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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-10
AMERICAN BARONS
rwo HEIRS TO ENoLIsH TITLES
IN MARYLAND.
Ron, ace Of the Heritage OF the narony
Of fairfsx ~ cameron Premier
Iisron Of ireland wan Sot claim IIis
Title.

va decision Of tho
house OF lords. IN
1900. In favor OF the
Rev. Bryan Fair
fax. the title OF
baron Fairfax OF
Cameron was ac-
quired. and quietly
pigeon holed alonl
with other outworn
vanities, by th'
Fairiaxes Of Viz
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-10

'Je prends laccrbe avec It. doux;
I'al measures, mn proprc govt.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
There Are Many Reasons Why Car
Should Be on Every Farm.

There Are Many Reasons Why Cart
Should Be ON Every Farm.
There are very few farms in this
country where a cart may be found,
and yet one of these vehicles is a very
handy thing to have about many times
in year. There is some sort of
prejudice against cart, that has no
good foundation. A cart with cart
harness and sober horse will often
take the place of a team and wagon, and
at any time of the year when a small
load is to be hauled one horse can do
the work, If cart is at hand, instead of
going to the trouble of hitching up two
horses. ss5S5t
For hauling seed TO the field, or ma
nure, where a little is needed, or for any
other light work, cart is better than
double team. For hauling in such
crops as potatoes, for hauling feed to
and fro for the stock, and for many
other purposes, a cart may be used
to save using a double team and a two
horse wagon. This makes it matter
of economy, and there is hardly a farm
III thC Couitiy WAeic q SdI Houiu uo1
pay for itself many times over.
A cart that has the bed SO arranged
that the load can be dumped is the
handiest form TO have it made in, as
the load can be dropped, whether it be
potatoes or cordwoed or coal, by simply
tipping it out. If the carl. be made with
wide tires, it can be taken over places
with a good load on it where an ordi-
nary wagon could hardly be hauled by
two horses.
The writer knows from experience
how much labor and wear and tear of
team and wagon is saved by having a
cart to hitch to when light loads are to
be hauled, and knows that they are
economical in time, tools and labor
Farm and Fireside.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
Alichigan's Peppermint Crop.

Three-ffths Of the oil Of peppermint
consumed in the world is produced in
eight counties of Michigan. The oil
product of that state this year will
amount TO 100000 pounds, and between
$4,000 and $4,000 acres are devoted to
the cultivation of peppermint. Frost
and drought have injured the older
plantations this year, although the
plants set this spring have escaped in
jury. The peppermint is cut when in
blossom like hay, and when dried is
placed in wooden vaSs and steamed I'M
til the cells burst and the Oil passes up
ward with the steam, which is cori-
.densed and conducted into a reservoir
where the oil rises and is Skinned off.
1t requires $50 pounds of dried pepper
mint to produce / pound Of oil. An
acre of land will yield from 6 to 10
pounds, and in exceptional cases even
as great q quantity as SO pounds. This
year the price has ranged from s1.e0 to-
$1.7o pound arden and Forest.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
GENERAL Farm NOTES.

It is wasteful to feed whole wheat to
swine.
Bran is an excellent feed for cows and
horses.
Give the COW bran mash directly
after ealving.
The English potato crop is large and
Of exceptional quality.
Corn, wheat or barley are proper
foods for fattening sheep.
The feeding value of potatoes is esti-
mated at one-fourth that of grain.
Marsh hay is the very best material
for the winter mulch for strawberries.
The tomato pack has been much light
er than last year, but of better quality.
It would seem as IL inoculation were
the only safe reliance against hog chol-
era. 81 3ss
Boiled tllrnips mashed and mixed
with grain form an excellent poultry
food.
The Australian wheat grower is un-
derselling the South African farmer in
his own market.
Finishing with corn alone gives soft
pork, which is .reckoned abroad as a
fourth-class article.
Sugar beet pulp fed in connection
with alfalfa and wild hay are said to
produce high-quality beef.
Danish pork sells for $14.1S JIM the
London market, while American only
brings $9.72 for 112 pounds.-N z.
World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
OUR CORN THE BEST.

Contains More Protein and Fats Than
That Grown In Europe.
An analysis of maize from the Black
sea and the Danube was recently made
in the chemical division Of the depart
1nent of agriculture with a view to de-
termining it's comparative value as q
feeding stuff with that grown in this
country. Of late years these countries
hive been shipping corn in large quan-
titles to Germany and Great Britain
and other countries of northern Europe.
The advantage enjoyed by these coun-
tries in competition for this trade is
believed in this country to be offset by
the superior quality Of the American
product, and this impression is strilS-
ingly confirmed by the recent analysis.
The samples were found to correspond
in composition to poor corn grown In
the United States, being from 13 to IL
per cent. lower in protein and fully 33
per cent. lower in fat than the averages
of over 200 samples of American-grown
corn. While an average for corn the
world over shows but 9.45 per cent. of
protein, and this average is higher than
samples from the Black sea and the
Danube, the American average Isl i0.5.
So with fat, the general average be-
ing 4.29. The average for corn grown
in southwestern Europe is 4.13, while
the average for American is 5.4, and
many samples Of the latter showed 5.5
and 6 per cent. The American aver
age as given, moreover, includes nu-
merous samples of inferior corn, and
cannot be said to fairly represent the
average Of corn exported.
1t is pointed out by the department.
that while these facts speak eloquently
of the higher quality of the American
product, they also testify with equal
force to the Importance OF maintaining
the high standard of the feeding qual-
ity Of American corn in foreign mar-
kets, as that is undoubtedly the char
acteristic upon which main reliance
must be placed to enable the American
growers to compete successfully with
the cheap labor of southern Europe.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
LAND FOR ChlLDREN.
Boys and Girls Should Have q Few Rods
EnhiraIv ThAir Own.

Entirely Their Own.
Every boy that lives ON farm, and
every girl, too, for that matter, should
have the use of a piece of ground. 1t
need be only small, out-of-the-way
corner at first, place for the child to
dig and make plans, increasing gradu-
ally to the acre of corn or potatoes or
turnips, or whatever it may be, as the
child grows older.
There are few farms that could not
easily spare it, and few children TO
whom it would not be a benefit.
Books and magazines and games are
good, but they are for the mind and for
the leisure hours, and while they may
keep the children at home, they can
scarcely foster a taste for farming
without something to supplement
them.
A child early learns the meaning OF
possession, and a few square rods of his
own will be more to him than the broad
acres of his father. Many a boy has
grown to manhood on the farm, and
left it at the earliest possible moment
after he came of age because he had
been made a mere machine-a laborer
without a laborer's wages.
II the child could be oftener treated
as sentient, responsible being, there
would be fewer disappointments. Let
his manliness be brought out instead
of suppressed. Let the father talk to
the boy, and the boy to the father as
man to man; il the boy is to be q farmer
let him begin his calling early and
grow up with it. Furnish him with q
small piece of land and let him culti-
xate it with no other restraint or advice
than he may seek himself.
Trust him to discover. the best meth
ods and the best market. The profits
may be Insignificant, but they are his,
and they mean as much to him as do the
earnings of the largest farm in the
country to its owner. And, more than
all, he is obtaining q practical interest
in farming; and year by year IT will
strengthen and broaden, and by the
time he is of age he win not only be q
farmer physically, but in heart and
brain nalso.--Household.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

it to and d as indicated in the illustra-
tion. Attach one end of the two ropes
x and y to h and run them through the
pulleys attached to the crosspiece e f.
Fasten these ropes to the hind legs of
the animal to be lifted. If onerope and
a gambreI is preferred, attach it to the
middle of h and run through q pulley at
m. Two ropes are preferable. BY this
apparatus one man can lift the; heaviest
carcass. A wagon box bottom side up
may be plnced between q and b for a
platform O. Sorkness, in American
Agriculturist.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
FOREIGN FLASHES.

Though failure In Christiania and
Copenhagen, 1.-THE Second Mrs. Tan
queray'' has been very successful at
Stockholm.
DR.. w. G.. Grace has put the 6 5000 of
his shilling testimonial into an endow
ment insurance policy payable in Ii
years,
An Automobile club has been formed
in Paris whose object is to encourage
by all possible means locomotion with
out animal traction.
In 1896 the Russian ministry Of
finance will have. agents in London,
Berlin, Genoa, Constantinople, Man
churia, Corea and the United States.
Steps have been taken toward putting
a memorial tablet to Huxley in West
minister abbey, but it is unlikely that
the authorities of the abbey will con-
sent.
Next year the Russian mint will
strike 100, 100000 rub1es' worth of gold
/ coins. $4,000, 600 rnbles of silver, 3o0,-
900 rubles of smaller coins strongly al
loyed and .so0, 900 rub1es. of copper.
4 { - < g
New South Wales has passed the fed
eral enabling bill. It will now be sub
1nitted to the Legislatures Of the other
Australian colonies, and when two
other colonies have accepted it a con-
yention viii be called together to draw
up federal constitution.
AT Morton, near Clermont Ferrand, in
Auvergne, the people, objeeting to the
adulteration of native wine with sugar,
attacked the men who were carting the
doctored wine, upset the carts and
broke open the casks, letting the wine
flow into the cutters, and mobhed the
manufacturer.
M Speaker Reeds fendness for amateur
photography is said to have grown
on him to such an extent as to become
his ruling hobby.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
THE FARMING WORLD.
A HOSTING DEVICE.

1t Ts OF Great Service When killing
Beeves the Farm. ssgss 3,
The accompanying illustration repre-
sents simple device which is of great
service when butchering. The uprights
and are AXIS, or ordinary post tim
ber ten to twelve feet long. These are
set into the ground two or three feet,
five feet apart. To the tops of these
fasten g f with bolts or spikes. Place
C and d in position, secure the upper
ends at 3 and t, and set the lower ends
firmly in the ground. For use an old
shaft or piece of hard wood and fasten
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
How Air Can Be weighed,

The weight of air has often been test
ed by COMPRISING it in receptaeles
by the air pump. That it really has
weight when so compressed is shown by
the fact that the weight of the vessels
is Increased slightly by filling them
with compressed air, and that such yes
sells become specifically Tighter" as
soon as the air contained in them is
exhausted. Many elaborate expert
ments on the weight of air have proved
that one cubic foot weighs 536 grains,
or something less than one and one
quarter ounces. The above experiment
on the weight of air Is supposed to be
made at the surface of the earth with
the temperature at so degrees Fahren-
heit. Heated air, or air at high eleya-
tion, is much lighter.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

oSy.
GLOW in thunder kin see Pomolo-
gy,'' sez Leander, when there amt no
PomoIogy to see? Col durn cyclic
pedy, anyhow!"
And he put the volume back onto the
the shelf md never sot eyes onto it agin.
That's the way the thing run f'r
years md years. Leander would've gin
up the plaguey bargain but he could
MT; he had signed a printed paper nd
had swore to it afore q justice of the
peace. Higgins would have had the
law on him If he had throwed up the
trade.
The most aggervatin' feature Nv it
all wuz that new one Nv ther cussid
cyclopeedies wuz allus sure to show up
at the wrong time-when Leander wuz
hard up or had jest been afflicted in
some way or other. His barn burnt
down two nights afore the volyume con-
tainin' the letter B arrived, nd Leander
needed all his chink to pay f'r lumber,
but Higgins sot back on that affidavit
and defed the life out Nv him.
Never mind, Leander," sez his wife,
soothin' like, sits good book to have
In the house, anyhow, now that we've
got baby"
That's so,'' seq Leander. babies
does begin with B don't it?"
You see their fust baby had been
born; they. named him Peaseley-
Peaseley Hobart-after Hattie's folks
So, seein' as how it wuz payin' f'r a
book that told about babies Leander
didn't begrudge that five dollars SO
much after all.
"Leander," sez Hattie one forenoon.
that B cyclopeedy amt no account.
There aint nothin' in it about babies
except See Maternity"
seWaat, I'll be gosh durnedin sez
Leander. That wuz all he said, and he
couldn't do nothin' at all, f'r that book
agent, Lemuel Higgins, had the dead
wood on hin-the mean, sneakin' crit
teri @ 5s 5ss.s
So the years passed on, one of them
cyclopeedies shown up now nd then
sometimes every two years nd some
times every four, but allus at time
when Leander found it pesky hard to
give up q fiver. It warn t no use cussin'
Higgins; Higgins just LATED when
Leander allowed that the cyclopeedy
wuz no good nd that he w1z bein'
robbed. Meantime Leander's family
WIZ increasin' and CROWN. Little
-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11
GOOD DRAINAGE TOOLS.

They Can Be Made at Home by ANY In-
tel1igent Farmer.
Much more tile draining could be
done it the farmer was only convinced
that it is. notga very difficult job and be-
yond his ability. We have laid all our
tile for years and have been very suc-
cessfol. Good tools are, of course, abb
solutely necessary, but not expensive.
Buy a good 18-ineh spade. Iprefer one
with square corners. The remainder
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

HOMEMADE TILE DTTCHING IMPLEMENTS.
Of our tools are homemade. A sod cut
ter shown at b ii desirable. Ours was
made from an old pointed shovel, as
was also the scoop b, for cleaning the
bottom of the ditch. BY the aid OF q
blacksmith these were easily converted
into very useful implements. TO make
the cutter, heat and hammer the shovel
fat then with cold chisel cut out the
desired shape. Sharpen the edge, in-
sert the handle and it is complete. For
the cleaner, turn up the edges and cut
of the corners, making it about five
inches wide. Rfvet two quarter-inch
rods to the sides. Weld tho outer ends
and drive them into the handle. w. J..
MoyIe, in Farm and Home.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

One Of the items of work thai should
be. looked after before bad weather sets
in is to examine the roofs OF tho hiscs
and II any are leaky see that they are
patched up.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

Bees should be put into good shape
for winter before cold weather sats ins
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

Use none but q silver spoon for
your sweetmeats.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-01-11

e Speaker Reeds fondness for amateur
photography is said to have grown
on him to such an extent as to become
his ruling hobby.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-16
DEEDS OF BLOOD.
pastardiy Crime az UnionviIic, Ia.-yoang
Man In quincy, Ill. Fatally shoots
His Mother Triple Murder
in California.

Unionville. Ia. May 14.--While Miss
Mamie Peterson. aged l6 years. was re-
turning Tuesday night from social
gathering accompanied by George
Shuts. OF Moulton. some one stepped
from behind building and fired three
shots at her. All three bullets took eff
feet and the young lady died almost in
stantly. Shuts claims that he was too
frightened TO spread the alarm and
took 10 his heels. The body was found
Wednesday morning. and Fred Hemp
hill. OF unionsilIe. was arrested. IL IL
supposed that jealousy prompted the
deed.
bloomington. ILL.,. May 14.--Wednes-
day, at Cropsey. ILL.,, Miss Ida May
Steers was shot and probably fatally
wounded on the farm OF John Master
son. seven miles northeast. by Charles
Burrell, Burrell then put a bullet
through his own head and died instant
ly. Miss Steers had refused TO marry
him. Miss Steers has no chance 10 re-
cover. The bullet entered just above
the heart. Burrell was farm hand
living in the Steers family.
Quincy, ILL.,. May 14.--Frank Harding.
well-known cigar maker, ~ years OF
age. Wednesday evening fatally shot
his mother, aged o5, then tried to kill
himself Harding, who Is now in Jail,
has a brother in the insane asylum. He
IS believed TO be similarly afflicted.
Yrcka, CAL. May 14.-AIrs. Henry
Schwatl<a, her little daughter Irene and
Chinese servant were brutally muir
dered at their home on the Prather
ranch In Butte creek valley Wednesday
morning. Two tramps who discovered
the crime are being held by the nuthori-
ties pending an investigation. II Is sup
posed by many that the Chinaman first
shot Mrs. SchwatlSa and her daughter
and then committed suicide, but this
belief is not shared by the husband OF
the murdered woman. The bereaved
husband Is brother OF the late Lieut..
Schwatkn. the well-lnown Arctic ex-
plored, and is one of the most promi-
nent and highly-respected men in the
county.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-16

Pittsburgh. Pa. May 10. John IT.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. National Lend
and Oh company Of Pennsylvania.
died very suddenly nt his residence.
North Negley avenue. at s:3O Wedncs-
day morning. The cause OF death has
not yet been definitely determined. Mr..
Mckelvcy had not enjoyed good health
for some time. but continued IN active
business. lie wns 30 years Of nge. Mr..
Mckelsey leaves widow and Ave chill
dren. Mr.. Mckelvey was widely known
and prominently connected with nu-
merous business enterprises aud bcnev-
olcnt Institutions.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-16

Great Damage In the Chippewa VALLEY.
wisconsin.

Wisconsin.
st. Paul, Mimi. May 14.--A heavy
storm swept through the Chippewa val
ley. Wisconsin. Wednesday doing thou
sands OF dollars damage. Cloudbursts
are reported ut Bloomer and elsewhere.
Menominee suffered most. two railroad
bridges. two wagon bridges and a foot
bridge crossing Wilson creek were
swept away. The loss Is said 10 be S45,-
occ. A mill some distance above Menom-
inee was also swept away. which Is not
included In losses named.
Hudson. WIS.,, May l4.--A great storm
has been raging through this section
Tor many hours. Reports from the coun-
try indicate that dozens of bridges have
been washed away by the flood. Many
small streams have overfiowed their
banks and are running waist-deep over
the lowlands. II is feared much damage
Will he done TO early-sown wheat by
washing IL away.
Eau Claire, Wis, May 14.--At Menom-
inee. five miles west of this city, three
bridges went out on the Red Cedar river
Wednesday morning. The power house
OF the electric light plant is consider
ably damaged, while the Knapp-Stouts
comphny's large sawmill is shut down
owing TO the high water. Damage to
property at this point Is estimated az
$4,000. A serious washout is reported
at Howard. small village about 20
miles northwest of this city. Trains arc
delayed on most of the railways in this
section.
st. Louis, May IA severe storm,
unannounced by the weather bureau or
weather indications, fell upon the city
Wednesday evening. From an almost
clear sky at six o'clock rain fell in tor
rents and was carried in waves through
the air by 40-mile wind. Damage 10
life and property was very great. Fred
erich Netz. a steamboat carpenter, was
blown off a barge in the river and
drowned. Agnes Dolin, aged three, was
blown over a back porch at GA 0'Fallon
street and killed. William Cedarstrom,
boatkeeper for the scandinavian Yacht
club. who was on the river in n row
boat. was drowned by the swapping of
his boat. Louis Traflinger, his wife and
child were buried in the debris of their
house and badly injured.
At Madison, near East st. Louis, 10
freight cars were blown from the track
Of the Chicago & Alton railroad and
demolished. At Venice three houses
were blown down and the sudden rush
OF water washed out three culyerts.
DIR. Hasting. of Venice. with his horse
and buggy, was blown into the back
water of the river. Wires are down
and reports Of disaster come slowly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-16

hot weather General. with Little Rain
During Past week.
Chicago May 13.--1'he report as to
the condition Of the crops throughout
the country and the general effect Of
the weather on the cultivation. growth
and harvest Of the same. vert Tuesday
made BY the directors Of the several
climate and crop sections. The reports
received at Chicago were - follows:
niinois-A dry hot week. which with
ehinch bugs Increasing was unfavorable
for wheat and oats In the central section !;
few fields plowed up: more favorable In
northern and southern sections. Wheat
and rye are heading the latter Il mo In
north counties. corn mostly planted early
Il coming up. slightiy damaged By cut
worms: Potatoes. gardens and grasses are
generally good. fruits are dropping badly.
Wisconsin--fIigh temperature and album
dant sunshine have advanced vegetation
ns well as farming operations rapidly and
season Is Is days IA advance OF average.
Seeding 10 completed In all portions OF state
and corn planting under way I'm middle and
southern sections. Rye heading IN south
crn section and wheat doing well.
Minnesota-The week has been hot and
windy with a few small showers. Farm
work has progressed rapidly except In
the Red river valley where Il is yet too
W.T. (ttH RtaHhink nA. NtHbns iIutt
blooms are abundant and grass In fine.
Chinch bugs are appearing In southeast
part OF state. Cooler weather IL needed
for stooling.
Iowa-Warm and dry with high winds.
Corn planting generally well advanced and
nearing completion In central and south
ern districts. Cultivation OF early planted
fields has begun. with fine stands. Wheat
and other grains doing well Rain gener-
ally needed.
Indiann-Hot sunny weather prevailed
with few local showers In northern portion
only. Tobacco beds In bad condition and
cropstn southern portion suffering. Wheat.
barley. rye and blue grass heading. Crops
In northern portion are in good condition.
Ohio-Dry warm sunny weather. Pota-
toes and corn are up and some corn II be-
ing cultivated; oats. grass. gardens and
fruits are doing well. Corn planting and
cats seedIng well advanced. Wheat has
improved. but on clay soil is thin and
spotted. The hessian ny ~ appearing.
Miohigan-Dry hot week has advanced
farm work. and all vegetation which con-
tlnues to grow rapidly. Wheat. rye. grass
and oats nre IN good condition with rye
heading out and oats nearly all sown. Corn
planting Is becoming general.