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Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
GRAPE CULTIVATION.
How 20 Care for ths vines So as TO Sc
cure = Fair PrOfit.

How 60 Care for the Vines So ~ to Sc
cure . Fair PrOHt.
In an address before New York
farmers institute, w. T. Tabor, OF Lake
View fruit farm, said ON the above sub
ject:
First, we shall properly grow the vine
that IL be vigorous and healthy, not an
overgrowth of cane by furnishing too
much nitrogen in the form of stable
manure, but with sufficient potash and
phosphoric acid TO harden the cane and
perfect the bud. Assuming that you are
trimming your vines upon. what is
known as the Knifiin system with four
arms, let me say to you that we have
changed cur system so thot we only use
the two upper arms and grow all our
grapes upon these arms.
Why have we changed and what has
been the result? We observed that
much the larger proportion of markets.
BILE grapes were grown upon the upper
arms, and as il was marketable grapes
we wanted, we removed the lower arms.
Now in order to get the amount or guam
tity necessary we left upon this single
cane which constituted the arm upon
each side of the main vine a greater
number of buds which distributed the
new growth over more surface, pre-
venting the overcrowding of fruit upon
the vine. We leave upon two arms IL TO
IL buds each.
The summer pruning consists in re-
moving, after the fruit is set, the cling
ers and seconds and afterwards the lat
erals, and clipping off the fruit-bearing
shoots az the third or fourth leaf beyond
the fruit. excepting one good cane near
est the head of the vine, which is left for
the fruit bearing cane for the next year.
We also remove the poor clusters and
never have over three clusters upon a
shoot, aud usually two, and on some
only one.
There will then remain upon the vine
from 35 to 40 or more clusters, and
think it will pay TO remove still more,
not having over 80 clusters to the vine,
believing. as do, that these 80 clusters,
even if not averaging in weight over 20
pounds TO the vine, will sell for more
money than the 80 clusters weighing rs
pounds, and less expensive in market
ing. I am after quality in place of
quantity.
What are indications of high quality
and where do we find it? Like the
peach, the rich bloom upon its surface
is indicative of its quality and you ind
this bloom most perfectly developed
upon the largest and finest clusters up
on the vine.
BY this method of pruning each clus-
ter hangs in n natural position upon the
vine, independent of each other, are
more compact in their structure and
better developed in their growth.
] believe there are other advantages
that indirectly aid in perfecting the
fruit. These are the free circulation Of
the air under the vines and fruit, the
clean surface of the ground affording no
lodgmenJ for sporadic or fungous
grcwths, also the ease with which the
vines may be sprayed, the rapidity with
which the fruit may be gathered and
the ease with which the surplus of
growth may be removed in the winter
pruning.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

off by means of a faucet, or it may be
dipped from the tank Gig. g. into the
cans. Movable steps Zig. - are needed
for an extra high frame, and any small
boy can pour milk into the strainer-cov-
cred funnel and dip it into cans when
milking is over. Stand it out of reach
of flying chaff and odors. Set the milk
in a spring rather than on ice - the
nights milk all night, the mornings
an hour or more, as convenient. A
spring, sheltered from the sun by rude
board house, or only shaded by trees. is
better than any ice house. Sink tub
or box into the spring or running
stream; or scoop it wider and wall it
around with stone, not too deep for the
cans to rest firmly on the foundation of
stone. Where a spring is not available
ice water is substitute. Ice carried in
the milk cart, wedged between cans,
helps ward off complaints of sour milk.
Tin covers or shoppers Gig. y, with
chimneys having perforated sides, arS
indispensable. Rinse both can and cover
with lime water, strained, after wash
ing. - L. L. Trott, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
rWO HIGHWAY CEREMONIES
lhapparal Harry Got the Girl anI
the Drop.
rate Father Tied the Knot-How tn
Il Judge Subsequently Put "A Strained
Interpretation on the Con-
stitut!on.
IcoprRIcHT. 1861

Old Jed Higgins, justice of the peac
or county which was spread out very
hin, in Nevada, lived at Pizcn Switch.
he had to, because his undertaking es-
Enlistment and saloon were in town.
n HE same building with his tin shop
md harness salesroom.
Jed was a widower and Lad a daughter
She always said done" and "his'n" and
sher'n," but that's no sign of anything
much, for otherwise she was certainly
yreat-the cowboys all said so. Tall,
broad. big-footed. red handed. she had
withal such a hearty, wholesome. spark
ing face that one readily overlooked the
weak chin and the docile temper, insult
"a to the eXigencies of cowboy coun-
ny. "Critters ought TO be little bit
ielf-minded on range" the teamster
laid.
Plenty of cow-punchers and broncho-
nnsters "hung around" to WOO the buN-
om Sally, but Chapparal Harry would
have had a cinch on the outfit had il not
been that old Jed bucked and snorted
every time the young fellow came III
sight.
One day "court" had to be held at Will
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
hls ideal.

Ny love is like the rose is
When every bloom that blows Is
ushing with the beauty Of the sunny side
of dawn.
uor voice Is like the singing
of the hooking birds a-swinging
nd a-calllng In the columbines upon a
southern lawn.
Her lips are like the tulips
That open when the dew lips
ne fragrance from their petals and sows
Il on the wind.
Her smile Is like the glances
o. the sunny light that dances
4 the romping riNples of a river uncon-
fined
Her eyes are brilliant brown eyes;
The sweetest e, es in town. Eyes
hat make one wish to worship her upon
the Blended knee
Her glowing hair is golden,
JUST shadowep with an olden
Int Of bronzen red, like hues of ancient
tapestry.
Her form Is round and winning,
With no ending or beginning,
10 its curves of wond rous beauty that
astonish and amaze.
And the womans heart within It!
All one would strive to win it,
p q token of it's friendship to the endins
Of his days
She is perfect, she is pure,
And no maiden could be truer
'or living just to love me, is her only oc.
cupation.
She IS brighter than the noonshine,
And lighter than the moonshine:
sor-my darling lives in dear Imagination
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

rm," to boil his name down a tritle.
Both had revolvers-adult size--yeady
)r use.
The patience of the waiting twain
was rewarded about nine o'clock, at
which time MT. and Mrs. Chapparal
Harry hove in sight. And it was very
easy to get the drop" on the prcoccu-
pied couple.
Nov, dang you. put your own paws
up!" said the justice, in an official
tone of voice.
Paws being duly elevated, Skcete
went forward and took away the ar
senal worn by Harry.
Court will come TO order said the
old man. ''Skeeter Jim--or James, do
you know defendant, ChaP'rel Harry"
"Thet's what"
"Hez he bin guilty of onsonStitution-
al misconduct?'
Yep, he hez.'
Them grounds is hereby declared suf-
ficient. an the Judgement an decree Of
this here courr is fer full an" complete
devorce Of said defendant from said
Sally Higgins. And said defendant is
hereby warned to git out Of This here
county an jurisdiction forthwith, an
immejitly if not sooner"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL,


John Sarsheld Casey, the originator
OF the Land league, who. served five
years in jail for his connection with the
Fenian movement, has just died at Nit
cheilstOwn.
Unusual haste has been made in
calling the barony of Beaumont out OF
allegiance in favor of the two-year-old
daughter of the late baron, who acci.
dentnlly shot himself while shooting
last year. When the last allegiance was
ended in 1910 it had lasted 332 years. :
Prince Baldasarre Boncompagni.
Ludovisi's library of 10000 volumes in
the Cenci palace at Rome is to be sold
by his heirs. The prince was a his.
torian and mathematician of European
reputation. There are many rare If
teenth century editions among his
books.
KAISER Wilhelm has changed the
trim of his mustache, which he no long
err curls up at the ends, but wears per-
fectly straight. This gives him more
benignant and less ferocious aspect.
They say that like his prototype, Lud-
wig II. of Bavaria, he is growing very
fat, owing to overeating and too little
exercise.
--Benjamin Constant received the
medal of honor for painting at the
Champs Elysees Salon, obtaining 4
clear maioriy of the votes on the third
ballot; his nearest competitors We're
Harpignies and Henner, but 10 other
L.
woman, Nine. Demont Breton. The
medal for sculpture went to Gustave
Michel. pho sent in a colored group of
"Thc Blind Man and the Paralytic."
". Scelier took the medal for archi-
lecture and NJ. Henri Lefort that for
engraving.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
HOUSING OF THE OLD ROMANS,
Tenements We're Constructed on the CO.
operative Plan.


operative Plan.
Buildings for the habitation of citi-
Zens in ancient Roma were of two
kinds, private houses o. palaces for the
residence of one family with more or
less copious retinue of servants (do-
mus and lodging houses or tenement
houses many stories high and adapted
10 the reception of several families and
of single individuals (insulae). At the
time of it's greatest development the
city numbered 1870 palaces and 46,6O2
lodging houses, the population being
about 100000 souls. These statistics
refer to the city limits only, marked APP
proXimately by the walls Of Aurelian;
but the habitations extended beyond
the walls for a radius of three miles at
least. This suburban belt of houses
and lodgings. with gardens and orch
ards between them, was called the belt
of eXpiatia tia tccta.
Tenement houses, unknown in viii
lagos, very rare in provincial towns
(lile Pompeii, HerculCneum, Ostia and
Velleia, considerable portions of which
have been eXcavated), were introduced
in Rome in 455 b. c., as related by Do
uysius:
The plebeiaus agreed 10 divide among
themselves bona tide the building lots
on the Aventine, each family selecting
a space in proportion with the means
of which it disposed; but it happened
also that families, not able to build in
dependently, joined in groups of two,
three and more, and raised a house in
common, one family occupying the
ground floors, others the floors above"
This passage throws a considerable
light on the history of human habita-
ton in Rome, about which such scanty
information has been left by classics.
1t seems that, from the time the city
was built on the Palatine hill to the
reign of the Tarquins, the Romans
dwelt in huts, not unlike those which
to the present day give shelter to the
shepherds of the Campagna. They are
composed of Il framework of timber or
boughs, with matched walls and conf
cal roofs, and a ring of stones. These
are represented with every detail in
the so-called hut urns-cinerary vases
discovered in the prehistoric cemeteries
of Latium and southern Etruria. In
memory of this primitive state of
things two huts were preserved in
Rome down to the fall of the empire;
| the hut of Romulus, otherwise called
the cottage of Faustulus, on the Pal
atine, where the founder of the city
had been given shelter and education,
and another hut on the CaptOline,
where he had been worshiped after his
death as a hero.-North American Re-
view.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
WIVES SOLD AT AUCTION.
Maidens Imported to a Town In Van
cOuver Island.

There is a town on Vancouver island
overlooking the Pacific ocean that is
in need of 5000 women. The town is a
cheerful place in its general aspect, its
streets are well paved, and the climate
and surroundings combine 10 make IT
attractive. But there is a shortage of
women and young girls in this locality
that begets an air of melancholy in the
bearing of the superfluous male inhab;-
tants.
The mayor of this town is a resource
full man. Finding that it was impossible
u relieve the gloom that had settled
over his bailwick without foreign aid,
ne raised fund 10 import a carload Of
marriageable women from the east. \
hundred young women comprised tho
| arst consignment to this center Of
| high-pressure bachelorhood.
The town received the newcomers
with open arms. A reception followed
| by a bargain sale" of wives acted Ike
tonic on the Departing community.
Men who had begun 20 fear that long
| Journey must pIecede the chance 10
wed found a honeymoon within their
reach. The bidding was spirited. In
some instances great bargains were OBJ
| tanned a forlorn bachelor obtaining n
better half at actually panic prices.
One man had life partner knocked
down to him before he had been intro
tuced TO her
There was not a large amount OF
money involved in this curious sale. a
girl who owned $50 was rich enough to
indulge in the luxury Of spinsterhood
IL she SC desired. A man with 800 10
spend at the auction was in a position
10 make his own choice practically.
Beauty was at a premium, and frequent.
~ caused very lively competition. On
the whole, the experiment was a grea:
success, and the town has taken on an
az: 81 gayety that It sadly needed. The
number of weddings since the auction
las been sufficiently great TO encour-
age the town in the effort TO obtain All
other carload OF splnsters from the
tast.--N. Y. World.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

ZnVs. and Jed departed early. The
|rilncher from the Chapparal moved upon
Che scene Of his affections ere the day
hfd far advanced, and during his stay
4Ile bfher lads, beholding the evidences
~ his s:branding iron,' kept aloof.
About dark he had completed a scheme
with the girl Together they rode forth
seward Willows, and hating where the
road curved about the bank of the river,
they waited.
old Jed with the "costs" of the trial
~ his clothes, drove pokingly home
ward. Presently his horse was jerked
.atlS until he was almost squatted in the
afness. Then a voice commanded:
rhrow yer hands up"
Two figures, one armed and persua-
dive. doomed ahead. Old Jed's hands got
hite and bloodless, and up" they
went
iWc amt goin' 20 rob YER" said the
...cc. 'sbut we want you to say them
.hrrylh' words putty fast, so sputtei
'.,1 No ~ q gallop."
Thst you, chap'rsllS- chartered the
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

"Yep."
"Ain't thet my e~l7"
That's what-but don't you mind
you go ahead mighty quick, or your
names mud"
sally, yer amt goin' fer tub merry
tibet wild cat?' the justice blurred.
"Yee-es am, though she replied.
"You git a move on, jedge, we amt
got no time fer foolin'," Harry inter
iected.
Madden than a maverick, yet power
less, the justice really felt constrained
to comply with the orders. He sizzlcd
the words out, however, as if the official
throttle were only about half open and
working badly.
Guess you kin move on home without
kissin' the BRIDE" the cowboy remarked
when the thing was over; and, tossing
gold coin into his parent-in-law's lap,
for fee, he soon prevailed upon the old
gentleman to start upon his way.
The bridal tour, on horseback, was
across the valley to Scragg's ranch.
About a week later. in the evening,
two men could have been seen "shad-
owing" the approach to the ranch last
mentioned. One was Justice Higgins,
the other Mosquito Jim, or just ''Skeete
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
THE FARMING WORLD.
HANDY MILK COOLER.
Every ingenious Dalryman Can Easily
Make One at Home.

Every Ingenious DairymRn Can Easily
Make One at Home.
It is essential that milkmen cool their
milk before 1t leaves the farm, and il
it be Air-cooled it will keep longer and
win better name. A cooler of home
manufacture Gig. 81 is wooden frame,
six or seven feet in height. The separate
sides Gig. p may be made of four
strips, with as many crosspieces as nee
essary for stability Gig. u. A slight
unevenness of structure will not affect
its usefulness if it but stand firm. The
funnel Gig. ~, over which cheese
cloth strainer of many thicknesses is
hung, rests in the aperture at the top
Ga b d.. Cleats of wood are nailed on
three inner sides (g b ! and ] in Fig.
g) of the frame to hold the tank which
clears the floor several inches, or even
foot, according to the height Of the
frame. Thus the milk is given fall of
two or three feet The fourth side ~ is
left open TO admit the tank, which has
faring rim, or a double strip of tin
riveted around its upper edge, to catch
on the cleats. The milk may be drawn
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
Neglect or Cruelty.

The fact that there are other ways
of treating a horse cruelty besides
thrashing him or overloading him is
something that every one does not
realize. Neglect is often the cruelest
kind Of torture. Exposure TO flies and
insects in summer, want of water, UNI
wholesome feeding and badly fitting
harness, that causes sores of all sorts.
are only a few of the cruelties that
neglect causes in warm weather. In
the winter time the case is often hard
er. 1t is stated on good authority that
the life of a horse is reduced by hard
ship 10 one-third of the time in which
il might be made useful. Though il is
oftener the case with city than farm
horses that they are carried off 10 tho
bone-yard at eight years old, worn out
and not worth keeping alive, still on the
farm the average life of the horses is
much shortened by careless neglect.
But the fact that il does not pay To
neglect a horse ought, not to be the
only nor the strongest motive toward
treating him well. No other animal
works so patiently, with so much in
telligence, nor with so much real graf
itudc for kindness, as the horse. II rs
mans plain duty 10 treat him kindly
and carefully.-Farm, Field and Stock
man.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
Keen the Cows Clean.

The skin of an animal is an active ex-
rreting agent, and large quantity of
foul matter is thus removed by it from
the blood. All this matter will dry on
the skin, and il not removed frequently
will cover it and clog the numerous
pores by which the effete matter es-
capes. This dried matter is most cas-
lily loosened by the card made OF fine
wires and acting like a comb, and n
stiff brush then completes the cleans
ing of the skin by removing these loos-
ened scales. Besides, the skin is con-
tnually changing, scales of dried It's
sue loosening in the form of dandrff,
while the new tissue is formed under
them. II is in this way that In time the
whole of the skin Is renewed. All this
dead and impure matter acts as fer
ment on milk and will cause It to sour
OF take on an unpleasant odor very
quickly. Thus IL Ia not only necessary
to keep the cows clean but 10 remove
this matter from the skin before each
millxing by the use of card and brusk
Prairie Farmer
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
scouRs IN CALVES.
Prevented by Using Rennet In Connection
with skim MIX.

Prevented by Using Rennet In Connection
with Skim MIX
] milk my cows for the butter that is
in the milk, writes c. L. Gabrilson in
Hoard's Dairyman, and cannot afford
to let the calves have it. l theref0We
feed skim milk. The great trouble in
feeding this way is scours; but have
learned that this difficulty can be en-
tirely prevented by the use of rennet
extract to be given with the skim milk
as we get il from the deep setting cans,
We make a business of dairying, and
the calves must take their chances with
the skim milk, and everyone knows the
difficulty in feeding this bare skim
milk. If we increase the quantity lit
tie or have II too cold, the calf's diges-
ton Is upset and scours follow. ac-
cidentally stumbled on to the use OF
rennet extract in liquid form, which
can be bought at $3.50 per gallon, and IL
of such strength that one teaspoonful
Is enough for ten calves getting four
quarts each of milk at feed, TO prevent
any danger from scours. With this adj
junct, skim milk can be fed with as
great safety as NEW milk, and now
can put my calves on skim milk In about
Ave days. / feed the milk at a tenn
perature of about 80 degrees at first.
but after two months I reduce II TO es
or 20 degrees. The rtnnft extract nsver
fails to prevent sconrs
A large percentage III the butter fat
A : a. a II
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

1t now appears, from very satisfac
tory testimony, that gimlet-pointe,
wood screws, instead of being recent
invention, were used in Europe as long
ngo fas l7sb. But they did not obtain
general use. European mechanics APP
pear to lave lacked that gimlet-polnted
odaptabieness which makes the most
Of opportunity and knows a good thing
on sight Chicago 1rlbuue.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
FOR DRYING FRUIT.

Description of an Economical Way of Cur
Ing Green Fruit.
Sun-dried fruit has flavor that cam
not be approached by the evaporated,
sulphur-bleached article. Besides, sun
drying is the most economical plan for
curing green fruit, where but small
quantities are prepared annually. Fruit
exposed 10 the sun and air should, how
ever, be protected from the flies. A
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08
An Ancient soapery.
p V. NJ.

In the unearthed city of Pompcii, the
preservation of which has been the
means of revealing many antique GUS
toms, there is to be seen a soap manu-
factory, with all the kettles and other
paraphernalia pertaining to the Dusi-
ness, also a quantity of soap, extremity
the product OF this ancient ''soapery."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

oil cake went abroad last year for
the sustentation of European sleek to
the amount Of 733, 652, 495 pounds. valued
at $7,165,5s7. Most of this was, OF
course. the product OF the cotton seed
Of the southern states. which under the
former system was all thrown away.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

Thereupon the old man hauled his
daughter home across the starlit coun-
try, divulging on the way, some exceed
ingly interesting and Heretofore UNI
heard-of interpretations of the great
and glorious constitution Of the United
States" 10 his awed and silent daugh.
ter.
y V NJ
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

convenient plan is shown in the cut.
Two frames of inch-by-two-inch stuff,
of equal size, are covered with wire
mosquito netting. On one the fruit is
spread evenly and thinly, while the
other serves as a cover, the whole rest
ing on a saw-horse frame, or upon four
stakes driven into the ground with
cross-pieces nailed TO the tops. The
air thus circulates up through the
fruit, while flies and other insects have
no chance to soil it. Two strips can be
nailed across the bottom to support
the weight upon it, if needed.--Ameri'
can Gardening
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

Extravagant Son--Of course, keep
a running account at my tailor's
Practical Notwithstanding account
He tells me that itiAs been standing foI
le months. Detroit Free Press.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-08-08

A large percentage IL the butter fat
Il lost when II comes n churning, Y the
cream Rets too aoar