. A number
OF noted persons will be present.
Prominent among them will be Mrs.
Mary T. Lease and ex Senator Ingalls,
OF Kansas A large entertainment
fund is being raised and arrangements
are being made for the accommodation
of the throng on grand scale. it is
also expected that the annual meeting
of the Territorial Press association
will be held here on one of these
dates.