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Arizona republican., 1896-11-28

HAVANA, Nov. 27.-General Weyler made statement today, in which he said:
 T am not only contented, but en- tirely satisfied with the result of my military plans in Pinar del Rio. went over the northern hills and occu- pied the insurgents position without any serious resistance upon the part of the enemy. Cacarajacara and Rubl, which the insurgents claimed were impregnable, were occupied by our troops. After the dislodging of the enemy at Rubi they offered the greatest resistance, but yielded after few hours fighting. We found no trace of Maceo's people after that, al- though all other points were recon noitered by small detachments of our columns. Maceo has nothing left him to do but divide his followers into small parties in order to enable them | to escape our columns, which are now hunting for them, since they offer no resistance and refuse to accept meet ing with our troops, who are chasing them in all directions.
 Replying to a report that the Span ish minister of war intended to send another large contingent of troops tc Cuba in January, General Weylel said:
 q can assure you that the nation is prepared to make all kinds of sacri- fees, both in money and men, whicl has already been proved, to conquer il this undertaking and make Spain's sovereignty respected before an( above everything. All the money spent and to be spent will be Spanish money. Cuba has been asked fol
Arizona republican., 1896-11-28
FOUGHT IN THE HILLS.
Reported Defeat of Weyler's Army by
 General Maceo

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Reports via Key West from Havana are that Ma eco defeated Weyler's army in the Ruby mountains and that the guards around Havana have been doubled.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-28
DIXON LOST.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Erne was awarded the decision over Dixon in the twentieth round.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-28

MADRID, Nov. 27.-Captain-Gen- eral Weyler, it is announced, will re- turn to Pinar del Rio immediately and again assume command of the Spanish troops operating in that province against Cuban insurgents
Arizona republican., 1896-11-28
THEY HAD A KICK COMING.
The Third Can 1errite th e
 Phoenix EIevtr. Oral
The Giants of the Gridiron Meet In a Manly ConteSt-The Indians Van QuiShed-A Fine Exhibition of Brains and BraWn.

The Thanksgiving football game at the park was a sharply played, hotly contested battle, in which muscular prowess, agility and skill were excel lently displayed on both sides.
 The score was 20 to 6 and Phoenix came out the victors. No broken bones marred the fun, but just enough cuticle was lost and joints racked to make the victors proud of their hurts. The game proved inter- esting for the audience as well as for the players, and the applause from the grand stand and bleachers was un- stinted whenever good play was made. The sympathy seemed mostly with the redskins. Those Indian play CTS are manly fellows, and played the part of gentlemen engaged in a manly contest so well that they merited all the applause they received.
 The lineup of the two teams was as
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
TWINKLES.

fact. to be frank with you, sir Ill his near
Of heart, ne loved her.
He was greatly troubled by the perilo"'
po,ition in which her presence placer h''"'
hnt ne could not turn the poor child away 10
b, rna,sacred hy the savage rcvolutioiiiS's'
lie hid her in the cellar, and the mon
v,iulv scouicd the whole country III
search of her. But neghbor, a tcrocious
r,cobin had marked the farmer 5 trouble,
and ,u,pcctine the reason Tor II denouhce"
him ,o the revolutionary committee.
ina few minute, the house was SUI
,,,,udcd bv a horrible mob howling tor the
death of the hated aristocratic. They bat
tered in the front door and poured into
the, place. Ah sir it VA, terrible mo-
lncut.
Here the miller paused and nopped his
brow. while hi, eye, glistencd with eN-
citcmcrt.
80 The first room WAS empty. he went
ON They smashed everything III 1t they
could Law hands upon, and were about to
break opcn the door of the next room
when it suddenly opened and the march
inuess stood before them, besides the
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

farmer. who WAS half dead with anguish
and terror
" For an instant the mob stopped short.
But it VA, only for an instant Shrleks OF
Down with the ari>tocrat Kill her
Away with her Burn her Tear her 10
pieces aro,c. and the blood-thirsty brute>
were about to rush forward, when the lit
tie nlarchionc,, was suddenly struck by al
inspiration. Nh sir. it must have come
from on high She made sign, to them
that She wished to speak.
90 Citizens She began.
" Unaccu,tomcd 70 hearing such al ap-
pcllatiom from the mouth of a dainty ari>
tocrat. the mob again stopped. She profit
eel by the pause, and continued
90" Citizens what do YOU want with inc
Why are YOU incon>cd against me? What
have | done 20 YOU am che Of you-I
an 1oui sister
" Murnur, OF approval and Of protest
were heard, but in the main the mob ap-
pcarcd to be i,toni,hcd and suspicious
80 She ioollng lis. the ari>tocrat,
>hrickcd d woman. who. with her dishc,
clled hair, flushed iacc and crooked iing-
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
\ MEANS To AN END.

Servant from next door Please,
mum, nissus sends her compliments, ami
will We let your daughter sing and play the
piano this afternoon -
Lady: Why, certainly. Tell Your
mistress I'm glad she likes il. -
Servant: oh, it isn't that, mum :
she 5 expecting visit from the landlord,
and she wants some excuse for asking tor 4
reduction of the rent"
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

.rs ready to claw the delicate girl eyes
nut Iookedlik Ike one of the Furies let loose.
"'No. no. exclaimed the marchio'e''
earnestly. swear to YOU that am II"
louyer an aristocrat, but A woman OF Tile
neople In proof of it, here is my future
husband.' and She pointed to the farilief'
who too overcome To- utter word, would
have bent his knee before the brave young
girl. but She prevented him.
Her remarkable presence OF niihd WAS
their salvation. The fact that She "a'
willing to marry simple citizen CAUSED 4
co,unetc revulsion of feeling, and The
,,re,che, who moment before had been
lus,iny for her blood, now applauded her
"'We must be married under the Tree
of Libcrtv.' she added, and, citiHen, "e
invite YOU all TO the wedding.
Another burst OF applause followed
this invitation Friendly hand, seized tie
little marchioness and the farmer. and they
we're straightwav shouldered and carried III
triumph to the Tree OF Liberty, escorted by
the cheering mob, waving their pixies AMI
scythes.
"Thc marriage took place, and 'hr
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

- Sacrifice -. Liberty >tld Tie
,larchioness. but am free, and have
made no sacrifice Don't you then under
stand that love YOU
And thus it was concluded the nil
Ter. that the little marchione>, became !,
poor farmers wife, and the grandmother
of an honest Norman miller
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
lust FITTED FOR IT.

Fred must be Al auctioneer."
"Why''
Last nigh, he SAID he WAS going ,lice
times before he went
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

crowd, joining haiids, ud''o' ''''
Carnagnole frantically around the
newlv-made husband and wife, and
the festivities. with eating ana
drinking, were kept up I'll night
fall. when those OF the reNrlei>
who were not too intoxicated v>-
corted the couple back To- the farm.
d" \, SOON as they were alone the
assumed familiarity OF the farmer
Immediately vanished Doitns
his hat, he bent respectfully before
the nlarchionc,s. and with tcAi,
of gratitude in his eyes, exclaimed .
- Madcmol>elle, | thank You
from the bottom OF my heart.
Your sacrifice was our salvation
| beg YOU to pardon the llbertIc,
the critical position i'll which We
were placed compelled nie to take.
!, is. of course. my duty to render
YOU your liberty, and do 80.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

found me iuOtsoic and
weary in the vicinity "t al
old mill, somewhere be
ween Mortagnc and
Conde sur r. IIuisnc. II
was a comfortable looking
place and | determined +"
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

solicit the owner hospitality.
The miller received nc very courtcouslN
and was soon stretching my legs under
the table and partakinSoi the most cNquiN-
lie dcieMncr tllAt MAa ever pIaccd before
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15


solicit the owner hospitality
The miller received lie very cUur
and wa, soon stretching my legs
the table and partakinS of the most
lie dcjeuncr that va, ever placed b
hungry sportsman. There were
trout from the mill stream and
partrldges from the mclghboring
moor. cooked To- 81 turn ami ac-
coinpanlcd by >omc really cN-
ccllcnt wine. not the petit vim
Of Normandy, but good mellow
bordeaux. This somewhat SUI
pri,cd ne. but when AZ dessert the
III .llcr invited nc To- visit hi, gal
lerN OF family portraits, was per
icctlv b, wildcrcd
What, said | to myself. a
picture gallery in Il mil
OF course | accepted hi, invita-
ton. and found that the pictures
really existed and were iimc ones,
too. There were dozen OF them,
representing Louis XIV. coir-
tiers and marqui>c>. and march
ionc>,cs of the times Of Louis Ky.
and Louis XVI. the series being
closed by Il buxon-looking farmer
in a white ,um-bonnct next to a Il,
little marchioncs>.
Stopping before the two latter i
the miller said:
These are mother and daughter
He appeared TO be amused at +
prised expression, and continued
Yes, sir, this country woman
mother, and that pretty little marc
smiling there is my grandmother.
strange story Everybody round
knows II. and may Is we'll tell II
rs you have probably ,urn,c
the aye OF these portrait, the story
during the Terror The father,
and elder sister OF yon little mare
were arrested. and soon aitcrward
and executed. The little marchion
grandmother, ,ir, found safety {
flight The poor orphan took rcius
one of the farmers on the family
whom She knew She could trust
farmer MAS Il young man he VA
about thirty years Of agc He had
lhc l,llc ilarchionc,> from her bal
ami va, dcvotcdll attached to II
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
The Little
MarChiOneSS.
By GEORGES DE GREIIA\.

I WAS Normandy
last year. during
the shooting sca
son. | had had a.
o ng morning >
sp ort, ana noon
The advocate., 1896-07-08
Profits Of DsIrying.

The pleasant feature about dairying is
the profit. If the profit is not found,
there is no pleasure in the work. This
is a general law, but it applies with
special force to dsirying, because profit
able dairying is fine art, and success is
won by strict attention to business. The
man who looks upon a COW as a neces-
sary evil, can never be decided success
as a dsirymsn, any more than slovenly
farmer can make success at farming.
The price received for butter depends
chiefly upon the taste Of the consumer.
The intelligent butter-msker studies the
tastes Of these people who are willing to
pay we'll for what suits them, and then
he learns how to make that kind Of but
ter. 1t is the only way he can get their
money. 1t is not the expense OF manu-
facture that fixes the price, says writer,
The consumer cares not that the butter
perhaps cost untold labor on the part Of
some one who churned and prepared il
for market. If inferior, it sells for an
The advocate., 1896-07-08

factor, but as an element OF ruminstion
for the slop-fed cattle,
Hay is usually graded as gilt-edge,
fancy, choice, prime, No. and No, 2,
Very little fancy or gilt-edge hay is ever
seen around the average farmers prem
ises. Such hay will keep cattle and
horses almost as fat as the best of pas
ture. 1t can only be made by cutting
the grass at the proper stage of ripeness,
and when the grass is free from the wet
OF dew or rain. After it has been cut
and wilted so that it will stand up when
stirred by the rake, it should be raked
into winrows, where it must stand over
night and finish curing the next day, II
the grass is too heavy to cure in time to
rake on the day it was cut, it should be
treated with the tedder to hasten the
drying. Putting hay into shocks is a
back number, and should not be prac-
ticed except as an expedient in wet
weather. If hay is allowed to lie in the
swath over night the dew will bleach it
down two or three notches in the grade,
Likewise, if left to stand in the shock.
Large stacks are Objectionable. They
are more difficult and expensive to build
more liable to leak, and more dangerous
Of heating in the center.-D. A. Kent IN
Kansas city HGymGker.
The advocate., 1896-07-08

inferior price, regardless Of the cost Of
production, and if it is superior, it sells
at top prices, though made with ease
and little expense. And the beauty re-
mains that the cost of producing the
best butter need not be greater than
that Of producing goods of a poorer
quality, in fact the bad article is gener-
ally made at the greater cost. Igno-
rance is expensive. I think it will make
every one who owns COWS better dairy
man to sit down and compare the prices
of dairy goods with other farm products.
If your cheap grains can be converted
into 20 and 25-cent butter and 10-Cent
cheese or 81 to Sl.15 per hundred for
milk, it will pay better than selling the
raw material and robbing the farm Of all
the fertilizing material that much Of the
land is already in need of,-FGrmerS'
VOipe
The advocate., 1896-07-08
Curing Hay.

The time for putting up hay is right
at hand, and the method is subject well
worthy of consideration. Good corn fod-
der is better than poor hay, and straw is
healthier than musty or mow-burnt
grass. All the counsel to put hay away
green and let it burn out in the barn or
stack is mere rot. Such stuff is neither
hay, silage nor good manure. A man
who takes pride in a fine horse would not
use it for bedding. In Chicago they sell
similar stuff, and sell it for packing pur-
poses or pronounce it whisky hay, and
send 1t to he.stables at the distilleries,
where it is regarded not as a nutriment
The advocate., 1896-07-08

the transactions Of the stock industry
carried on dsy by day. j. 0. Thomas,
President Of the Missouri River Asso-
citation, the strongest and best-organized
cattle association in the State, places
the number Of cattle which will Be-
handled by the roundup this year az
not less than 25O000 and probably reach
ing as high as 100000 head. Thsgs
cattle have been wandering at will over
the range the last winter and the work o.
the roundup will be to separate the
cattle bearing the brands Of different
owners and to mark the calves running
with the stock, each calf being given che
same brand as that borne by the COW 10
is following. To look up all these cattleit
will be necessary to ride over a section Of
country about 1876 miles long and ninety
miles wide, covering approximate by
10000 square miles, section larger than
many Of the Eastern States This territory
will Of course not all be gone over by one
party, but by several, each Of which is
assigned to q certain district, every
range Ofhills and rsvine being ridden
to sec that all the cattle are found. For
several years the breeding OF stock on
the range was rather discouraged than
encouraged, the stockmen relying on
purchases from other ranges and che
farming country east Of here to replenish
the range each year, on the theory that
it was cheaper to buy yearlings than 10
raise their own calves. The high price
placed on young cattle the last two years
has stimulated the raising OF range
calves, and the estimated increase of
calves over last year is put at from Is 10
20 per cent. AT the same time the
quality Of the stock has been improved
by the introduction OF high-grRde bulls,
The receipts Of cattle shipped from
Pierre last year were at the lowest
estimate Sl,OOO,OOO, and the receipts Tor
this year can be safely counted atsl $50,
900. Pierre and Fort Pierre secure the
benefit Of a large part OF this sum. The
amount paid out for freight on cattls
alone shipped from here last year ID
placed at $1,000, and with the increased
shipments Of this year the receipts
will be increased accordingly, unlsss
the Cattlemen secure the reduction
in rates to which they consider
themselves entitled. Mr.. Thomas
made the assertion that il it were neCes-
sary he would pay 25 per cent. On
borrowed money and make profit at
rninin1 cattla ak TINT Pnta of intnFark -
The advocate., 1896-07-08
The Cattle Roundup in South Dakota.

A dispatch from Pierre, s. D., dated
May %, says: "The magnitude Of the
interests involved in the annual spring
roundup Of the Missouri river range,
which started from Fort Pierre Tuesday,
is hardly appreciated by those who SEQ
The advocate., 1896-07-08
Preparing Hogs For Market.

Early maturity is a prime necessary
for pig raising, and it is folly TO wait
more than six months for an animal TO
show it's points. IL not exhibited by
that time they are too slow in develop
ment for future use in breeding, Early
marketable animals are demanded, and
it is saving to the grower, also, to feed
we'll and literally and sell while young.
1t pays to push the animals for
slaughter, for 1t makes the cheapest
meat; extra time requires extra stood Of
support" there is no profit from the
food which is required to keep the ami
NAL alive or to repair the waste Of the
system. This is also true Of the extra
labor in feeding.
That "cheap corn makes the cheapest
pork" has its limitations 1t may not
prove so where corn is the only ration,
for the health Of the herd and the quality
of the meat are two factors that the in
telligent feeder does not overlook.
Disease and degeneracy certainly follow
an exclusively corn diet.
II a sufficient quantity Of food is not
given to make the Result profitable, there
is the loss OF that which has been given;
and there must also be the proper kind
given to procure the desired end. The
rule holds good whether feeding hogs or
plants, and there Is O knowledge every
farmer must have Of the nature Of foods
if he would succeed. Early maturity
wins. Better fatten the pigs than make
hogs Of them. Young hogs pay better
than old ones for the feed they eat, and
they make the best hams and breakfast
bacon. It is wiser to feed two lots Of
pigs to 200 pounds than one lot to 400.
With large corn crop the temptation
is to overdo the fattening in order to
utilize the corn, and the fat coTn-fed hog
is increasingly liable to diseases. At all
times in hog life mixed rations are bene-
fetal to health, and make more vigor-
GUS body. Do not forget the salt, and
by all means keep them from filthy
water.
The hog of the modern commercial
order Of things is different creature
from the old breeds The great consid-
GRAFTON with the farmer to-day is the
number of pounds to be obtained in a
limited time. Consumers demand a
certain quality, too, and as result we
have the smooth porkers Of tFe present
day which in the hands Of experts easily
reach the desirable size in few months
from the date of fsrrowing. These are
the hogs Of the corn belt, and they are
making their owners money every year.
Wisconsin AgrtculturtSt.
The advocate., 1896-07-08

Old Rip Van Wlnkle went up into the
Catskill mountains to take q little nap Of
twenty years or so, and when he wakencd
he found that the ''cruel war was over"
the monthly magazines had fought 70
over" the second time and "blown ups alI
the officers that had participated IN it.
This much Is history, and 1t is also an his-
torical fact that it took the same length Of
time for DIR. PIerce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery TO become the most celebrated, as
It Is the most effective, Liver, Blood and
Lung Remedy Of the age. In purifying the'
blood and In all manner Of plmples, blotchsss
eruptiOnS and other skin and scalp diseases;
scrofulous sores and swellings and kindred
ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery"
msnifests the most POSITIVE curative prop
critics.
The advocate., 1896-07-08
Low Excursion Rates to the East via ''Burllng
ton Route. HALF Rates.

Low Excursion Rates to the East via ''Burllng.
ton Route. HALF Rates.
N. E. A. meeting, Buffalo, N. Y, July Z
to II.
Christian EndeavOr meeting, Washing
ton, July to Is.
Baptist Young Peoples Union Of Amer
lea, Milwaukee, July IS to 10.
National Republican League, Milwaukee,
August 25 to %.
Democratic convention, Chicago, July
Ask ticket agents for tickets via Vesti
buled ''Eli' to Chicago, and via Vestibule2
Limited to st. Louis. Both trains SUP
piled with the most modern equipment.
L. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt..
St. Louis, NO.
The advocate., 1896-07-08
Missouri Poultry Statistics.

From an official map, prepared by the
Department of Labor for the State Of
Missouri, showing the surplus commodi-
ties shipped from each county during
1894, we compile the following five ooun-
ties without railroads not reported)
which shows the relative Importance Of
the poultry industry:
The advocate., 1896-07-08
KEEP THE GROUND STIRRED
Properly Cultivated Soil win Hold Moisture
and Protect Crops From Drought.

and Protect Crops From Drought
One object Of cultivation is to kill the
weeds. They draw nourishment from
the soil, absorb the moisture, and thus
rob the growing crop Of both food and
drink. 1t isn't best to let them get q
start; cultivate early, don't let them get
strong and defantl They may be up
rooted and killed by the Thousand when
they first show above ground, with the
same labor that will be required to kill
them by the dozen later on, says the
Rural NeU Yorker.
But destroying weeds is not the only
object Of cultivation, though some farm
ers seem to think so. The spring rains
have filed the ground with water, but
the hot sun and wind are rapidly draw
ing it up, and it is passing off into the
atmosphere again. The growing plants
need the moisture; don't let it escape.
Shallow and frequent cultivation with a
fine-tooth oultivator will keep the soil
fine and loose on top, and will prevent
the evaporation Of moisture. The past
two summers here have been exceedingly
dry. Springs and wells which had never
been known to fail have dried up.
Where not cultivated, the earth has
been as dry as it could possibly be, sp-
parently, for many feet below the sur
face; but in my garden and strawberry
patch, which I kept we'll cultivated with
fourteen-tooth cultivator, the ground
was moist and in good tilth at any time
during the season, and the crops did not
suffer from the drought The top soil
stirred by the cultivator was about as
dry and loose as ashes, but when one
brushed off that two inches of dry soil
or dust he found the soil moist and fria'
BILE.
One of the hardest things l have had
to do is to teach my hired help 20 hoe
Not one in fifty understands the first
principles of proper hoeing. set man
last week to hoeing a field Of strawber
ries which had lately been set. They
were set, unsvoidsbly, when the grounC
was quite wet, and as consequence il
was quite hard about the plants. haC
cultivated as close to them as | could
with the cultivRtor, and set the hired
man to loosen the soil about the plants
and destroy the weeds that were just ap
pesring above ground. Being busy al
something else, did not notice how hC
was doing his work; but when l exam
ined it, / found that he had hoed the
earth away from the plants, leaving the
hard surface bare, with the marks made
with the spade in setting the plants ii
the wet ground exposed. 1t would have
been better not to have hoed them at all
for the cultivator had thrown some loose
earth about the plants which he had re
moved. But that is the way, / find, that
a great many hoe. The soil should b'
loosened and made fine about the plants
and what has been removed in hoein[
out the weeds should be replaced. W.
may almost defy the drought if propeI
attention be given to cultivation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-09
Historical Records of MARYLAND.

In speaking of the records of the
provincial court of the province of
Maryland, from 1857 to the revolution,
now preserved in Anne Arundel county,
the baltimore Sun says: 1.-The historical
value of these old records is inestimable.
1t is believed that no other state in the
union has such records of family his
tory showing the manner of living
among the people of the colony as far
back as $50 years ago. In the wills,
families can be traced back from father
to son for Il century. The court record
books containing inventories of per-
sonal estates make a complete exhibit
OF the character of household furni-
ture, kitchen implements, farm uten-
sis. ETC.. used by the early settlers and
thear descendants during the first CEN
tury and half of the colony. From
these things we can read much of the
habits and customs of the people,